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Game #3994

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 December 1987

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Won

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Birmingham City

St Andrew's

Attendance: 25,759

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

Birmingham City

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 13' |

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 December 1987

⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by Kevin Gage
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City), Andy Kennedy
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-1, Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 12 December 1987

  • Garry Thompson hits a second successive brace to make it six in four games as Villa make it nine away victories out of twelve and remain third in the second division table, four points off first place.

  • Graham Taylor's Villa have now lost just once in seventeen Division Two games, winning eleven.

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Birmingham City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 12 December 1987

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🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 28 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.86

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 1 February 1986, Villa 0-0 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Lillis replaces Andy Gray.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.30 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.47 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.26 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Garry Pendrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Brian Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Vince Overson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB John Frain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Trewick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Childs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ian Handysides | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Wigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB John Frain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Guy Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Kevin Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
202
201*
0
1
73
57
72
280
55
3
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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