Game #4036
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 November 1988
Coventry City
2-1
Aston Villa
Division One
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 20,104
Lost
14th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 73' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Alan McInally, hit his 13th of the season but Cov beat Villa for the first time in 52 years.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 November 1988
🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Cyrille Regis
🕒 | HT Coventry City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-2, (Coventry City), Keith Houchen
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 1-2, Alan McInally, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Coventry City 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Alan McInally, Wild tackle
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Dissent
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa lose for the third successive League game despite Alan McInally's thirteenth of the season as they fall back to 14th in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 26 November 1988
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 70 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 18 🟥 19 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 February 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Stuart Gray and Andy Gray replace Allan Evans and Bernie Gallacher.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.92 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 30.32 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 21.12 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
MANAGER
John Sillett | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_0d4f436b164742139f2bfd5d7f1829f0~mv2.gif)
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
M David Smith | 🏴 |
M David Phillips | 🏴 |
M Steve Sedgley | 🏴 |
CF Keith Houchen | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 66' |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | (M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Graham Rodger | 🏴 |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Sunday, 27 November 1988
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