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Game #4011

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 March 1988

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Lost

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division Two

Stoke

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,392

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-1

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Stoke City

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 March 1988

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Stoke City
🔁 | 58' Sub off, Garry Thompson, Sub on, Tony Daley
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 0-1, (Stoke City), Phil Heath
🔁 | 79' Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Mark Lillis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Stoke City

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

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 March 1988

  • Despite a second defeat in three games Villa remain two clear at the top of Division Two with six games left to play.

  • Graham Taylor's Villa continue their indifferent late season form as they lost for the fourth time in seven League games having lost just once in the previous twenty five. As a result odds on automatic promotion hangs in the balance.

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa 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

Stoke

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72

FIXTURE HISTORY

Stoke

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Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Saturday, 26 March 1988

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🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Alf Buksh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1983–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 45 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 10 🟥 11 | 1.82

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alf Buksh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1983–1993
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 31 August 1987, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alan McInally replaces Tony Daley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.52 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.47 |

Youngest Player |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 21.03 |

Referee

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, 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 A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Stoke

GK Scott Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Cliff Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Parkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Carl Beeston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Ford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Henry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Phil Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dave Puckett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Graham Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 58' |
🔁 | M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 | (CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Lee Fowler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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