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Game #3980

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 7 October 1987

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Middlesbrough

Villa Park

Attendance: 11,702

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Middlesbrough

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Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 2' |

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 7 October 1987

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0 Paul Birch, Assist by Kevin Gage, 80 Seconds
🟨 | 23' Booking, Alan McInally, Foul
🟨 | 23' Booking, Alan McInally, Dissent
🟥 | 23' Sending off, Alan McInally, Two bookable offences
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 50' Sub off, Warren Aspinall, Sub on Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough

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

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 7 October 1987

  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it eight games unbeaten and win their fifth in seven in all competitions as Paul Birch's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 goal settles the League Cup tie with Boro.

  • For the second successive game Villa ⚽ score within 80 seconds of the start but Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is 🟥 sent off by a tetchy referee in the first half for refusing to give his name following a booking for a disputed foul.

  • Villa though hold on for the win to progress to the third round of the League Cup.

  • Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is 🟥 sent off on his 🕒 3rd appearance in a Villa shirt.

  • Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Middlesbrough

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Middlesbrough

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Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Wednesday, 7 October 1987

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🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Tony Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1980-1993
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 14 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 5 🟥 3 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tony Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1980-1993
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 27 August 1985, Villa 0-0 Southampton, The Dell.
Cards: 🟥

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟥 Alan McInally
🟨 Alan McInally, Foul
🟨 Alan McInally, Dissent

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.15 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.19 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.08 |

Referee

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 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 Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

MANAGER

Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

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

Line Ups

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 50' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 | (RB Brian Laws | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

“The referee was going to caution him and he refused to give him his name. It has taken me by surprise. I have never seen Mclnally like this. "The referee was totally right. “There is no defence for McInally whatsoever. “He is letting himself down and the game. "Now we are going to lose him for two matches in a fortnight's time Just as we were getting some kind of blend." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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