Game #4000
Aston Villa
Saturday, 9 January 1988


Won
3rd Round
🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
FA Cup
Leeds United
Elland Road
Attendance: 29,002
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
Leeds United
1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Garry Thompson | 37' |
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 January 1988
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Garry Thompson
🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 2-1, (Leeds United), Bobby Davison
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans
🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch
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
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 January 1988
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa beat Leeds in the FA Cup to leave them unbeaten in nine with 🟩 six wins in all competitions.
Villa 🟩 win for the twelfth time away from home this season as they survive a bizarre refereeing decision to allow Leeds a goal despite the scorer elbowing Nigel Spink 🏴.
Centre back Martin Keown 🏴 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (74 Starts).
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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
Leeds United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #34 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 9 January 1988
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🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 34 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.88
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993 🆘
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 2
🆘 : Shocking decision to allow Leeds' goal after Bobby Davison's GBH attack on Spink
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 August 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Allan Evans
🟨 Paul Birch
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.21 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.26 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.34 |
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
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 Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Billy Bremner | 🏴 |

Leeds United
GK Mervyn Day (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Glynn Snodin | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Neil Aspin | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Jack Ashurst | 🏴 |
CB Peter Haddock | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams (ex) | 🏴 |
M David Batty | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 |
F Bobby Davison | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Bob Taylor | 🏴 |
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M David Norton | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Jim Melrose | 🏴 |
CF Peter Mumby | 🏴 |
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
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
M David Norton | 🏴 | | 3 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road


MATCH REPORTS
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