Game #4026
Aston Villa

Wednesday, 12 October 1988
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Substitutes
🔁 LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | for M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | 46' |
Unused Substitutes
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Alan McInally
Team News
Allan Evans, Steve Sims (first start in 7) and Ian Olney (debut) replace Martin Keown, Andy Gray and Garry Thompson.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.66 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 32.02 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 18.83 |
Debut Appearances
🟢 CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | #657 | Youth Team promotion
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Derek Mountfield | 1' | Kevin Gage | 10' | 16' | Ian Olney | 17' | Tony Daley | 70' |
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 1' |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ian Olney
⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Gordon Cowans, 45 Seconds
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 2-0, Kevin Gage
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 3-0, Kevin Gage
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 4-0, Ian Olney
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-0 Birmingham City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Stuart Gray, Sub on, Bernie Gallacher
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 5-0, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Birmingham City
Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #9 |
Manager Game | #60 |
Wednesday, 12 October 1988

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0 (7-0)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 103 | 🟩 43 | 🟨 27 | 🟥 33 | ⚽ 163 | 🥅 137 |
League 🕒 96 | 🟩 39 | 🟨 25 | 🟥 32 | ⚽ 150 | 🥅 134 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
League Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 51 | 🟩 25 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 88 | 🥅 57 |
Away 🕒 52 | 🟩 18 | 🟨 13 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 75 | 🥅 80 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 60 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 16 🟥 15 | 1.72
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
League Cup
Birmingham City

Villa Park
Attendance: 19,753
GK Tony Elliott | 🏴 |
LB John Frain | 🏴 |
CB Ian Atkins | 🏴 |
CB Vince Overson | 🏴 |
RB Ian Clarkson | 🏴 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Des Bremner (ex) | 🏴 |
M Dean Peer | 🏴 |
W Ronnie Morris | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Steve Wigley | 🏴 |
F Colin Robinson | 🏴 |
Garry Pendrey | 🏴 |

Substitutes
🔁 | RB Ray Ranson | 🏴 | (CF Simon Sturridge | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Ronnie Morris | 🏴 | (M Gary Childs | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

On This Day
Villa score four in the first seventeen minutes, five across ninety and seven across the two legs without reply as Kevin Gage 🏴 revels in his midfield role and neighbours Birmingham are annihilated at Villa Park with ease.
Centre forward Ian Olney 18 🏴 makes a goalscoring debut for Villa after joining from Ebley FC in 1986 and graduating through the youth ranks to become the 657th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Full back Kevin Gage 🏴 ⚽ scores two to contribute his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 59th appearance (58 Starts).
Gordon Cowans 🏴 makes his 🕒 350th start in a Villa shirt (366 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W166 🟨 D87 🟥 L113, ⚽ 52 Goals and 🔥 57 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.36 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Derek Mountfield 🏴 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 6th appearance.
Starting XI
Substitutes
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Sub 2
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Sub 3
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Sub 4
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Sub 5
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Match Media
What they Said
"The job has been done well and that is all you can ask.
”Whether It is 7-0 on aggregate or 1-0. the objective was to be in the third round and we have achieved that.”
Graham Taylor.
Villa showed no mercy for struggling neighbours Birmingham City with a ruthless demolition job here last night.
After their disastrous start to the season the lack of an established recognised goalkeeper and Ian Handysides’ recent brain operation Blues were due for a lucky break.
But Graham Taylor’s side allowed them no let-up as they repeatedly ripped through a wafer-thin defence to wrap up a crushing 7-0 aggregate win.
Blues’ rookie goalkeeper Tony Elliott had a nightmare debut picking the ball out of his net four times in the opening 17 minutes.
Derek Mountfield beat him with a header in the first minute after Gordon Cowans destroyed the defence with a curling cross.
Ian Atkins’s foul on Chris Price earned him a booking and allowed Kevin Gage to extend the lead direct from his 11th minute free kick.
With the Birmingham defence in tatters Elliott was reduced to a spectating role as Gage lashed in a low 20-yard drive from the edge of the area five minutes later.
The rout continued when Blues failed to clear a dangerous attack allowing teenager Ian Olney to score from close range on his debut.
To make matters worse for Blues Ray Ranson limped off on the half hour to be replaced by youngster Simon Sturridge.
Villa came to life after a subdued start to the second half when Price streaked clear on the right but his cross was hacked away by Vince Overson.
A minute later Elliott was under pressure again when he fumbled a corner but his defence fortunately came to the rescue.
Tony Daley repeatedly caused panic with his lightning speed and after having one shot beaten out by the Blues’ back four he grabbed Villa’s fifth goal after 70 minutes with a superb chip from the edge of the box that gave the outstretched Elliott no chance.