Game #3967
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 August 1987


Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division Two
Ipswich Town
Portman Road
Attendance: 14,580
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road
Ipswich Town
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 August 1987
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Steve Sims, Kevin Gage, David Hunt
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Chris O’Donnell
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 1-1, (Ipswich Town), Nigel Gleghorn
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Late tackle
🟨 | Booking, Neale Cooper, Ungentlemanly conduct
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | #647 | £110,000 signing from Wimbledon
🟢 CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
🟢 M David Hunt | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Ipswich Town


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 15 August 1987
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🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 1.00
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 21 February 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
This game signified the first day of the reimplementation in English football's of the continental style card system. Originally used from 1976 to 1981, the use of coloured cards had been suspended by the FA, international pressure however led them to be reintroduced ahead of the 1987-88 season. Cautions and sending offs had continued unaffected during the period but once again coloured cards were to be shown on field.
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Mark Walters, Late tackle
🟨 Neale Cooper, Ungentlemanly conduct
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
New boss Graham Taylor hands debuts to Kevin Gage, Steve Sims and David Hunt.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.78 |
Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 30.14 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 19.93 |
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

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 | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 |
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Chris O'Donnell | 🏴 | (M Mick Stockwell | 🏴 |)

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

W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Simon Milton | 🏴 |
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
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | | 7 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
🟨 15 Aug 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


MATCH REPORTS
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