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Game #4005

Aston Villa

Sunday, 14 February 1988

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Lost

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Middlesbrough

Ayresome Park

Attendance: 16,957

🟥 14 Feb 1988, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome

Middlesbrough

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Garry Thompson | 35' |

🟥 14 Feb 1988, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome

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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 14 February 1988

⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Garry Thompson
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 75' Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Stuart Gray
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough), Alan Kernaghan
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 1-2, (Middlesbrough), Tony Mowbray
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 2-1 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

🟥 14 Feb 1988, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome

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ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 14 February 1988
  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose for only the second time in twenty six Division Two games.

  • Villa remain top but Blackburn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, up next, are now just one point behind.

  • Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (22 Starts).

🟥 14 Feb 1988, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome

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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

Middlesbrough

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
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Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🟥 14 Feb 1988, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Sunday, 14 February 1988

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MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 39 | 🟩 | 21 🟨 | 10 🟥 8 | 1.87

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Stuart Gray replaces Andy Gray.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.64 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.36 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.34 |

Referee

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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

Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Stephen Pears | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Laws | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Mowbray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Bernie Slaven | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟥 14 Feb 1988, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Paul Kerr (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | W Stuart Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mark Burke (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 14 Feb 1988, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 14 Feb 1988, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome

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MATCH QUOTES
“I felt Middlesbrough would not score at that stage. “It's funny how people always revert to type. “You can teach players to knock the ball to feet but when they need to score quickly they whack the ball high into the centre. “That's what they did and it worked. It was a choker. “But we have to keep our chins up and carry on at Blackburn next Saturday. “The teams who go up are those who deal with setbacks. “This might look like a major setback but we are still top of the division." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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