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Game #4009

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 March 1988

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Lost

1st= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Leeds United

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,677

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-2

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Leeds United

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Assist(s) | Garry Thompson | 80' |

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 March 1988

🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Peter Swan
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-2, (Leeds United), Bob Taylor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Leeds United
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Alan McInally
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-2, Alan McInally, Assist by Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Leeds United

🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 12 March 1988

Graham Taylor's Villa lose for the third time in five League games having lost just once in the previous twenty five Division Two matches.

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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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: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Saturday, 12 March 1988

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🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 43 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 | 10 🟥 10 | 1.84

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.06 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.44 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.41 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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 Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Billy Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK Mervyn Day (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Haddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Aizlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Jack Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Peter Swan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Glynn Snodin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Baird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF John Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Mark Aizlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (M David Rennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
217
216*
0
1
81
60
76
297
59
3
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“He [Garry Thompson] just wasn't in the right place [to prevent flick ons from corners for both Leeds’ goals]. "But the second one did skim off his head.” Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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