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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 March 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 March 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

🟥 26 March 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 March 1988

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 March 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, 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

Stoke

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

Aston Villa

Stoke

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Stoke

Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟥 26 March 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 March 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
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 45 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 10 🟥 11 | 1.82

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟥 26 March 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 26 March 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
Manager

🟥 26 March 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 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 March 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

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

Substitutes

🟥 26 March 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟥 26 March 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
219
218*
0
1
82
60
77
298
60
3
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
83
21*
10
10
20
23
40*
-
-
1
0

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 26 March 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 March 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 26 March 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park.

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

🟥 26 March 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 26 March 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 March 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park.

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