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Game #4024

Aston Villa

Saturday, 1 October 1988

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Lost

11th (-2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

Hillsborough

Attendance: 18,301

🟥 1 Oct 1988, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 1 Oct 1988, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 1 October 1988

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), David Hirst
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | 75’ Missed penalty, Stuart Gray
🟥 | 80’ Sending off, Andy Gray, Striking Gary Megson
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 1 October 1988

  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose and fail to score for the first time this season and fall back to 11th place in the table with seven points from six games.

  • Villa 🟥 lose for the first time in 1988-89 as they concede early, miss a second half penalty and have Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 sent off for striking anger magnet Gary Megson to let an uncultured Wednesday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 side claim all three points.

  • The penalty comes after Kevin Pressman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 brings Chris Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 down with a professional foul with the goal gaping but such were the laws that the 'keeper stayed on to come up with an excellent save to Stuart Gray's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 penalty.

  • Midfielder Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off for the first time in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 28th appearance.

🟥 1 Oct 1988, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Sheffield Wednesday

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 1 October 1988

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🟥 1 Oct 1988, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Timmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Newcastle, 1987–1989
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 58 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 16 🟥 14 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Joe Timmons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Newcastle, 1987–1989
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟥 Andy A Gray, Striking Gary Megson
🟨 Martin Keown, Foul

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None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Stuart Gray replaces Bernie Gallacher.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.07 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.17 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.97 |

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
CB Nigel Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Cranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Lawrie Madden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mel Sterland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Hirst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |)

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Colin West | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 1 Oct 1988, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Alan McInally

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 1 Oct 1988, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH QUOTES

"I'm not saying we deserved to get something out of the game, but we should have done." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟥 1 Oct 1988, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 2 October 1988

AN eighth minute goal by David Hirst was sufficient to give Sheffield Wednesday victory over Villa who failed to equalise in a second-half fight back during which their midfield man Andy Gray was sent off. Villa had chances particularly in the 75th minute when a penalty kick by Stuart Gray was brilliantly palmed away at the foot of a post by goalkeeper Kevin Pressman. Pressman redeemed his error for it was he who brought down Chris Price in the area as he fastened onto a poor back-pass from Nigel Worthington. But Villa's effort faltered five minutes later when Gray was given his marching orders for striking Gary Megson in the face.
Reports

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