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Game #4014

Aston Villa

Saturday, 9 April 1988

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Drew

4th (-3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division Two

Crystal Palace

Selhurst Park

Attendance: 16,476

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

Crystal Palace

1-1

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Aston Villa

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🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 9 April 1988

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Gareth Williams
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt
🕒 | HT Crystal Palace 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 1-1, (Crystal Palace, pen), Ian Wright
🕒 | FT Crystal Palace 1-1 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Gareth Williams , Sub on, Alan McInally

🟨 | Booking, Kevin Gage, Late tackle
🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch, 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

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 9 April 1988

  • Despite stopping a run of three consecutive defeats Villa drop to fourth in the table, two points off the top and behind Millwall, Boro and Blackburn after the returning Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 gifts Palace a late equaliser from the penalty spot.

  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa end a run of three defeats with a draw as they fight to hold onto their automatic promotion spot having now lost seven in thirty five League games but six in the last ten.

  • Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (166 Starts).

  • Midfielder Gareth Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up to become the 654th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #654 | £10,000 signing from Gosport

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

Crystal Palace

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Crystal Palace

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Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

League 🕒 12 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 12 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 3 |
League Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 3 |

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

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Saturday, 9 April 1988

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🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1987–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 48 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 11 🟥 13 | 1.73

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1987–1993
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Kevin Gage, Late tackle
🟨 Paul Birch, Dissent

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

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Bernie Gallacher, Andy Gray and Gareth Williams (debut) replace David Norton, Tony Daley and Steve Sims.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.19 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.51 |

Youngest Player |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 21.07 |

Referee

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst 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 David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Crystal Palace

GK Perry Suckling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gavin Nebbeling | 🇿🇦 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tony Finnigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Pennyfather | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Phil Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Salako | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mark Bright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB John Pemberton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Pardew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst 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

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

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

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

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MATCH QUOTES

“We had the opportunity to kill off the game. "I thought we were by far the better team but we are just not able to get a second goal when we go in front. “When you don't take your opportunities you always run a risk and we paid the price." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟨 9 Apr 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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