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Game #4039

Aston Villa

Saturday, 10 December 1988

Middlesbrough

3-3

Aston Villa

Division One

Middlesbrough

Ayresome Park

Attendance: 18,096

Drew

14th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

Alan McInally hits his latest brace to top the scoring charts but after being two up after six minutes are pegged back by former Villan Bruce Rioch's Boro before a refereeing error sees a last minute penalty to Graham Taylor's men being refused.

KEY MAN

Alan McInally, scored his latest brace but Villa have to settle for a draw at Ayresome.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 10 December 1988

⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 2-0, Alan McInally
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 2-1, (Middlesbrough), Mark Brennan
🔁 | 41’ Sub off Kevin Gage, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 2-2, (Middlesbrough), Gary Hamilton
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 2-3, (Middlesbrough), Tony Mowbray
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Derek Mountfield
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 3-3, Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 3-3 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown
🟥 | Sending off, Martin Keown, Two bookable offences

ON THIS DAY

Alan McInally scores his sixteenth and seventeenth goals of the season.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Middlesbrough

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Saturday, 10 December 1988

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Howard Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oadby, 1980-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 73 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 19 🟥 19 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Howard Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oadby, 1980-1989 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 February 1982, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.50 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.18 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.16 |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Stephen Pears | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Mowbray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mark Burke (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Brennan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Davenport | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | for RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 41' |
🔁 CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 |
CF Bernie Slaven | 🇮🇪 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

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

"ASTON Villa striker Alan McInally brought his goal tally of the season to 17, and his teammate Martin Keown was sent off."

MATCH REPORT

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

*Sunday World (Dublin)*
Sunday, 11 December 1988

ASTON Villa striker Alan McInally brought his goal tally of the season to 17, and his teammate Martin Keown was sent off. Villa were two goals up inside seven minutes through Andy Gray and Mclnally but Middlesbrough roared back and went 3-2 ahead after 67 minutes with goals by Mark Brennan. Gary Hamilton and Tony Mowbray. McInally powered his way through to equalise.

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