Game #3994
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 December 1987
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
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 13' |
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
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
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
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
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'
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
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
Birmingham City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
FIXTURE DETAILS
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
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴 | Deeside, 1979-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 28 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.86
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴 | Deeside, 1979-1989
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
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 |
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
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 | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Garry Pendrey | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB John Frain | 🏴 | (F Guy Russell | 🏴 |)
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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'
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | | 8 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 12 Dec 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'
MATCH REPORTS
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