Game #4036
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 November 1988


Lost
14th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 20,104
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
Coventry City
2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Andy A Gray | 73' |
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road


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
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 November 1988
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.
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
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 26 November 1988
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🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
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 | 🏴 | 1987-1990
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 70 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 18 🟥 19 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
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: 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Stuart Gray and Andy Gray replace Allan Evans and Bernie Gallacher.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.92 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 30.32 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 21.12 |
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
MANAGER
John Sillett | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 |
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 66' |
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | (M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 |)
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Graham Rodger | 🏴 |
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
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | | 179 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 65 | 47 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 26 Nov 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH REPORTS
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