Game #4025
Aston Villa
Saturday, 8 October 1988
Aston Villa
0-1
Wimbledon
Division One
Wimbledon
Villa Park
Attendance: 15,416
Lost
16th (-5)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Graham Taylor, yet to win at home in four attempts.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 October 1988
🕒 | 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 DETAILS
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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: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 59 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 16 🟥 15 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 4
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 May 1988, Villa 0-0 Swindon, County Ground.
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
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
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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 | 🏴 | 🔴 |
MANAGER
Bobby Gould | 🏴 |
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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
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🔁 CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | for CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 76' |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF John Fashanu | 🏴 | (CF Robbie Turner | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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LB Terry Phelan | 🇮🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Alan McInally
UNAVAILABLE
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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
🔴 CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 1986-88 | 🕒 73 | 69 (4) | ⚽ 18 | 🔥 9 | 🇺 3 | #636 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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