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Villa's matches in the

1988-89

season

🟨 13 May 1989, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | David Platt | 18' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 18' |

17th (-3)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Saturday, 13 May 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 1-1, (Coventry City), Gary Bannister
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Ian Olney
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Coventry City

🟥 6 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Derby, Baseball Ground.

Scorer(s) | David Platt | 26' |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

14th (-)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Alton, 1978–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 6 May 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Darrell Duffy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Darrell Duffy
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-1, (Derby County), Dean Saunders
🕒 | HT Derby County 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 1-2, (Derby County), Trevor Hebberd
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Nigel Callaghan, Sub on, Paul Birch
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Ian Ormondroyd
🕒 | FT Derby County 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Stuart Gray, Heavy tackle

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Stuart Gray | 85' |

Assist(s) | David Platt | 85' |

14th (-1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Tuesday, 2 May 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Rod Wallace, 49 Seconds
🥅 | 25’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Paul Rideout
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Southampton
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 1-2, Stuart Gray, Assist by David Platt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Southampton

🟨 29 April 1989, Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Stuart Gray | 89' |

Assist(s) | Nigel Callaghan | 89' |

13th (-)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 29 April 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Peter Davenport
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Ian Ormondroyd
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 1-1, Stuart Gray, Assist by Nigel Callaghan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough

🟨 22 April 1989, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

Scorer(s) | Ian Olney | 62' | Alan McInally | 69' |

Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 62' |

13th (-)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Tony Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1980-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Saturday, 22 April 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🔁 | 39’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Ian Ormondroyd
🕒 | HT Norwich City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Dean Coney
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 0-2, (Norwich City), Andy Townsend
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-2, Ian Olney, Assist by Alan McInally
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 2-2, Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Norwich City 2-2 Aston Villa

🟩 8 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

Scorer(s) | Stuart Gray | 33' | David Platt | 74' |

Assist(s) | Stuart Gray | 74' |

13th (+1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Paul Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rochdale, 1986–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #93 |
Saturday, 8 April 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, Stuart Gray
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-0, David Platt, Assist by Stuart Gray
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 2-1, (Newcastle United), Glenn Roeder
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Steve Sims, Foul

🟩 1 April 1989, Villa 2-1 Luton, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Tony Daley | 2' | Ian Olney | 35' |

Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 2' | Nigel Callaghan | 35' |

14th (+1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Saturday, 1 April 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Alan McInally
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 1-1, (Luton Town), Ricky Hill
🔁 | 32’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Ian Olney
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 2-1, Ian Olney, Assist by Nigel Callaghan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Luton Town
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Luton Town

🟥 28 March 1989, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

15th (-1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1987–1993
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #91 |
Monday, 27 March 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Andy Sinton
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Mark Lillis, Sub on, Tony Daley
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Nigel Callaghan
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Steve Sims, Foul

🟥 25 March 1989, Villa 0-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

14th (-2)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley, 1980-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Saturday, 25 March 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Lee Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Paul Ince
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 West Ham United
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Derek Mountfield
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub off, Ian Olney
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 West Ham United

🟥 18 March 1989, Villa 0-2 Millwall, The Den.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

12th (+3)

Division One

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: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

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

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 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

🟨 12 March 1989, Villa 0-0 United, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

14th (-1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Mike Peck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1977-1995
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #88 |
Sunday, 12 March 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
🔁 70’ Sub off, Ian Ormondroyd, Sub on, Ian Olney
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United

🟥 1 March 1989, Villa 0-2 Tottenham, White Hart Lane.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

13th (-)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Wednesday, 1 March 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Chris Waddle
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Chris Waddle
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa

🟥 25 February 1989, Villa 1-2 Charlton, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 39' |

Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 39' |

13th (-)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wrexham, 1985-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Saturday, 25 February 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | Goal, 0-1, (Charlton Athletic), Tommy Caton
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-1, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Kevin Gage
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Charlton Athletic
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Martin Keown
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 1-2, (Charlton Athletic), Carl Leaburn
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Charlton Athletic

🟨 | Booking, Nigel Callaghan, Dissent

🟨 14 February 1989, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison Park.

