Game #3993
Aston Villa
11-7-4, 40 PTS
Saturday, 5 December 1987
Won
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Swindon Town
9-4-8, 31 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 16,127
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Swindon Town
Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 52' | Mark Walters | 55' |
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 December 1987
🕒 | 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
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 December 1987
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.
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Swindon Town
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 5 December 1987
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🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
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: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 27 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.77
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Foakes | 🏴 | Essex, 1987–1993
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Garry Thompson, Illegal tackle
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
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 |
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Lou Macari | 🏴 |
Swindon Town
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 | 🇬🇧 |
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
D Tim Parkin | 🏴 |
CF Bryan Wade | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | | 7 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 5 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Swindon, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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