Game #3998
Aston Villa
Friday, 1 January 1988
1st= (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Substitutes:
🔁 | M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | for M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | 10' |
Unused Substitutes:
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
🟨 tbc
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Alan McInally and Allan Evans replace Mark Walters and Warren Aspinall.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.86 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.24 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 20.79 |
Villa break a run of 🟨 three draws to hammer Hull into submission on New Years' Day 1988 as Nigel Spink 🏴 foils old boy Pat Heard's penalty before a second half four goal onslaught sends Villa joint top of the second division.
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa start 1988 with the biggest win under his leadership to date and have now 🟥 lost just once in twenty one Division Two games, 🟩 winning twelve.
Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴 makes his 🕒 150th start in a Villa shirt (159 Appearances).
Centre forward Garry Thompson 🏴 🔥 creates Andy Gray’s 🏴 ⚽ goal to contribute his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 47th appearance doing so at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.35 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Mark Lillis 🏴 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Won
5-0
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Stuart Gray | 6' | Warren Aspinall | 57' | 63' | Andy A Gray | 67' | Alan McInally | 77' |
Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 6' | Bernie Gallacher | 57' | Allan Evans | 63' | Garry Thompson | 67' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Stuart Gray, Assist by Kevin Gage
🔁 | 10’ Sub off, Stuart Gray, Sub on, Warren Aspinall
🔥 | 14’ Missed penalty (Hull City), Pat Heard
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Hull City
⚽ | 57’ Goal, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Bernie Gallacher
⚽ | 63’ Goal, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Allan Evans
⚽ | 67’ Goal, Andy Gray, Assist by Garry Thompson
⚽ | 77’ Goal, Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Hull City
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Friday, 1 January 1988
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1987–1999
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1987–1999
Previous 5 vs. Hull: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 32 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.81
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Hull City
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,236
GK Tony Norman | 🏴 |
RB Charlie Palmer | 🏴 |
CB Richard Jobson | 🏴 |
CB Peter Skipper | 🏴 |
LB Ray Daniel | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Pat Heard (ex) | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Gareth Roberts | 🏴 |
M Billy Askew | 🏴 |
W Alex Dyer | 🏴 |
CF Andy Saville | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Brian Horton | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | LB Ray Daniel | 🏴 | (RB Neil Williams | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Andy Saville | 🏴 | (CF Andy Payton | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
“He [Stuart Gray] is still a little sore but more relaxed now that the initial fears have subsided.
"Naturally he was worried bearing in mind that he underwent back surgery three years ago.
"But his mind is now at rest that this is a muscular rather than a bone injury.
"If Stuart is out for any length of time I might have to spend [some of the £600,000 Glasgow Rangers paid Villa for Mark Walters] just to get a team out.
"The very good performance yesterday was tempered by the loss of Gray.
"Meanwhile, there's nothing to be frightened of at the top of the division. It's being there after the 44th match that matters."
Graham Taylor.
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