Game #3981
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 October 1987


Won
6th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Leeds United
Elland Road
Attendance: 20,741
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
Leeds United
1-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 49' | Kevin Gage | 55' |
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 October 1987
🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Bob Taylor
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, David Rennie
🕒 | HT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-1, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Alan McInally
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 3-1, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Kevin Gage
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Steve Hunt, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Kicking the ball away
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 10 October 1987
Villa 🟩 win six consecutive away games for the first time since the double winning season of 1896-97.
Villa extend their unbeaten run to nine as they climb to 6th in the table with a strong second half fightback against Leeds.
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa 🟩 win their sixth in eight.
Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴 ⚽ scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 26th appearance (24 Starts).
Full back Kevin Gage 🏴 creates Warren Aspinall’s ⚽ second goal to contribute his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance.
Winger Steve Hunt 🏴 makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (79 Appearances).
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Leeds United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Saturday, 10 October 1987
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🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: George Tyson | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1978-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 15 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 5 🟥 3 | 1.73
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: George Tyson | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1978-1990
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 November 1983, Villa 2-5 Notts County, Meadow Lane.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.16 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.20 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.09 |
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

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
Billy Bremner | 🏴 |

Leeds United
GK Mervyn Day (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Glynn Snodin | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 |
CB Peter Haddock | 🏴 |
CB Jack Ashurst | 🏴 |
M John Stiles | 🏴 |
M David Rennie | 🏴 |
M Ken De Mange | 🇮🇪 |
M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 |
CF Bob Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Mumby | 🏴 |
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M David Hunt | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Neil Aspin | 🏴 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴 |
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
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
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UNUSED
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 10 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH REPORTS
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