Game #4002
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 January 1988
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 24,668
Manchester City
Maine Road
Manchester City
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 13' | Tony Daley | 73' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa make it thirteen away wins as they open a six point gap at the top of the table after Tony Daley - out with injury since August - makes one and scores one to make it eleven unbeaten.
KEY MAN
Tony Daley, scores one and makes one after five months out with injury as Villa open a six point lead at the top of the table, Saturday, 23 January 1988.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 January 1988
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 2-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Manchester City 0-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa have now lost just once in twenty four Division Two games, winning fifteen.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Manchester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 23 January 1988
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 36 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.94
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 8 November 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Manchester City
None
TEAM NEWS
Tony Daley replaces Gary Shaw.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.24 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.30 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 20.28 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Mel Machin | 🏴 |
Manchester City
GK Eric Nixon | 🏴 |
LB Andy Hinchcliffe | 🏴 |
CB Steve Redmond | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Clements | 🏴 |
RB Ian Brightwell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB John Gidman (ex) | 🏴 |
M Paul Stewart | 🏴 |
M Paul Lake | 🏴 |
M Paul Simpson | 🏴 |
W David White | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Morley | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Ian Brightwell | 🏴 | (CF Imre Váradi | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M David Norton | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Ian Scott | 🏴 |
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 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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I was beginning to wonder if I might have to pack the game in.
“Every time I came back into training I broke down.”
Tony Daley.
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