Game #4019
Aston Villa
Saturday, 3 September 1988
Won
5th (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Division One
Arsenal
Highbury
Attendance: 37,417
Arsenal
2-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 28' | 48' |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
George Graham (ex) | 🏴 |
Arsenal
GK John Lukic | 🏴 |
LB Lee Dixon | 🏴 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴 |
RB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Brian Marwood | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Paul Davis | 🏴 |
M Michael Thomas | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Rocastle | 🏴 | (W Perry Groves | 🏴 |)
🟩 3 September 1988, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Highbury.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 September 1988
Graham Taylor's Villa beat Arsenal at Highbury in only their second game since returning after a season out of the top flight. Alan McInally scores his third goal in two games as unbeaten Villa climb to 5th in the early table.
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