Game #4022
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 September 1988
Drew
9th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 23,029
Nottingham Forest
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1
Nottingham Forest
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 22' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa extend their unbeaten run to five but are held to a draw for the fourth time to sit 9th in the first division table on their return to the top flight.
KEY MAN
Kevin Gage, gave Villa the lead before a fourth draw in five games.
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 September 1988
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Gage, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest
🔁 | 52’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Bernie Gallacher
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Garry Thompson
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Franz Carr
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Nottingham Forest
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa draw their fourth game in five and have now taken the lead in five successive games only to be pegged back on four occasions. As a result, from winning positions Villa now have accumulated seven points from a possible fifteen and sit ninth in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Nottingham Forest
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Saturday, 24 September 1988
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 56 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 16 🟥 13 | 1.73
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.
Cards: None
Joe Worrall
CARDS
Villa
None
Nottingham Forest
None
TEAM NEWS
Kevin Gage replaces Allan Evans.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.74 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 30.15 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 20.95 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Steve Sutton | 🏴 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
CB Colin Foster | 🏴 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
CB Steve Chettle | 🏴 |
M Gary Crosby | 🏴 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge (ex) | 🏴 |
M Neil Webb | 🏴 |
W Brian Rice | 🏴 |
F Tommy Gaynor | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | for M Andy Gray | 🏴 | 52’ |
🔁 CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | for CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | 64’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Tommy Gaynor | 🇮🇪 | (W Franz Carr | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Gary Fleming | 🇬🇧 |
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
"Villa had to settle for their fourth draw after taking the lead in the 22nd minute with a Kevin Gage shot which skidded underneath Steve Sutton."
*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 25 September 1988
Franz Carr snatched an 80th minute equaliser for Nottingham Forest in a rousing finish against unbeaten Aston Villa.
Forest, still without a win after five games, more than deserved their point after pounding away at newly-promoted Villa in the second-half.
Villa had to settle for their fourth draw after taking the lead in the 22nd minute with a Kevin Gage shot which skidded underneath Steve Sutton.
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