Game #4036
Aston Villa
3-6-5, 12 PTS
Saturday, 26 November 1988
14th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Substitutes
🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 66' |
Unused Substitutes
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Alan McInally, Wild tackle (6)
🟨 Martin Keown, Dissent (9)
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
Not recorded
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 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 73' |
Assist(s) | Andy A Gray | 73' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 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
Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 26 November 1988
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴 | Bedford, 1982-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴 | Bedford, 1982-1989
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 32 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 52 | 🥅 27 |
League 🕒 29 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 46 | 🥅 25 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 16 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 26 | 🥅 7 |
Away 🕒 16 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 26 | 🥅 20 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 70 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 18 🟥 19 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Coventry City
6-5-3, 23 PTS
Highfield Road
Attendance: 20,104
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 | 🏴 |
John Sillett | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | (M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
CB Graham Rodger | 🏴 |
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: 1986-87
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
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.
Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴 contributes his 30th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 47th appearance (38 Starts) to make it 🟩 W21 🟨 D13 🟥 L13 , ⚽ 19 Goals and 🔥 11 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.57 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
What they Said
"Coventry's only League win over Villa before this was in February 1937 and there were moments when Villa looked like keeping their run going."
A PIECE of magic from Cyrille Regis broke the Villa hoodoo which stretched back over 52 years. Coventry's only League win over Villa before this was in February 1937 and there were moments when Villa looked like keeping their run going.
Regis set up Coventry with a well-taken first half goal and Keith Houchen, a scorer at Tottenham on Wednesday, netted the second after an hour's play.
Villa should have been level after 55 minutes when Alan Mclnally carved through to leave David Platt a simple chance, but he fired over from eight yards.
The local derby exploded at the start with Coventry's Steve Sedgley being booked after 16 seconds for a foul on Gordon Cowans.
Mclnally was booked after eight minutes. Regis fired Coventry in front after 12 minutes from a move between Trevor Peake and Houchen.
Houchen scored the second in the 61st minute when David Speedie headed down Brian Borrows' free kick.
Villa fought their way back into the match in the 73rd minute thanks to more magic this time from Andy Gray.
He danced past three defenders before laying on a close range tap in for Mclnally to score his 13th goal of the season.