Scorer(s) | Ian Ormondroyd | 16' |

Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 16' |

13th (-1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Tuesday, 14 February 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Lee Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Lee Butler
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Tony Cottee
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 1-1, Ian Ormondroyd, Assist by Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Everton 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Everton 1-1 Aston Villa

🟥 11 February 1989, Villa 0-1 Wimbledon, Plough Lane.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

12th (-1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #84 |
Saturday, 11 February 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 45’ Goal, 0-1, (Wimbledon), John Fashanu
🕒 | HT Wimbledon 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Wimbledon 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Stuart Gray, Foul

🟩 4 February 1989, Villa 2-0 Wednesday, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Nigel Callaghan | 25' | David Platt | 36' |

Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 25' | Nigel Callaghan | 36' |

11th (+3)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #83 |
Saturday, 4 February 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Nigel Callaghan, Ian Ormondroyd
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Nigel Callaghan, Assist by Kevin Gage
⚽ | 36’ Goal, 2-0, David Platt, Assist by Nigel Callaghan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday

🟥 28 January 1989, Villa 0-1 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

4th Round

FA Cup

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #82 |
Saturday, 28 January 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
None

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Wimbledon
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 0-1, (Wimbledon), Jones
💥 | 75’ Missed penalty, Allan Evans
🟥 | 82’ Sending off, (Wimbledon), Eric Young, Elbow
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Wimbledon

🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Dangerous Push

🟥 21 January 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

14th (-2)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1978-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #81 |
Saturday, 21 January 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Steve Hodge
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Stuart Pearce
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Tony Daley
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 0-3, (Nottingham Forest), Garry Parker
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 0-4, (Nottingham Forest), Brian Laws
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 4-0 Aston Villa

🟥 18 January 1989, Villa 1-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

Scorer(s) | David Platt | 90' |

Assist(s) | Derek Mountfield | 90' |

Quarter Final

League Cup

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Wednesday, 18 January 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

💥 | 4’ Missed Penalty, (West Ham United), Liam Brady
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Paul Ince
🕒 | HT West Ham United 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Ian Olney
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Martin Keown, Late tackle
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 0-2, (West Ham United), David Kelly
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 1-2, David Platt, Assist by Derek Mountfield
🕒 | FT West Ham United 2-1 Aston Villa

🟩 14 January 1989, Villa 3-1 Newcastle, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 37' | Tony Daley | 61' | Alan McInally | 64' |

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 61' |

12th (+4)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #79 |
Saturday, 14 January 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 29’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United, pen), Mirandnha
🔁 | 29’ Sub off, Chris Price, Sub on, Ian Olney
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-1, Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle United
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-1, Tony Daley, Assist by Andy Gray
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 3-1, Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Newcastle United

🟩 7 January 1989, Villa 3-2 Crewe, Gresty Road.

Scorer(s) | David Platt | 52' | Kevin Gage | 57' | Alan McInally | 79' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 52' | David Platt | 79' |

3rd Round

FA Cup

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Saturday, 7 January 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 5’ Goal, 0-1, (Crewe Alexandra), Mark Gardiner
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-2, (Crewe Alexandra), Martin Keown o.g.
🟨 | 43’ Booking, Alan McInally, Stamp
🕒 | HT Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Andy Gray
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Ian Olney
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 1-2, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-2, Kevin Gage
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 3-2, Alan McInally, Assist by David Platt
🕒 | FT Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Aston Villa

🟥 3 January 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

16th (-3)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Kick off: 7.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #77 |
Tuesday, 3 January 1989

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒 | HT Liverpool 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Ian Olney
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Ronnie Whelan
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa

🟥 31 December 1988, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

13th (-3)

Division One

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: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 31 December 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 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

🟩 26 December 1988, Villa 2-1 QPR, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 9' | 27' |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

10th (+5)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #75 |
Monday, 26 December 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
None

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 2-0, Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Queens Park Rangers
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Trevor Francis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Queens Park Rangers

🟨 17 December 1988, Villa 1-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 61' |

Assist(s) | None

15th (-1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #74 |
Saturday, 17 December 1988

Team

Match Timeline

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

Subs:
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 41’ Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town), Roy Wegerle
🕒 | HT Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Marvin Johnson
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Luton Town 1-1 Aston Villa

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 3' | Alan McInally | 6' | 75' |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

14th (-)

Division One

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: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

Team

Match Timeline

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

Subs:
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

⚽ | 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

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Kevin Gage | 30' | 77' | David Platt | 59' |

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 30’ | 59’ | Gordon Cowans | 77’ |

