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Game #3985

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 28 October 1987

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Tottenham Hotspur

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,114

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Tottenham Hotspur

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Assist(s) | Martin Keown | 8' | Mark Lillis | 78' |

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 28 October 1987

⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Martin Keown
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Osvaldo Ardiles
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 2-1, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Mark Lillis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

🟨 | Booking, Warren Aspinall, Timewasting

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 28 October 1987

Graham Taylor's Villa make it thirteen games unbeaten as they record their eighth win in twelve. Villa's latest scalp is Tottenham who sit in eighth place in Division One.

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #19 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Wednesday, 28 October 1987

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🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ian Hemley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ampthill, 1985–1996
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 19 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 7 🟥 3 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ian Hemley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ampthill, 1985–1996
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 October 1987, Villa 0-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

🟨

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.96 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.34 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.14 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, 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 David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Trevor Hartley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Caretaker

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Tony Parks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vinny Samways | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ossie Ardiles | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ |
M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Nico Claesen | 🇧🇪 |
CF Clive Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Vinny Samways | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Paul Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 | (CB Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |)

Substitutes

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
193
192*
0
1
67
57
69
265
54
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/13

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, 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

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 28 October 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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