Game #3997
Aston Villa
12-10-4, 46 PTS
Monday, 28 December 1987
3rd (+1)
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
🔁 | CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | for M Warren Aspinall
| 🏴 | 60' |
Unused Substitutes
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Garry Thompson, Wild tackle (8)
🟨 Mark Walters, Kicking out (21)
🟨 Warren Aspinall, Late tackle (7)
🟨 Andy A Gray, Tussling (2)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
Forwards
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Andy Gray replaces Mark Lillis.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.97 |
Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 30.51 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.30 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
🔴 W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 1982-87 🕒 225 | ✅ 207 🔁 (18) | ⚽ 48 | 🔥 37 | 🇺 14 | #618 |
Drew
1-1
🟨 28 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Huddersfield, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Paul Birch | 30' |
Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 30' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 29’ Goal, Paul Birch, Assist by Kevin Gage
🥅 | 32’ Goal, (Huddersfield Town), Duncan Shearer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Huddersfield Town
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Warren Aspinall, Sub on, Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Huddersfield Town
🟨 | Booking, Garry Thompson, Wild tackle
🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Kicking out
🟨 | Booking, Warren Aspinall, Late tackle
🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Tussling
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Monday, 28 December 1987
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Paul Danson | 🏴 | Leicester, 1987-1997
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Officials
Referee: Paul Danson | 🏴 | Leicester, 1987-1997
Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 70 | 🟩 W31 (44% ) | 🟨 D19 | 🇺(71% ) | 🟥 L20 (29% ) | ⚽ 116 | 🥅 86 | GD 30
Match Stats
Not recorded
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 31 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.77
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division Two
Huddersfield Town
4-8-14, 20 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 20,948
GK Brian Cox | 🏴 |
RB Simon Trevitt | 🏴 |
CB Ian Bray | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Graham Mitchell | 🏴 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴 |
CB Simon Webster | 🏴 |
LB Chris Hutchings | 🏴 |
M Ian Banks | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Graham Cooper | 🏴 |
F David Cork | 🏴 |
CF Duncan Shearer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Malcolm Macdonald | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CB Ian Bray | 🏴 | (RB Malcolm Brown | 🏴 | 🟨 |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Ian Bray
🟨 Ian Banks
🟨 Malcolm Brown
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Brian Cox | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Ian Bray | 🏴 |
CB Graham Mitchell | 🏴 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴 |
CB Simon Webster | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Simon Trevitt | 🏴 |
LB Chris Hutchings | 🏴 |
RB Malcolm Brown | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Ian Banks | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Graham Cooper | 🏴 |
Forwards
F David Cork | 🏴 |
CF Duncan Shearer | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa are held for the third consecutive game but climb back to third in the second division, three points off the top, as a notoriously poor referee, Paul Danson, loses control.
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa end 1987 with three successive draws but had now lost just once in twenty Division Two games, winning eleven.
Winger Mark Walters 🏴 23 makes his 225th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Glasgow Rangers later this month for a fee of £615,000. Having graduated from the Youth Team, Walters played for Villa between 1982 and 1987 leaving with a record of 🟩 W86 🟨 D56 🟥 L83, ⚽ 48 Goals and 🔥 7 Assists across his Villa career.
What they Said
"These offences concern me because they may affect promotion.
“But they concern me a good deal more because they should not be part of the game.
“I do not want Aston Villa represented in this way."
Graham Taylor.