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Game #3977

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 September 1987

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Drew

10th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division Two

Sheffield United

Villa Park

Attendance: 14,761

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

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Sheffield United

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🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 September 1987

⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Gage
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Martin Keown, Dissent
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield United, pen), Colin Morris
🔁 | 73' Sub off Malcolm Allen, Sub on, Mark Burke
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Sheffield United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 September 1987

Graham Taylor's Villa make it five games unbeaten as they recover from a difficult start to life in the second tier - one win and three losses in their first six. Meanwhile, Malcolm Allen made his final Villa appearance aged 20 before returning to Watford after his loan spell ended. Allen made four appearances in the seven games played in his month with Villa without scoring.

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1987 | 🕒 4 | 4 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #647 |

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Aston Villa

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

Sheffield United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

Aston Villa

Sheffield United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 26 September 1987

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🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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

🕒 11 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 1.45

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 1979-1990
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 February 1987, Villa 1-1, Norwich, Carrow Road.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Malcolm Allan replaces Steve Hunt.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.50 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.25 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.05 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, 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 Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |

MANAGER

Billy McEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

GK Andy Leaning | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Wilder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Paul Stancliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jeff Eckhardt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Martin Pike | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Kuhl | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Frain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Dempsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Colin Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Richard Cadette | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Philliskirk | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 73' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Tony Philliskirk | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Peter Beagrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D Brian Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
185
184*
0
1
62
54
69
259
52
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 26 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

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