Game #3998
Aston Villa
Friday, 1 January 1988


Won
1st= (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Division Two
Hull City
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,236
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-0

Hull City

Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 6' | Bernie Gallacher | 57' | Allan Evans | 63' | Garry Thompson | 67' |
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 1 January 1988
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Stuart Gray, Assist by Kevin Gage
🔁 | 10’ Sub off, Stuart Gray, Sub on, Warren Aspinall
🔥 | 14’ Missed penalty (Hull City), Pat Heard
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Hull City
⚽ | 57’ Goal, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Bernie Gallacher
⚽ | 63’ Goal, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Allan Evans
⚽ | 67’ Goal, Andy Gray, Assist by Garry Thompson
⚽ | 77’ Goal, Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Hull City
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
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Friday, 1 January 1988
Villa break a run of 🟨 three draws to hammer Hull into submission on New Years' Day 1988 as Nigel Spink 🏴 foils old boy Pat Heard's penalty before a second half four goal onslaught sends Villa joint top of the second division.
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa start 1988 with the biggest win under his leadership to date and have now 🟥 lost just once in twenty one Division Two games, 🟩 winning twelve.
Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴 makes his 🕒 150th start in a Villa shirt (159 Appearances).
Centre forward Garry Thompson 🏴 🔥 creates Andy Gray’s 🏴 ⚽ goal to contribute his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 47th appearance doing so at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.35 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Mark Lillis 🏴 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park

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
Hull City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Friday, 1 January 1988
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🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 32 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.81
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 March 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 tbc
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alan McInally and Allan Evans replace Mark Walters and Warren Aspinall.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.86 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.24 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 20.79 |
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Brian Horton | 🏴 |

Hull City
GK Tony Norman | 🏴 |
RB Charlie Palmer | 🏴 |
CB Richard Jobson | 🏴 |
CB Peter Skipper | 🏴 |
LB Ray Daniel | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Pat Heard (ex) | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Gareth Roberts | 🏴 |
M Billy Askew | 🏴 |
W Alex Dyer | 🏴 |
CF Andy Saville | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | for M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | 10' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Ray Daniel | 🏴 | (RB Neil Williams | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Andy Saville | 🏴 | (CF Andy Payton | 🏴 |)

🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | | 42 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | | 19 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 1 Jan 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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