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Game #4015

Aston Villa

Saturday, 23 April 1988

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Won

2nd (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Shrewsbury Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,936

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Shrewsbury Town

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Assist(s) | Andy A Gray | 35' |

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 April 1988

⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Andy Gray
❌ | 39’ Missed penalty, Warren Aspinall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury Town
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury Town

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

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 April 1988

  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa win for the first time in five and have now won 20 of their last thirty six League games losing 7.

  • The victory is enough to propel Villa back to second, two points behind Millwall with two to play with third placed Bradford up next.

  • The margin could have been bigger however but Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 controversially takes and misses a penalty ahead of appointed specialist Stuart Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores to contribute his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 48th appearance (43 Starts).

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

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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

Shrewsbury Town

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Shrewsbury Town

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Previous 5 vs. Shrewsbury: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

Shrewsbury Town

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Shrewsbury Town

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Saturday, 23 April 1988

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🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1980-1997
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 49 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 11 🟥 13 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1983-1994

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: David Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1983-1994
🕒 4 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 🆘 : 1
🕒 4 | 🟩 75% | 🟨 25% | 🟥 0% | 🆘 : 25%
Cards 🟨 6 | 🟥 1 | 1.75 |
Penalty ⚽ 1 | 🥅 1 |
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

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

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Warren Aspinall, Tony Daley and Mark Lillis replace David Platt, Gareth Williams and Paul Birch.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.31 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.55 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.53 |

Referee

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa 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 Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ian McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Shrewsbury Town

GK Steve Perks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dick Pratley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Linighan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Phil Priest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bernard McNally | 🇬🇧 |
W Vic Kasule | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Mike Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Wayne Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Irvine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 23 Apr 1988, Villa 1-0 Shrewsbury, Villa Park

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