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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 October 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 October 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

🟩 7 October 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.

🟩 7 October 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa 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: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟩 7 October 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 October 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
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 14 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 5 🟥 3 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 7 October 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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: 🟥

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟥

None

🟩 7 October 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
Manager

🟩 7 October 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 October 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟩 7 October 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

🟩 7 October 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
188
187*
0
1
64
55
69
261
53
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 7 October 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 October 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 7 October 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa 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

🟩 7 October 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 October 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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