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Game #3976

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 23 September 1987

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Middlesbrough

Ayresome Park

Attendance: 11,424

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

Middlesbrough

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Aston Villa

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🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 September 1987

⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Warren Aspinall
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 89’ Missed penalty, (Middlesbrough), Gary Hamilton
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Persistent fouling
🟨 | Booking, David Hunt, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Time wasting

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 23 September 1987

Graham Taylor's Villa win for the third successive game and for the third consecutive away game as they add a victory in the League Cup to two League wins.

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome 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: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Wednesday, 23 September 1987

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🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 10 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 1.50

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 6 December 1986, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨 🟨

None

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David Hunt replaces Neale Cooper.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.46 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.16 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.04 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome 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 Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

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

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Archie Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 |)

Substitutes

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Paul Proudlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
184
183*
0
1
62
53
69
258
52
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome 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

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“The big problem now is that our next two games are at Villa Park. “We will have to play with passion and desire to get the results we want.” Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 23 September 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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