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Game #3993

Saturday, 5 December 1987

Attendance: 16,127

Won

Division Two

3rd (-)

Swindon Town

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Villa Park

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.

Aston Villa

2-1

Swindon Town

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 52' | Mark Walters | 55' |

KEY MAN

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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

ON THIS DAY

Graham Taylor's Villa have now lost just once in sixteen Division Two games, winning ten.

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Swindon Town

Previous 5 vs. Swindon: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 5 December 1987

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Peter Foakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1987–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Foakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1987–1995
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Swindon Town

None

Peter Foakes

TEAM NEWS

Mark Walters replaces Alan McInally.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.91 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.45 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.24 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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 Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |

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 | 🇬🇧 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

D Tim Parkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bryan Wade | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“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.