Game #4011
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 March 1988


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

Stoke City

Assist(s) | None
🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park


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

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

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


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


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


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: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 45 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 10 🟥 11 | 1.82
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

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

None
CARDS

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

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 |
🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

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 | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 |
🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 58' |
🔁 | M Mark Lillis | 🏴 | for M Andy Gray | 🏴 | 79' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 | (CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |)

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

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | | 83 | 21* | 10 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 40* | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
🟥 26 Mar 1988, Villa 0-1 Stoke, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


MATCH REPORTS
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