Game #3975
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 September 1987
Won
11th (+5)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Huddersfield Town
Leeds Road
Attendance: 6,884
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
Huddersfield Town
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 19' |
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 September 1987
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hunt, Assist by Kevin Gage
🕒 | HT Huddersfield Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Huddersfield Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Neale Cooper, Sub on, David Hunt
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
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 September 1987
Villa record successive 🟩 wins for the first time this season and the first time under Graham Taylor 🏴 to climb to 11th in the second division table thanks to a 19' strike from bad boy against Barnsley, Steve Hunt.
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa make it 🟩 three Division Two wins in nine.
Neale Cooper 🏴 23 makes his 🕒 22nd & final appearance (21 Starts) before moving on to Rangers in the summer of 1988 for a fee of £250,000. Villa had bought Cooper only 14 months earlier for £350,000 from Aberdeen and he would leave with a record of 🟩 W3 🟨 D10 🟥 L9, ⚽ 1 Goal and🔥 0 Assists.
Winger Steve Hunt 🏴 makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (71 Starts).
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 | 1987 🕒 22 | ✅ 21 🔁 (1) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 | #639 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Huddersfield Town
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Saturday, 19 September 1987
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🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴 | Rutland, 1987–1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 9 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 1.33
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴 | Rutland, 1987–1990
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.03 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.15 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.03 |
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds 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 Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jimmy Robson | 🏴 |
Huddersfield Town
GK Brian Cox | 🏴 |
LB David Burke | 🏴 |
CB Ian Bray | 🏴 |
CB Gordon Tucker | 🏴 |
CB Simon Webster | 🏴 |
RB Simon Trevitt | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ian Banks | 🏴 |
M Andy May | 🏴 |
W Mark Barham | 🏴 |
F David Cork | 🏴 |
CF Duncan Shearer | 🏴 |
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Hunt | 🏴 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Simon Trevitt | 🏴 | (W Dave Cowling | 🏴 |)
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Mark Burke | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Peter Ward | 🏴 |
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
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M David Hunt | 🏴 | | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
W Mark Burke | 🏴 | | 4 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
MATCH REPORTS
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