Game #4016
Aston Villa
Monday, 2 May 1988
Won
3rd (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Bradford City
Villa Park
Attendance: 36,423
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Bradford City
Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 23' |
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 2 May 1988
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt, Assist by Kevin Gage
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Bradford City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Bradford City
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, High tackle
🟨 | Booking, Garry Thompson, Late tackle
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 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Monday, 2 May 1988
Villa win successive games, beating third placed Bradford but as games in hand settle, Villa drop to third, one point and one place of the automatic promotion places and four points behind surprise champions Millwall.
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa win successive games and have now lost seven in thirty seven League games winning twenty one with automatic promotion just one result away with one game to play.
Midfielder David Platt 🏴 scores his ⚽ 5th goal on his 🕒 10th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Full back Kevin Gage 🏴 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Full back Bernie Gallacher 🏴 makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
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
Bradford City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1910-11
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #43 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Monday, 2 May 1988
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🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴 | Rutland, 1987–1990
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 50 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 11 🟥 13 | 1.78
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴 | Rutland, 1987–1990
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Allan Evans, High tackle
🟨 Garry Thompson, Late tackle
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Steve Sims, Alan McInally and David Platt replace Martin Keown, Tony Daley and Mark Lillis.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.58 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.65 |
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Terry Dolan | 🏴 |
Bradford City
GK Paul Tomlinson | 🏴 |
RB Brian Mitchell | 🏴 |
CB Gavin Oliver | 🏴 |
CB David Evans (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Lee Sinnott | 🏴 |
LB Karl Goddard | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Stuart McCall | 🏴 |
M Mick Kennedy | 🇮🇪 |
CF John Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
CF Ron Futcher | 🏴 |
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Karl Goddard | 🏴 | (F Mark Leonard | 🏴 |)
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Greg Abbott | 🏴 |
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
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 2 May 1988, Villa 1-0 Bradford, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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