Game #3993
Aston Villa
11-7-4, 40 PTS
Saturday, 5 December 1987
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
🟨 Garry Thompson, Illegal tackle
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Mark Walters replaces Alan McInally.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.91 |
Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 30.45 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.24 |
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa have now 🟥 lost just once in sixteen Division Two games, 🟩 winning ten.
Garry Thompson 🏴 scores his fourth in three games as he benefits from the burgeoning relationship being built between new signing Andy Gray 🏴 and Warren Aspinall 🏴, as the former's forward thinking passing enables the winger to make angled runs into the penalty area of panicked opposition.
Centre forward Garry Thompson 🏴 ⚽ scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 42nd appearance (41 Starts) to makes it 🟩 W11 🟨 D12 🟥 L19, ⚽ 11 Goals and 🔥 5 Assists so far in his Villa career at a Game per Goal rate of 3.82.
Won
2-1
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Garry Thompson | 52' | 55' |
Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 52' | Mark Walters | 55' |
Match Timeline:
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Swindon Town
⚽ | 52’ Goal, Garry Thompson, Assist by Paul Birch
⚽ | 55’ Goal, Garry Thompson, Assist by Mark Walters
🥅 | 57’ Goal, (Swindon Town, pen), Quinn
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Swindon Town
🟨 | Booking, Garry Thompson, Illegal tackle
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 5 December 1987
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Peter Foakes | 🏴 | Essex, 1987–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: Peter Foakes | 🏴 | Essex, 1987–1993
Previous 5 vs. Swindon: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
None
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 27 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.77
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Swindon Town
9-4-8, 31 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 16,127
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
RB Dave Hockaday | 🏴 |
CB Jonathan Gittens | 🏴 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
LB Phil King | 🏴 |
M Steve Foley | 🏴 |
M Chris Kamara | 🏴 |
W Bobby Barnes | 🏴 |
F Steve White | 🏴 |
CF Dave Bamber | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Quinn | 🇬🇧 |
Lou Macari | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
D Tim Parkin | 🏴 |
CF Bryan Wade | 🏴 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
“The first [goal] today was one of the best I have scored.
"The gaffer likes to get the ball into the box.
"That suits me because I want to get on the end of things.
“And don't forget how well Warren [Aspinall] played today."
Garry Thompson.
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