Game #4010
Saturday, 19 March 1988
Attendance: 10,255
Won
Division Two
1st (-)
Reading
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Elm Park
An Alan McInally inspired Villa beat Reading to retake the outright lead at the top of the table, two points clear of Blackburn.
Reading
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 46' | 83' |
KEY MAN
Alan McInally inspires the win that gives Villa the outright lead at the top of the table once again, Saturday, 19 March 1988.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🕒 | HT Reading 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Alan McInally
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Birch, Assist by Alan McInally
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 2-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Reading 0-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Obstruction
🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa return to winning ways and have now lost four in thirty one Division Two games, winning nineteen.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Reading
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Reading: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 19 March 1988
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 2 March 1985, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Reading
None
TEAM NEWS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.08 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.45 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 20.43 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ian Branfoot | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Reading
GK Steve Francis | 🏴 |
LB Steve Richardson | 🏴 |
D Colin Bailie | 🇬🇧 |
D Martin Hicks | 🏴 |
D Mick Tait | 🏴 |
CB Keith Curle | 🏴 |
M Stuart Beavon | 🏴 |
M Jerry Williams | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Neil Smillie | 🏴 |
F Steve Moran | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Billy Whitehurst | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 46' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Steve Moran | 🏴 | (M Les Taylor | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Jerry Williams | 🏴 | (M Michael Gilkes | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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 Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"I thought Alan's pace would tell the game wore on: said Taylor.
The business of being substitute is important but it doesn't always follow that players should automatically be in the team when they have done well as sub."
Graham Taylor.
