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Game #4002

Aston Villa

16-10-4, 58 PTS

Saturday, 23 January 1988

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division Two

Manchester City

12-6-11, 42 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 24,668

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

Manchester City

0-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 13' | Tony Daley | 73' |

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 January 1988

⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 2-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Manchester City 0-2 Aston Villa

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

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 January 1988

  • Villa make it 🟩 thirteen away wins as they open a six point gap at the top of the table after Tony Daley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - out with injury since August - makes one and scores one to make it eleven unbeaten.

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

  • Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 sets up Tony Daley’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 opener to contribute his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 22nd appearance.

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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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: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Manchester City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

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

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 23 January 1988

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🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 36 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.94

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 8 November 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 tbc
🟨 tbc

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

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Daley replaces Gary Shaw.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.24 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.30 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.28 |

Referee

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine 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 Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Mel Machin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Eric Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Andy Hinchcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Redmond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Brightwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB John Gidman (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Lake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Ian Brightwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ian Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH QUOTES

“I was beginning to wonder if I might have to pack the game in. “Every time I came back into training I broke down.” Tony Daley.
Quotes

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 23 Jan 1988, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road

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