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Game #3996

Aston Villa

12-9-4, 45 PTS

Saturday, 26 December 1987

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Drew

4th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division Two

Sheffield United

7-6-10, 27 PTS

Bramall Lane

Attendance: 15,809

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

Sheffield United

1-1

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Aston Villa

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🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 December 1987

🕒 | HT Sheffield United 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-0, Garry Thompson
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 1-1, Sheffield United, Mark Dempsey
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 1-1 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Warren Aspinall, Sub on, Alan McInally

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

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 December 1987

  • Villa extend their unbeaten League run to five but are held for the second successive game to fall back to fourth in the division two table, four points off the top,

  • Graham Taylor's Villa have now lost just once in nineteen Division Two games, winning eleven but had now drawn seven including the last two.

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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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

Sheffield United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield United

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Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 26 December 1987

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🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 30 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 9 🟥 6 | 1.80

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

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

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.34 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.50 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.30 |

Referee

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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

Billy McEwan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

GK Hans Segers | 🇳🇱 |
RB Chris Wilder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Paul Stancliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Brian Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Martin Pike | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Kuhl | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Dempsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Colin Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Beagrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Peter Duffield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Richard Cadette | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Warren Aspinall
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SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M David Frain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Clive Mendonca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 26 Dec 1987, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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