14th (-)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Alton, 1978–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 3 December 1988

Team

Match Timeline

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

Subs:
None

⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Gage, Assist by Andy Gray
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), Trevor Putney
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-1, David Platt, Assist by Andy Gray
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 3-1, Kevin Gage, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Norwich City

🟩 30 November 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 11’ | 16’ | David Platt | 50’ | 65’ | 70’ | 77’ |

Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 11' | Gordon Cowans | 16' | 77' | Martin Keown | 50' |

4th Round

League Cup

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #20 |
Manager Game | #71 |
Wednesday, 30 November 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Tony Daley
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 2-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 3-0, David Platt, Assist by Martin Keown
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 4-0, David Platt
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 5-0, David Platt
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on Gareth Williams
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 6-0, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 6-1, (Ipswich Town), Mick Stockwell
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 6-2, (Ipswich Town), Dalian Atkinson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-2 Ipswich Town

🟥 26 November 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 73' |

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 73' |

14th (-2)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 26 November 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Cyrille Regis
🕒 | HT Coventry City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-2, (Coventry City), Keith Houchen
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 1-2, Alan McInally, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Coventry City 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Alan McInally, Wild tackle
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Dissent

🟥 23 November 1988, FMC, Villa 1-2 Derby, Baseball Ground.

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 42' |

Assist(s) | None

2nd Round

Simod Cup 2nd Round

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Tom Fitzharris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1981–1993
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #18 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Wednesday, 23 November 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Gary Micklewhite
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 1-1, Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Derby County 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-2, (Derby County), Gary Micklewhite
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on Andy Gray
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Bernie Gallacher, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Derby County 2-1 Aston Villa

🟥 19 November 1988, Villa 1-2 Derby, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Derek Mountfield | 54' |

Assist(s) | Martin Keown | 54' |

12th (-)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #68 |
Saturday, 19 November 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Derby County
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-0, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Martin Keown
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 1-1, (Derby County), Dean Saunders
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-2, (Derby County), Paul Goddard
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Bernie Gallacher, Sub on Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Derby County

🟥 12 November 1988, Villa 1-3 Southampton, The Dell.

Scorer(s) | Tony Daley | 22' |

Assist(s) | None

12th (-4)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Trevor Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Halifax, 1984–1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Saturday, 12 November 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Matt Le Tissier
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-1, Tony Daley
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 1-2, (Southampton), Matt Le Tissier
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Andy Gray
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 1-3, (Southampton), Rod Wallace
🕒 | FT Southampton 3-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Foul

🟩 9 November 1988, FMC, Villa 6-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | David Platt | 3’ | Bernie Gallacher | 34’ | Derek Mountfield | 37’ | Alan McInally | 38’ | 75’ | Allan Evans | 42’ |

Assist(s) | Martin Keown | 3’ | 37’ | 42’ | Alan McInally | 34’ | Kevin Gage | 38’ |

1st Round

Simod Cup 1st Round

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Mike Peck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1977-1995
HT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #15 |
Manager Game | #66 |
Wednesday, 9 November 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Lee Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 2-0, Bernie Gallacher, Assist by Alan McInally
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 3-0, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 4-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Kevin Gage
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 5-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 5-0 Birmingham City
🔁 46’ Sub off, Kevin Gage, Sub on, Andy Gray
🔁 46’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Stuart Gray
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 6-0, Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-0 Birmingham City

🟨 5 November 1988, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 60' |

Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 60' |

8th (+1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ffrangcon Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Prestatyn, 1981–1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #65 |
Saturday, 5 November 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
None

🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Steve Bruce
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-1, Gordon Cowans. Assist by Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-1 Aston Villa

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 17' | 21' | David Platt | 72' |

Assist(s) | David Platt | 17' |

3rd Round

League Cup

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Wednesday, 2 November 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
None

🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Millwall), Neil Ruddock
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-1, Alan McInally, Assist by David Platt
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 2-1, Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Millwall
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 3-1, David Platt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Millwall

🟩 29 October 1988, Villa 2-1 Tottenham, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 60' | Tony Daley | 79' |

Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 79' |

9th (-)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Dave Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1985-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Saturday, 29 October 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
None

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Terry Fenwick
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Terry Fenwick
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-1, Tony Daley, Assist by Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

🟨 | Booking, Chris Price, Late tackle
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Trip

🟩 22 October 1988, Villa 2-0 Everton, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Tony Daley | 34' | David Platt | 64' |

Assist(s) | Chris Price | 34' |

9th (+6)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Saturday, 22 October 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
None

⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Chris Price
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Everton
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 2-0, David Platt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Everton

🟨 | Booking, Kevin Gage, Foul

🟨 15 October 1988, Villa 2-2 Charlton, The Valley.

