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Game #4003

Aston Villa

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Sunday, 31 January 1988

4th Round

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ

GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kevin Gage | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB Martin Keown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Bernie Gallacher | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Mark Lillis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸจ |
M Paul Birch | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy A Gray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tony Daley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Garry Thompson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Alan McInally | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |

Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | M Warren Aspinall | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for Tony Daley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 75โ€™ |

Unused Substitutes

M David Norton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

๐ŸŸจ Mark Lillis, Chopping tackle (4)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ๐Ÿ†
UEFA Cup / Europa League: โŒ
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.26 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 31.32 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.30 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-2

๐ŸŸฅ 31 Jan 1988, Villa 0-2 Liverpool, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

๐Ÿ•’ | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
๐Ÿฅ… | 54โ€™ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), John Barnes
๐Ÿ” | 75โ€™ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Warren Aspinall
๐Ÿฅ… | 87โ€™ Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Peter Beardsley
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool

๐ŸŸจ | Booking, Mark Lillis, Chopping tackle

Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #37 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Sunday, 31 January 1988

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Hackett | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sheffield, 1976-1994
HT Score: ๐ŸŸจ 0-0
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฅ 0-2
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ

Officials

Referee: Keith Hackett | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Sheffield, 1976-1994

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ

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Head to Head

Total ๐Ÿ•’ 131 | ๐ŸŸฉ W43 (33% ) | ๐ŸŸจ D25 | ๐Ÿ‡บ(52% ) | ๐ŸŸฅ L63 (48% ) | โšฝ 209 | ๐Ÿฅ… 242 | GD -33

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990

๐Ÿ•’ 37 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 20 ๐ŸŸจ | 10 ๐ŸŸฅ 7 | 1.89

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

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FA Cup

Liverpool

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Villa Park

Attendance: 46,324

GK Bruce Grobbelaar | ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ |
RB Barry Venison | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Gary Ablett | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Alan Hansen | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB Steve Nicol | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Ray Houghton | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
M Steve McMahon (ex) | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Nigel Spackman | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W John Barnes | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
CF John Aldridge | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
CF Peter Beardsley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |

Kenny Dalglish | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Jan Mรธlby | ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด |
M Craig Johnston | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1985-86

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

211

โœ…

210*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

๐ŸŸฉ

78

๐ŸŸจ

60

๐ŸŸฅ

73

โ›”

59

๐Ÿฅ…

286

LB Bernie Gallacher | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

38

โœ…

38

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

2

๐ŸŸฉ

20

๐ŸŸจ

10

๐ŸŸฅ

8

CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

428

โœ…

420

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

60

14

๐ŸŸฉ

173

๐ŸŸจ

111

๐ŸŸฅ

144

CB Martin Keown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

78

โœ…

77

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

2

๐ŸŸฉ

28

๐ŸŸจ

23

๐ŸŸฅ

27

RB Kevin Gage | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

37

โœ…

37

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

8

๐ŸŸฉ

20

๐ŸŸจ

10

๐ŸŸฅ

7

M Mark Lillis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

30

โœ…

30

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

1

๐ŸŸฉ

18

๐ŸŸจ

7

๐ŸŸฅ

5

M Andy A Gray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

9

โœ…

9

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

1

๐ŸŸฉ

7

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

1

M Paul Birch | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

164

โœ…

155

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

19

19

๐ŸŸฉ

61

๐ŸŸจ

43

๐ŸŸฅ

60

W Tony Daley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

75

โœ…

56*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

8

6

๐ŸŸฉ

16

๐ŸŸจ

23

๐ŸŸฅ

36*

CF Garry Thompson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

52

โœ…

51

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

15

7

๐ŸŸฉ

17

๐ŸŸจ

15

๐ŸŸฅ

20

CF Alan McInally | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

23

โœ…

20

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

5

๐ŸŸฉ

13

๐ŸŸจ

6

๐ŸŸฅ

4

Substitutes
None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

GK Sub

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

โ›”

๐Ÿฅ…

M Warren Aspinall | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

45

๐Ÿ”

4

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

15

4

Sub 1

๐ŸŸฉ

18

๐ŸŸจ

14

๐ŸŸฅ

13

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 2

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 3

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 4

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 5

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

Match Media
On This Day
  • Graham Taylor's Villa lose to runaway First Division leaders Liverpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

  • Tony Daley makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (56 Starts) to make it W16 D23 L36, 8 Goals and 6 Assists so far in his Villa career.

What they Said

โ€œIt wasnโ€™t a stroll for Liverpool.โ€

Graham Taylor.

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