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
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
PROGRAMME
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.
