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Game #4000

Aston Villa

Saturday, 9 January 1988

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Won

3rd Round

🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

Leeds United

Elland Road

Attendance: 29,002

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

Leeds United

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Garry Thompson | 37' |

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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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

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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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.

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Leeds United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #34 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 9 January 1988

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🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 34 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.88

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 August 1987, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

None

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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 Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Billy Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
208
207*
0
1
76
60
72
284
57
3
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 9 January 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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