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Game #3998

Aston Villa

Friday, 1 January 1988

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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

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Hull City

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Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 6' | Bernie Gallacher | 57' | Allan Evans | 63' | Garry Thompson | 67' |

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

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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

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

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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

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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

Hull City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Hull City

Previous 5 vs. Hull: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 32 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.81

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

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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 |

Referee
Manager

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

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | for M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 10' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Ray Daniel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Neil Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Andy Saville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Andy Payton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

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

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

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

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

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

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MATCH QUOTES

“He [Stuart Gray] is still a little sore but more relaxed now that the initial fears have subsided. "Naturally he was worried bearing in mind that he underwent back surgery three years ago. "But his mind is now at rest that this is a muscular rather than a bone injury. "If Stuart is out for any length of time I might have to spend [some of the £600,000 Glasgow Rangers paid Villa for Mark Walters] just to get a team out. "The very good performance yesterday was tempered by the loss of Gray. "Meanwhile, there's nothing to be frightened of at the top of the division. It's being there after the 44th match that matters." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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