Game #4025
Saturday, 8 October 1988
Attendance: 15,416
Lost
Division One
16th (-5)
Wimbledon
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Villa Park
Villa slump to successive defeats after their six game unbeaten start as a late Wimbledon goal condemns them to 17th in the table after seven games,
Aston Villa
0-1
Wimbledon
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Graham Taylor, yet to win at home in four attempts.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Wimbledon
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Garry Thompson, Sub on, Allan Evans
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 0-1, (Wimbledon), John Scales
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Wimbledon
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa lose and fail to score for the second successive match and drop to 17th in the table. Meanwhile, Garry Thompson made his final appearance for Villa aged 29 before moving to Watford later this month for a fee of £350,000. Thompson played for Villa between 1986-87 and 1988-89 making 70 appearances and scoring 18 goals after signing him from Sheffield Wednesday for £450,000 in June 1986.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Wimbledon
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1987-88
FIXTURE HISTORY
Wimbledon
Previous 5 vs. Wimbledon: 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Saturday, 8 October 1988
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 May 1988, Villa 0-0 Swindon, County Ground.
Cards: 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.09 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 30.19 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 20.99 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Bobby Gould | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
Wimbledon
GK Hans Segers | 🇳🇱 |
CB Eric Young | 🏴 |
CB John Scales | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Roger Joseph | 🏴 |
LB Andy Clement | 🏴 |
M Garry Brooke | 🏴 |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴 |
M Lawrie Sanchez | 🇬🇧 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Alan Cork | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | for CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 76' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF John Fashanu | 🏴 | (CF Robbie Turner | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB Terry Phelan | 🇮🇪 |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
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
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
"It stunned Villa fans, who have yet to see their team win at home in four attempts."
*Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 9 October 1988
A last gasp strike by Wimbledon defender John Scales sealed a much needed win for the struggling FA Cup holders.
The 87th minute effort ensured the Dons' second successive win, establishing a solid base from which to climb the table.
Delighted manager Bobby Gould later praised Dons' coach Don Howe, rejoining the club after a heart by-pass operation. Gould said:
"The upturn in our confidence and fortunes is due to the return of Howe. "I am convinced he can do a similar job for England boss Bobby Robson.”
The match winner came after Robbie Turner capitalise on a Villa clearance error.
He flicked the ball to Vinny Jones, whose shot rebounded to Scales to score.
It stunned Villa fans, who have yet to see their team win at home in four attempts.
But Villa failed dismally and manager Graham Taylor must soon make wholesale changes if performances don’t improve.
Until that late strike it seemed the slow-moving match would end in a no-score draw.
John Fashanu, limping badly in the second period after some tough clashes with Martin Keown, disappeared after 48 minutes.
Later Tony Daley missed a fine chance to put Villa ahead. Garry Thompson's cross had the Dons defence in trouble but Daley's header was ill-directed.
Villa keeper Nigel Spink did not have to make a notable save throughout the game and Wimbledon's Hans Segers was tested just twice.