Game #4042
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 December 1988
Lost
13th (-3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 32,486
Arsenal
Villa Park
Villa lose for the first time in six as they conceded two minutes into the game and two minutes from the end after Nigel Spink, who has been outstanding all season, has a difficult game.
Aston Villa
0-3
Arsenal
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Nigel Spink, late with his challenge to let Arsenal in.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 December 1988
🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Alan Smith
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), David Rocastle
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Perry Groves
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Arsenal
🔁 | Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Martin Keown
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa lose for the first time in six and drop back to 13th in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Arsenal
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1986–87
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 31 December 1988
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Peter Tyldesley | 🏴 | Stockport, 1979–1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 76 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 | 20 🟥 20 | 1.68
Career Form:
Top 6
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Tyldesley | 🏴 | Stockport, 1979–1991
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 9 October 1985, League Cup, Villa 8-1 Exeter, Villa Park.
Cards: None
Peter Tyldesley
CARDS
Villa
None
Arsenal
None
TEAM NEWS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.90 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 32.24 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 21.22 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
George Graham (ex) | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
Arsenal
GK John Lukic | 🏴 |
RB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Brian Marwood | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
M Michael Thomas | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | for M Andy Gray | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Merson | 🏴 | (W Perry Groves | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Paul Davis | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Villa belatedly got their act together in the second half, but safe goalkeeping by John Lukic and a timely clearance by Tony Adams kept Arsenal in charge."
*Sunday Life*
Sunday, 1 January 1989
ARSENAL showed their championship class with an outstanding first half performance at Villa Park.
Villa, surprise winners at Highbury in September, saw their hopes of a double disappear as early as the second minute when Alan Smith headed his 16th goal of the season.
Goalkeeper Nigel Spink was late with his challenge on that occasion and it was his weak clearance that led to David Rocastle chipping Arsenal's second goal after 24 minutes.
Villa belatedly got their act together in the second half, but safe goalkeeping by John Lukic and a timely clearance by Tony Adams kept Arsenal in charge.
Steve Bould had a shot cleared off the line by Gordon Cowans and the Londoners clinched their seventh away win of the season when substitute Perry Groves scored two minutes from time.
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