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Game #3972

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 8 September 1987

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Lost

18th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Middlesbrough

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,665

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-1

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Middlesbrough

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 8 September 1987

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, David Hunt, Sub on, Neale Cooper
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Mark Burke, Sub on, Warren Aspinall
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Paul Kerr
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 8 September 1987

Graham Taylor's Villa now have one win in their first six second tier games as an automatic return to the first division looks a long way off.

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Middlesbrough

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

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Tuesday, 8 September 1987

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🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 6 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 2 🟥 3 | 0.83

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Matches Officiated: 15
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 7
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 21 January 1987, FA Cup, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up for the first time.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.90 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.12 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.58 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Stephen Pears | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Mowbray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bernie Slaven | 🇮🇪 |
CF Archie Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |
🔁 | M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 |
M Gary Gill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
180
179*
0
1
59
52
69
258
47
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 8 September 1987, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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