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Game #3992

Aston Villa

Saturday, 28 November 1987

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Won

3rd (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Bradford City

Valley Parade

Attendance: 15,006

🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

Bradford City

2-4

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 45' | Warren Aspinall | 47' | Garry Thompson | 58' |

🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 November 1987

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Stuart Gray, Andy Gray
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Stuart Gray
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-1, (Bradford City, pen), Ron Futcher
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 2-1, Paul Birch, Assist by Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Bradford City 1-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 3-1, Garry Thompson, Assist by Warren Aspinall
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 3-2, (Bradford City, pen), Ron Futcher
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 4-2, Stuart Gray, Assist by Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Bradford City 2-4 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Steve Sims, Barging
🟨 | Booking, Warren Aspinall, Illegal tackle
🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Shirt tugging

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

🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 November 1987

  • Villa beat leaders Bradford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to climb back to third in the division two table after 21 games.

  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa have now 🟥 lost just once in fifteen Division Two games, 🟩 winning nine as Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Stuart Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 make their debuts. 

  • Midfielder Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 23 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after arriving from Crystal Palace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 earlier this month for a fee of £150,000 to become the 651st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Midfielder Stuart Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 27 makes a ⚽ goalscoring debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Barnsley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 earlier this month for a fee of £175,000 to become the 652nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #651 | £150,000 signing from Palace
🟢 M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #652 | £175,000 signing from Barnsley

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

Bradford City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1910-11

FIXTURE HISTORY

Bradford City

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Previous 5 vs. Bradford: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 28 November 1987

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🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Penrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hull, 1987-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 26 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Penrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hull, 1987-1989
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Steve Sims, Barging
🟨 Warren Aspinall, Illegal tackle
🟨 Andy A Gray, Shirt tugging

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

🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor hands debuts to new signings Andy Gray and Stuart Gray in place of Mark Lillis and Andy Blair.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.01 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.43 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.22 |

Referee

🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

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 Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Terry Dolan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bradford City

GK Paul Tomlinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Gavin Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Evans (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Lee Sinnott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Stuart McCall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leigh Palin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Ron Futcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 | ⚽ |
CF John Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Brian Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (F Mark Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Leigh Palin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Greg Abbott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 28 Nov 1987, Villa 4-2 Bradford, Valley Parade

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"We took the risk of a beating. ”I thought ‘let’s give it a go.’ “We did that at Watford [when Taylor was Watford manager] and had our bottom smacked by five a few times. But it makes for a hell of a game.” Graham Taylor. “Two of the best three [goals] of my life.” Stuart Gray.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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