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Game #4023

Aston Villa

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Tuesday, 27 September 1988

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

None

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad:

Alan McInally

Garry Thompson and Bernie Gallacher make their first starts of the season in place of Alan McInally (injury) and Stuart Gray.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.43 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.16 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.96 |

  • Villa see off their neighbours on their own patch with a fine brace of first half goals before second half complacency prevents the tie being put beyond all doubt.

  • Graham Taylor's Villa beat neighbours Birmingham in the first leg of the second round of the League Cup.

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Won

2-0

🟩 27 Sep 1988, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrews'
Scorer(s) | Kevin Gage | 6' | Andy A Gray | 45' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Gage
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-2 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 0-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #57 |
Tuesday, 27 September 1988

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1982-1993

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Total 🕒 102 | 🟩 42 | 🟨 27 | 🟥 33 | ⚽ 158 | 🥅 137 |
League 🕒 96 | 🟩 39 | 🟨 25 | 🟥 32 | ⚽ 150 | 🥅 134 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
League Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 50 | 🟩 24 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 83 | 🥅 57 |
Away 🕒 52 | 🟩 18 | 🟨 13 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 75 | 🥅 80 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 57 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 16 🟥 13 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
231
🟩
86
🟨
3
230*
🟨
66
🟥
0
0
🟥
79
1
🥅
64
311
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
53
🟩
27
🟨
1
52
🟨
13
🟥
0
0
🟥
13
2
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
3
🟩
1*
🟨
0
3*
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
96
🟩
35
🟨
5
95
🟨
28
🟥
1
3
🟥
33
2
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
6
🟩
2*
🟨
0
6*
🟨
4
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
92
🟩
23*
🟨
1
69*
🟨
27
🟥
0
10
🟥
42
12
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
17
🟩
6
🟨
0
17
🟨
6
🟥
0
5
🟥
5
1
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
70
🟩
24
🟨
7
66
🟨
20
🟥
0
19
🟥
26
9
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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Player Profile
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
56
🟩
27
🟨
3
55
🟨
16
🟥
0
4
🟥
13
9
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
364
🟩
165
🟨
4
348
🟨
88
🟥
0
52
🟥
111
56
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
27
🟩
15
🟨
4
27
🟨
7
🟥
0
4
🟥
5
4
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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🟥
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Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🟥
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Player Profile

League Cup

Birmingham City

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St Andrew's

Attendance: 21,177

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Clarkson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ian Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vince Overson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Langley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ronnie Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Wigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Colin Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Garry Pendrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | RB Ian Clarkson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Des Bremner (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)
🔁 | F Colin Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Steve Whitton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

None

None

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

“The second half was our worst performance of the season, and that's no disrespect to Birmingham.

“We didn't do anything to suggest we were 2-0 up, and the players are disappointed that we didn't put the tie out of reach."

Graham Taylor.

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

BIRMINGHAM City’s early season nightmare continued here last night when they were beaten by arch rivals Aston Villa in the first leg of their Littlewoods Cup local derby duel.

Blues battled bravely against their First Division opponents but they were rocked by goals from Kevin Gage and Andy Gray in the first-half and never recovered.

Despite a spirited second-half display Villa won with a little to spare and now take a two-goal cushion into the second leg at Villa Park next month.

Blues’ boss Garry Pendrey took a gamble by drafting in four youngsters after his side’s dismal run in the Second Division.

But it was Villa who got off to a fine start when they took the lead after just five minutes.

Blues failed to clear a Thompson header from Gray’s comer on the right and Gage nipped in to slam home the loose ball.

Blues kept battling and after 12 minutes a blistering Ian Atkins’ shot from just outside the area flashed past the post.

Villa goalkeeper Spink was forced to dash off his line in the 25th minute to punch away a menacing Wigley cross as Blues searched desperately for an equaliser.

But Villa ended the half firmly in control and they snatched a glorious second just a minute before the break when Gray fired home a screaming 20-yard drive after Clarkson had only half-cleared a Gallacher cross.

Just four minutes into the second half Villa should have added a third when a mistake by Overson set up Platt whose shot was turned away by Godden for a corner.

Six minutes later substitute Whitton replaced Robinson in an attempt to boost the Blues’ attack The switch signalled a spell of Blues pressure as Pendrey’s men fired by their home crowd fought to get back into the game.

But it was Villa who came closest to scoring in the 77th minute when Mountfield saw a close-range shot hit the underside of the crossbar before Godden gathered the ball safely.

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