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Game #3967

Aston Villa

Saturday, 15 August 1987

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Drew

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division Two

Ipswich Town

Portman Road

Attendance: 14,580

Ipswich Town

1-1

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Aston Villa

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MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Duncan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK John Hallworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Frank Yallop | 🇨🇦 |
D Chris O'Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
D Ian Cranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Graham Harbey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Brennan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Romeo Zondervan | 🇳🇱 |
M Nigel Gleghorn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jason Dozzell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Neil Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | D Chris O'Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mick Stockwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 15 August 1987

  • Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 takes change of Villa for the first time, after leaving First Division Watford - a team he had taken to ninth in the top flight the previous season - to take over freshly relegated. poorly resourced and run Villa under the dismantling regime of Herbert Douglas Ellis.. 

  • Villa open their second division campaign with a draw at Portman Road despite dominating as Simon Stainrod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 misses a hat-trick of opportunities.

  • Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 embarks on a major restructure of the club to remedy the multiple poor decisions on and off the pitch since Chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis took over the club after the European Cup triumph in 1982. 

  • Midfielder David Hunt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 28 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Notts County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in June 1987 to become the 645th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Central defender Steve Sims 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 30 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Taylor's former club Watford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in June 1987 for a fee of £50,000 to become the 646th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Right back Kevin Gage 23 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Wimbledon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in July 1987 for a fee of £110,000 to become the 647th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

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