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Game #3978

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 30 September 1987

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Drew

9th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

Villa Park

Attendance: 11,772

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

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Blackburn Rovers

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🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 30 September 1987

🟢 | 1' Debut, Alan McInally
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Warren Aspinall
🥅 | 19’ Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Simon Barker
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 30 September 1987

Graham Taylor's Villa make it six games unbeaten - drawing three and winning three - as Alan McInally makes his Villa debut aged 24 after moving from Celtic in July 1987 for a fee of £225,000.

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Blackburn Rovers

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Wednesday, 30 September 1987

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🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 12 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 5 🟥 3 | 1.42

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor hands Alan McInally his debut in place of Malcolm Allen.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.89 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.27 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.06 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, 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 Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Don Mackay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Terry Gennoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ally Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Chris Sulley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Simon Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Scott Sellars | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Nicky Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Sean Curry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Garner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB David Mail | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Ainscow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
186
185*
0
1
62
55
69
260
52
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, 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

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, 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

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"The supporters helped make it a special evening for me and I'm only sorry I couldn't respond with a goal." Alan McInally.
Quotes

🟨 30 September 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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