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 55' | David Platt | 64' |

Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 64' |

15th (+1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Key | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 1981–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Saturday, 15 October 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Subs:
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Charlton Athletic), Steve Gritt
🕒 | HT Charlton Athletic 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ian Olney, Sub on, Alan McInally
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 1-1, Alan McInally
⚽ | 64’ Goal 2-1, David Platt, Assist by Alan McInally
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 2-2, (Charlton Athletic), Paul Williams
🕒 | FT Charlton Athletic 2-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Stuart Gray, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Alan McInally, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Tony Daley, Trip

🟩 12 October 1988, Villa 5-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Derek Mountfield | 1' | Kevin Gage | 10' | 16' | Ian Olney | 17' | Tony Daley | 70' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 1' |

2nd Round

League Cup

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Aggregate Score: 🟩 7-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #9 |
Manager Game | #60 |
Wednesday, 12 October 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ian Olney
⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Gordon Cowans, 45 Seconds
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 2-0, Kevin Gage
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 3-0, Kevin Gage
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 4-0, Ian Olney
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-0 Birmingham City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Stuart Gray, Sub on, Bernie Gallacher
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 5-0, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Birmingham City

🟥 8 October 1988, Villa 0-1 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

16th (-5)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Saturday, 8 October 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Wimbledon
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Garry Thompson, Sub on, Allan Evans
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 0-1, (Wimbledon), John Scales
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Wimbledon

🟥 1 October 1988, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

11th (-2)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Timmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Newcastle, 1987–1989
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 1 October 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), David Hirst
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | 75’ Missed penalty, Stuart Gray
🟥 | 80’ Sending off, Andy Gray, Striking Gary Megson
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Foul

🟩 27 September 1988, Villa 2-0 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

Scorer(s) | Kevin Gage | 6' | Andy Gray | 45' |

Assist(s) | None

2nd Round

League Cup

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #57 |
Tuesday, 27 September 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Gage
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-2 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 0-2 Aston Villa

🟨 24 September 1988, Villa 1-1 Forest, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Kevin Gage | 22' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 22' |

9th (+1)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Saturday, 24 September 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Gage, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest
🔁 | 52’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Bernie Gallacher
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Garry Thompson
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Franz Carr
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Nottingham Forest

🟨 17 September 1988, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 31' | 36' |

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 31' | David Platt | 36' |

10th (-2)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Rodger Gifford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Llanbradach, 1984-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 17 September 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
FB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Derek Mountfield
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Andy Gray
⚽ | 36’ Goal, 2-0, Alan McInally, Assist by David Platt
🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 2-1, (West Ham United), Derek Mountfield o.g.
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 2-2, (West Ham United), Kelly
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Kevin Gage
🕒 | FT West Ham United 2-2 Aston Villa

🟨 10 September 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 39' |

Assist(s) | None

8th (-3)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, 1978-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 10 September 1988

Team

Match Timeline

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

Subs:
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 1-1, (Liverpool), Ray Houghton
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool

🟩 3 September 1988, Villa 3-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 28' | 48' | Andy Gray | 59' |

Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 28' | 48' |

5th (+3)

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 1979-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #53 |
Saturday, 3 September 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
None

⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Tony Daley
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 2-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Tony Daley
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 2-1, (Arsenal), Brian Marwood
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 2-2, (Arsenal), Alan Smith
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 3-2, Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-3 Aston Villa

🟨 27 August 1988, Villa 2-2 Millwall, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Stuart Gray (pen) | 30' | Alan McInally | 42' |

Assist(s) | None

8th

Division One

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1981-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Saturday, 27 August 1988

Team

Match Timeline

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟢 | 1' Debut, Chris Price, Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Millwall), Tony Cascarino
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-2, (Millwall), Tony Cascarino
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-2, Stuart Gray (pen)
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-2, Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Millwall
🔁 61’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Garry Thompson
🔁 75’ Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Millwall

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