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Game #4055

Aston Villa

Saturday, 18 March 1989

Millwall

2-0

Aston Villa

Division One

Millwall

The Den

Attendance: 13,206

Lost

12th (+3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa suffer a chastening defeat to fellow promotees Millwall who in stark contrast to Villa sit third in the table in their first season back in the top flight. Villa sit twelfth having failed to score in three and gained two points from a possible eighteen,

KEY MAN

Lee Butler, beaten twice.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 March 1989

🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Millwall), Kevin O’Callaghan
🔁 | 23’ Sub off, Kevin Gage, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Millwall 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Ian Olney
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 0-2, (Millwall), Terry Hurlock
🕒 | FT Millwall 2-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Graham Taylor's Villa fail to score for the third successive game and have now lost six of their last eight League games.

Aston Villa

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

Millwall

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Millwall

Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #89 |
Saturday, 18 March 1989

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 89 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 22 🟥 28 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, 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
| 26.04 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.73 |

Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.67 |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Lee Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Millwall

GK Brian Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alan McLeary | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Sean Sparham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Briley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Hurlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Kevin O’Callaghan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Teddy Sheringham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for FB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23' |
🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Danis Salman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dean Horrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

"Dorset referee Paul Durkin deserved top marks for keeping the grudge match between the two promoted sides under control."

MATCH REPORT

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*Sunday World (Dublin)*
Sunday, 19 March 1989

MILLWALL powered to their 10th home win of the season thanks to fine goals by Kevin O'Callaghan and Terry Hurtock. Villa, with only one away win to their credit, rarely threatened the best home record in the first division with Millwall strengthening their grip on third place behind Arsenal and Norwich. Millwall struck early with O'Callaghan rifling home Tony Cascanno's third minute cross which had been touched on by Teddy Sheringham. Cascarino then helped Millwall finish the job 10 minutes from time when he headed the ball into the path of Hurlock who beat Lee Butler with a thunderous shot into the top corner of the net. Hurlock was one of three players booked by Dorset referee Paul Durkin who deserved top marks for keeping the grudge match between the two promoted sides under control.

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