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Game #4012

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 April 1988

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Lost

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Millwall

The Den

Attendance: 13,697

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

Millwall

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Mark Lillis | 44' |

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 April 1988

🥅 | 31’ Goal, 0-1, (Millwall), Denis Salman
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-1, Garry Thompson, Assist by Mark Lillis
🕒 | HT Millwall 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 1-2, (Millwall), Teddy Sheringham
🔁 | 60' Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley
🔁 | 60' Sub off, Warren Aspinall, Sub on, Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Millwall 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Kevin Gage, Dissent

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

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 April 1988

  • Villa can't win a record breaking 14th away win of the season as they lose for the fifth time in their last eight but remain two points clear at the top of the table from Boro and Blackburn and Millwall three points behind after their victory.

  • Graham Taylor's Villa lose to their title rivals Millwall and for the fifth time in eight League games having lost just once in the previous twenty five.

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

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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

Millwall

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Millwall

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Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

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

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #46 |
Saturday, 2 April 1988

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🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 46 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 10 🟥 12 | 1.78

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 October 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Kevin Gage, Dissent

CARDS

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🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Warren Aspinall (first start in 12) and Mark Lillis replace Alan McInally and Andy Gray.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.50 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.49 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.57 |

Referee

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

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 Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Millwall

GK Brian Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Danis Salman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
RB Keith Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alan McLeary | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nicky Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Briley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin O’Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |
M Terry Hurlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Teddy Sheringham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60' |
🔁 | CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Danis Salman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Jimmy Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Dean Horrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

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

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

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MATCH QUOTES

"I said earlier this season that there did alone not appear to be any outstanding teams in the division. ”I still feel the Aston Villa same. But I am not saying the top five teams are bad." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟥 2 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den

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MATCH REPORTS

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