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Game #4020

Aston Villa

Saturday, 10 September 1988

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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

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Liverpool

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

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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

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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

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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: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Liverpool

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1987-88

FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 10 September 1988

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

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, 1981-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 54 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 14 🟥 13 | 1.76

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, 1981-1989

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82' |
🔁 CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 82' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Peter Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/13

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 10 Sep 1988, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"Full marks to Allan [Evans], he reminded me of the job in hand [closing down Liverpool]. I was gone. You don't often score against a team like Liverpool. "I have to put my greater stamina down to the manager. He has me doing two-mile runs with speed sections in them. What's more, he keeps up with me." Alan McInally.
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 11 September 1988
Houghton rescues Liverpool from valiant Aston Villa ASTON VILLA produced a sterling display to take a point off Liverpool following a pulsating game which the Birmingham club dominated for long spells. Liverpool suffered a shock setback when Alan Mclnally put Villa ahead after 39 minutes following a cross from Chris Price. It was Mclnally's fourth goal of the season and Liverpool struggled at times to combat the skill and enthusiasm of the Birmingham side. Liverpool, who paraded lan Rush for his first full game, were often harassed out of possession by the eager Villa men. Liverpool drafted in lan Rush to start his first game with Peter Beardsley dropped to substitute role. The Welsh international, however, made a quiet start and it was Villa who mounted most of the early attacks. After 25 minutes, Rush, playing his first game since leaving Juventus, converted a John Barnes cross but his effort was disallowed for offside. Ronnie Whelan then tried a shot which goalkeeper Nigel Spink took comfortably. Kevin Gage, recalled to Villa's defence specifically to mark John Barnes, kept at his task but the England player managed to slip clear on one occasion, only to loop his shot over the bar. Liverpool slowly moved forward more menacingly as an attacking unit. Gordon Cowans failed to cut out a Barnes pass and Ray Houghton's snap shot was smothered at close range by Nigel Spink. But in the 39th minute, Alan Mclnally glided home his fourth goal of the season to put Villa ahead from a cross by Chris Price. It was the first goal conceded by Liverpool this season. Villa almost made it two two minutes into the second-half but Evans' header was cleared off the line by Barry Venison. Then, Gage's crisply struck shot was tipped over by Grobbelaar. Ray Houghton equalised for Liverpool after 63 minutes, planting the ball past Spink after collecting a quickly taken free-kick which caught Villa cold. This goal sparked off Liverpool's late bid for a winner with Rush hitting the post with a shot as he was sitting on the ground.
Reports

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

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