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Game #4005

Aston Villa

Sunday, 14 February 1988

Middlesbrough

2-1

Aston Villa

Division Two

Middlesbrough

Ayresome Park

Attendance: 16,957

Lost

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | Garry Thompson | 35' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose for the first time in twelve second division games as they fall to two late goals at old boy Bruce Rioch's Middlesbrough. Villa though remain top as Blackburn, up next, now sit one point behind.

KEY MAN

Tony Daley, had now scored two and created two in four matches on his return from injury but Villa are beaten for the first time in twelve second division games, Sunday, 14 February 1988.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 14 February 1988

⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Garry Thompson
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 75' Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Stuart Gray
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough), Alan Kernaghan
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 1-2, (Middlesbrough), Tony Mowbray
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 2-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Graham Taylor's Villa lose for only the second time in twenty six Division Two games.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Middlesbrough

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Sunday, 14 February 1988

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Unknown
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 39 | 🟩 | 21 🟨 | 10 🟥 8 | 1.87

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Stuart Gray replaces Andy Gray.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.64 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.36 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.34 |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Stephen Pears | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Laws | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Mowbray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Bernie Slaven | 🇮🇪 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Kerr (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | W Stuart Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mark Burke (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

“I felt Middlesbrough would not score at that stage. “It's funny how people always revert to type. “You can teach players to knock the ball to feet but when they need to score quickly they whack the ball high into the centre. “That's what they did and it worked. It was a choker. “But we have to keep our chins up and carry on at Blackburn next Saturday. “The teams who go up are those who deal with setbacks. “This might look like a major setback but we are still top of the division." Graham Taylor.

MATCH REPORT

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