Game #4015
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 April 1988
Won
2nd (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 18,936
Shrewsbury Town
Villa Park
Villa win for the first time in five as Warren Aspinall strikes before controversially taking and missing a penalty ahead of appointed specialist Stuart Gray. The victory however is enough to propel Villa back to second, two points behind Millwall with two to play with third placed Bradford up next.
Aston Villa
1-0
Shrewsbury Town
Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 35' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 April 1988
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Andy Gray
💥 | 39’ Missed penalty, Warren Aspinall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury Town
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury Town
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa win for the first time in five and have now lost seven in thirty six League games winning twenty.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Shrewsbury Town
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Shrewsbury Town
Previous 5 vs. Shrewsbury: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Saturday, 23 April 1988
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Allison | 🏴 | Lancaster, 1980-1997
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 49 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 11 🟥 13 | 1.76
Career Form:
Top 6
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Allison | 🏴 | Lancaster, 1980-1997
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 29 October 1986, League Cup, Villa 1-1 Derby, Baseball Ground.
Cards: None
David Allison
CARDS
Villa
None
Shrewsbury Town
None
TEAM NEWS
Warren Aspinall, Tony Daley and Mark Lillis replace David Platt, Gareth Williams and Paul Birch.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.31 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.55 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 20.53 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Ian McNeill | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
Shrewsbury Town
GK Steve Perks | 🏴 |
CB Richard Green | 🏴 |
CB Dick Pratley | 🏴 |
CB David Linighan | 🏴 |
M Brian Williams | 🏴 |
M Phil Priest | 🏴 |
M Bernard McNally | 🇬🇧 |
W Vic Kasule | 🏴 |
W Mike Brown | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Wayne Williams | 🏴 |
CF Alan Irvine | 🏴 |
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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