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Game #3999

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 January 1988

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Barnsley

Oakwell

Attendance: 11,542

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

Barnsley

1-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 36' | Warren Aspinall | 55' | Paul Birch | 70' |

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 January 1988

⚽ | 36’ Goal, 1-0, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Kevin Gage
🕒 | HT Barnsley 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Paul Birch, Assist by Warren Aspinall
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 2-1, (Barnsley), Darren Foreman
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 3-1, Alan McInally, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Barnsley 1-3 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Warren Aspinall, Sub on, David Norton

🟨 | Booking, Warren Aspinall, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Mark Lillis, Retaliation

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

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 January 1988

  • Games on successive days prove no problem for Villa as they triumph in a tightly fought game thanks to a thrilling chip over the goalkeeper by Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 before the midfielder sets up Alan McInally's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 volley to secure Villa's 10th away victory of the season and take the outright lead in the table, three points clear.

  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa have now lost just once in twenty two Division Two games, winning thirteen.

  • Full back Kevin Gage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 creates Warren Aspinall’s ⚽ goal to contribute his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance.

  • Defender David Norton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 first appearance in a Villa shirt in 10 months and first under Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 43rd appearance (40 Starts).

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

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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

Barnsley

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1911-12

FIXTURE HISTORY

Barnsley

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Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Saturday, 2 January 1988

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🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 33 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.85

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 September 1987, League Cup, Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Warren Aspinall, Foul
🟨 Mark Lillis, Retaliation

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

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Warren Aspinall replaces Stuart Gray.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.19 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.24 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.32 |

Referee

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

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 Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Allan Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Barnsley

GK Clive Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Beresford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Julian Broddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Hedworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Futcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Paul Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gwyn Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Paul McGugan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Agnew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Lowndes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Darren Foreman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Jim Dobbin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Rodger Wylde | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

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

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

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

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 2 Jan 1988, Villa 3-1 Barnsley, Oakwell

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MATCH REPORTS

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