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Game #4024

Saturday, 1 October 1988

Attendance: 18,301

Lost

Division One

11th (-2)

Sheffield Wednesday

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Hillsborough

Villa lose for the first time in 1988-89 as they concede early, miss a second half penalty and have Andy Gray sent off for striking anger magnet Gary Megson to let an uncultured Wednesday side claim all three points.

Sheffield Wednesday

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

Andy Gray, sent off for striking Gary Megson, not the first, not the last to be be irritated by the fellow

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MATCH TIMELINE

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), David Hirst
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | 75’ Missed penalty, Stuart Gray
🟥 | 80’ Sending off, Andy Gray, Striking Gary Megson
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Foul

ON THIS DAY

Graham Taylor's Villa lose and fail to score for the first time this season and fall back to 11th place in the table with seven points from six games.

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 1 October 1988

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Timmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Newcastle, 1987–1989
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Timmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Newcastle, 1987–1989
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟥 🟨

Sheffield Wednesday

None

Joe Timmons

TEAM NEWS

Stuart Gray replaces Bernie Gallacher.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.07 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.17 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.97 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
CB Nigel Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Cranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Lawrie Madden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mel Sterland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Hirst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Colin West | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Alan McInally

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

"I'm not saying we deserved to get something out of the game, but we should have done."

Graham Taylor.

*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 2 October 1988

AN eighth minute goal by David Hirst was sufficient to give Sheffield Wednesday victory over Villa who failed to equalise in a second-half fight back during which their midfield man Andy Gray was sent off.

Villa had chances particularly in the 75th minute when a penalty kick by Stuart Gray was brilliantly palmed away at the foot of a post by goalkeeper Kevin Pressman.

Pressman redeemed his error for it was he who brought down Chris Price in the area as he fastened onto a poor back-pass from Nigel Worthington.

But Villa's effort faltered five minutes later when Gray was given his marching orders for striking Gary Megson in the face.