Game #4020
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 September 1988


Drew
8th (-3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Division One
Liverpool
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,409
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1

Liverpool

Assist(s) | None
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 September 1988
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 1-1, (Liverpool), Ray Houghton
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool
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
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 10 September 1988
Alan McInally scores his fourth goal in three as Villa take the game to the reigning champions but are held at Villa Park after an atrocious piece of refereeing gifts Liverpool an equaliser.
Graham Taylor's Villa draw with reigning Champions Liverpool after taking a first half lead through Alan McInally as Villa remain unbeaten and in 8th position on the table.
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Liverpool


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1987-88
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 10 September 1988
%20Aston%20Villa%20Kit_gif.png)
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1978-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 54 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 14 🟥 13 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1978-1990 🆘
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 6 September, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Villa Park.
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Kevin Gage replaces Steve Sims.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.26 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.93 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 20.91 |
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Kenny Dalglish | 🏴 |

Liverpool
GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴 |
CB Steve Nicol | 🏴 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Jan Mølby | 🇳🇴 |
W John Barnes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴 |
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 82' |
🔁 CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | for CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | 82' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W John Barnes | 🏴 | (CF Peter Beardsley | 🏴 |)

🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
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
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | | 178 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 65 | 47 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/13
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)









Opens in New Window