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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 Apr 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 Apr 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

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

🟥 4 Apr 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. 

  • Villa take the lead only to be undone by a last minute Oldham strike, Villa however remain top by a single point.

  • Defender David Norton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 23 makes his 🕒 first appearance in three months, second under Graham Taylor and his 57th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Notts County in July 1988 for a fee of £30,000. Following Norton’s promotion from the Youth Team he recorded 🟩 W18 🟨 D19 🟥 L20, ⚽ 2 Goals and 🔥 5 Assists.

🟥 4 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1985-88 🕒 57 | ✅ 54 🔁 (3) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 7 | #630 |

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

Oldham Athletic

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Oldham Athletic

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Previous 5 vs. Oldham: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟥 4 Apr 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 Apr 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
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 47 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 10 🟥 13 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟥 4 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Allan Evans, Off the ball incident

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

🟥 4 Apr 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

🟥 4 Apr 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 Apr 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

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

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Substitutes

🟥 4 Apr 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

Squad Bios

🟥 4 Apr 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 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 4 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 4 Apr 1988, Villa 1-2 Oldham, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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