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Game #4013

Aston Villa

Monday, 4 April 1988

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Lost

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Oldham Athletic

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,138

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-2

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Oldham Athletic

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Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 40' |

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 4 April 1988

⚽ | 40’ Goal, 1-0, Stuart Gray, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Oldham Athletic
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 1-1, (Oldham Athletic), Tommy Wright
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Alan McInally
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Warren Aspinall
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 1-2, (Oldham Athletic), Frank Bunn
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Oldham Athletic

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Off the ball incident

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 4 April 1988

Graham Taylor's Villa dreadful end of the season run continues as they lose for the sixth time in nine League games having lost just once in the previous twenty five. Meanwhile, David Norton made his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Notts County in July 1988 for a fee of £30,000. Norton played for Villa between 1984-85 and 1987-88 making 55 appearances and scoring twice.

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1985-88 | 🕒 57 | 54 (3) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 7 | #629 |

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Oldham Athletic

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

Aston Villa

Oldham Athletic

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Oldham Athletic

Previous 5 vs. Oldham: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Monday, 4 April 1988

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🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Kick off:
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 47 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 10 🟥 13 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Allan Evans, Off the ball incident

None

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Steve Sims (first start in 16), Tony Daley and David Norton (first start of the season) replace Bernie Gallacher, Warren Aspinall and Mark Lillis.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.91 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.50 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.48 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Joe Royle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Oldham Athletic

GK Andy Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 |
M Mike Milligan | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Tommy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Roger Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frankie Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |
🔁 | M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Mike Milligan | 🇮🇪 | (LB Andy Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Mike Cecere | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
221
220*
0
1
82
60
79
302
60
3
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

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

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 4 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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