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Game #4006

Aston Villa

17-10-6, 61 PTS

Saturday, 20 February 1988

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Lost

2nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Blackburn Rovers

18-9-5, 45 PTS

Ewood Park

Attendance: 17,356

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

Blackburn Rovers

3-2

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Aston Villa

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🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 February 1988

🟢 | 1’ Debut, David Platt
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Simon Garner
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Steve Archibald
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-2, David Platt
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 2-2, Garry Thompson, Assist by Tony Daley
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 2-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Steve Archibald
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley

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

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 February 1988

  • Villa find themselves two goals down after 55' to twenty two game unbeaten Blackburn but pull back to equalise in the 83' before Barcelona's on-loan striker Steve Archibald scores a late winner to leapfrog Villa to the top of the table.

  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa lose for the second successive League match having lost just once in the previous twenty five Division Two games. 

  • David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 21 makes a ⚽ goalscoring debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Crewe Alexandra earlier this month for a fee of £200,000  to become the 653rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #653 | £200,000 signing from Crewe

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

Blackburn Rovers

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

FIXTURE HISTORY

Blackburn Rovers

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Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

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

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Saturday, 20 February 1988

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🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 40 | 🟩 | 21 🟨 | 10 🟥 9 | 1.83

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 7 February 1987, Villa 0-1, QPR, Villa Park.
Cards: None

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

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor hands new signing David Platt his debut and recalls Andy Gray. Alan McInally and Tony Daley drop out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.70 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.38 |

Youngest Player |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 20.93 |

Referee

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Don Mackay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Terry Gennoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Mail | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Chris Sulley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Ainscow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Nicky Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Scott Sellars | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Steve Archibald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Simon Garner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB John Millar | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Simon Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Not recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH QUOTES

'At halftime, I told our players the Blackburn keeper must have cold hands. ”If we got it right at 2-0 down, why couldn't we do it from 0-0!" Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 20 Feb 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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