Game #4007
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 February 1988
1st= (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M David Norton | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Tony Daley replaces Mark Lillis.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.02 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.40 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 20.38 |
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa return to winning ways and have now 🟥 lost three in twenty eight Division Two games, 🟩 winning seventeen.
Villa hit three in six first half minutes and a brace in two second half minutes to sweep aside Plymouth after successive defeats and retake top spot on goal difference from Blackburn.
Centre forward Garry Thompson 🏴 ⚽ scores to contribute his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 56th appearance doing so at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.24 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Won
5-2
🟩 27 Feb 1988, Villa 5-2 Plymouth, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Stuart Gray (pen) | 20' | David Platt | 22' | Paul Birch | 26' | 76' | Garry Thompson | 74' |
Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 22' | 76' | Andy A Gray | 26' | Paul Birch | 74' |
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Plymouth Argyle), Tommy Tynan
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-1, Stuart Gray (pen)
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 2-1, David Platt, Assist by Tony Daley
⚽ | 26' Goal, 3-1, Paul Birch, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Plymouth Argyle
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 4-1, Garry Thompson, Assist by Paul Birch
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 5-1, Paul Birch, Assist by Tony Daley
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 5-2, (Plymouth Argyle), Glyn Hodges
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-2 Plymouth Argyle
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Saturday, 27 February 1988
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Kirkby | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1988-1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Referee: John Kirkby | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1988-1999
Previous 5 vs. Plymouth: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 41 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 10 🟥 9 | 1.85
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Plymouth Argyle
Villa Park
Attendance: 16,142
GK Steve Cherry | 🏴 |
D Leigh Cooper | 🏴 |
CB Adrian Burrows | 🏴 |
CB Nicky Marker | 🏴 |
D Gerry McElhinney | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M John Brimacombe | 🏴 |
M Kevin Hodges | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M John Matthews | 🏴 |
M Kevin Summerfield | 🏴 |
F Steve Cooper | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Tynan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Dave Smith | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | D Gerry McElhinney | 🇬🇧 | (CB Andy Morrison | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
CF Stewart Evans | 🏴 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
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