Game #4016
Aston Villa
Monday, 2 May 1988
Won
3rd (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 36,423
Bradford City
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Bradford City
Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 23' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa win successive games, beating third placed Bradford but as games in hand settle, Villa drop to third, one point and one place of the automatic promotion places and four points behind surprise champions Millwall.
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 2 May 1988
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt, Assist by Kevin Gage
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Bradford City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Bradford City
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, High tackle
🟨 | Booking, Garry Thompson, Late tackle
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa win successive games and have now lost seven in thirty seven League games winning twenty one with automatic promotion just one result away with one game to play.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Bradford City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1910-11
FIXTURE HISTORY
Bradford City
Previous 5 vs. Bradford: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #43 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Monday, 2 May 1988
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴 | Rutland, 1983–1991
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 50 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 11 🟥 13 | 1.78
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴 | Rutland, 1983–1991
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Jim Ashworth
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Bradford City
None
TEAM NEWS
Steve Sims, Alan McInally and David Platt replace Martin Keown, Tony Daley and Mark Lillis.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.58 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.65 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Terry Dolan | 🏴 |
Bradford City
GK Paul Tomlinson | 🏴 |
RB Brian Mitchell | 🏴 |
CB Gavin Oliver | 🏴 |
CB David Evans (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Lee Sinnott | 🏴 |
LB Karl Goddard | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Stuart McCall | 🏴 |
M Mick Kennedy | 🇮🇪 |
CF John Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Ron Futcher | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Karl Goddard | 🏴 | (F Mark Leonard | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Greg Abbott | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“A professional performance.
“Instead of dying we are in the play-offs even if we have dragged the results out.”
Graham Taylor.
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