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Game #4010

Aston Villa

Saturday, 19 March 1988

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division Two

Reading

Elm Park

Attendance: 10,255

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

Reading

0-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 46' | 83' |

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 19 March 1988

🕒 | HT Reading 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Alan McInally
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Birch, Assist by Alan McInally
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 2-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Reading 0-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Obstruction
🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch, Foul

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

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 19 March 1988

  • An Alan McInally inspired Villa beat Reading to retake the outright lead at the top of the table, two points clear of Blackburn.

  • Graham Taylor's Villa return to winning ways and have now lost four in thirty one Division Two games, winning nineteen.

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

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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

Reading

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Reading

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Previous 5 vs. Reading: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 19 March 1988

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🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

🕒 44 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 10 🟥 10 | 1.84

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 2 March 1985, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Andy A Gray, Obstruction
🟨 Paul Birch, Foul

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

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.08 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.45 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.43 |

Referee

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm 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 A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Ian Branfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Reading

GK Steve Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Colin Bailie | 🇬🇧 |
D Martin Hicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mick Tait | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Curle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Beavon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jerry Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Neil Smillie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Billy Whitehurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Steve Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Les Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Jerry Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Michael Gilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm 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

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

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

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"I thought Alan's pace would tell the game wore on: said Taylor. The business of being substitute is important but it doesn't always follow that players should automatically be in the team when they have done well as sub." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟩 19 Mar 1988, Villa 2-0 Reading, Elm Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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