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Game #4015

Saturday, 23 April 1988

Attendance: 18,936

Won

Division Two

2nd (+2)

Shrewsbury Town

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 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

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: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

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

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

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 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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES