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Game #4030

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 2 November 1988

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Millwall

Villa Park

Attendance: 17,648

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

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Millwall

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🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 2 November 1988

🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Millwall), Neil Ruddock
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-1, Alan McInally, Assist by David Platt
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 2-1, Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Millwall
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 3-1, David Platt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Millwall

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 2 November 1988

Graham Taylor's Villa beat rivals for promotion in the previous campaign in the third round of the League Cup as Alan McInally scores his ninth goal in nine games.

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

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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

Millwall

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

Aston Villa

Millwall

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Millwall

Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Wednesday, 2 November 1988

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🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
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

🕒 64 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 17 🟥 15 | 1.77

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 2 April 1988, Villa 1-2 Millwall, The Den.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Bernie Gallacher replaces Stuart Gray.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.89 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.08 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.06 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Millwall

GK Brian Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Dave Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Danis Salman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Briley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Teddy Sheringham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Keith Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Kevin O’Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |)

Substitutes

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Sean Sparham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Funnily enough, I scored a goal like that in Scotland against Queen of the South, the goalkeeper rolled the ball out and... well, no, this had to be the best I've scored. "When the ball came, I turned to try to hold it up. I jumped a tackle and set off, tipped the ball round someone and just went for the white posts. I toed the ball round another guy and concentrated on hitting the ball past the keeper. “But you don't think far ahead, you just keep doing the next thing." Alan McInally.
Quotes

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

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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)

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*Birmingham News*
Thursday, 3 November 1988

ALAN Mclnally kept Aston Villa on the Littlewoods Cup Wembley trail with a breathtaking display of finishing here last night. Villa’s leading scorer hit two superb goals in five first half minutes after Millwall had taken a shock lead through Neil Ruddock in a blood and thunder third round tie. David Platt rubber-stamped the Midlander’s passage into the last 16 with a 73rd minute strike and it was no more than Graham Taylor’s men deserved. They were magnificent in recording their third home victory in 11 days and on this performance will take some stopping in the cup. Villa tore into Millwall’s defence and birthday boy Mountfield came close to scoring his first goal for the club in the opening 90 seconds. Lions’ defender Stevens received a stern lecture after hauling down Mclnally on the edge of the penalty box. But rampant Villa were rocked on their heels by the forward with the best goal-scoring record in the League. Mclnally wasted little time in cancelling out the Millwall lead. The three Millwall defenders were unable to lay a boot on him as he danced through from the half-way line before applying the perfect finish. Daley might have added a Villa third but screwed his shot wide. Shell-shocked Millwall were struggling to mount any kind of attack. Cascarino hit the foot of the post but referee Shapter had already halted play for an infringement. Both sides kept up the frantic pace as rival supporters turned Villa Park into a cauldron of noise. As chances were becoming scarcer Sheringham got on the end of Bailey’s searching centre. It needed a stunning close-range save by Spink to prevent Cascarino from equalising in the 61st minute. And his opposite number Horne had to be equally alert to smother Platt’s shot. 60 seconds later Mclnally and Cowans combined to send Daley through but Horne was equal to the one on one. A massive goalmouth scramble in the 66th minute saw Platt, Gage and Price all having shots blocked. Platt latched onto the poor control and side footed a shot past the helpless Horne in the 73rd minute.
Reports

🟩 2 November 1988, Villa 3-1 Millwall, Villa Park.

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