Game #4039
Aston Villa
4-7-5, 15 PTS
Saturday, 10 December 1988


Drew
14th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Division One
Middlesbrough
6-2-8, 14 PTS
Ayresome Park
Attendance: 18,096
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome
Middlesbrough
3-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 December 1988
⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 2-0, Alan McInally
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 2-1, (Middlesbrough), Mark Brennan
🔁 | 41’ Sub off Kevin Gage, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 2-2, (Middlesbrough), Gary Hamilton
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 2-3, (Middlesbrough), Tony Mowbray
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Derek Mountfield
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 3-3, Alan McInally
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 3-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown
🟥 | Sending off, Martin Keown, Two bookable offences
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 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 10 December 1988
Alan McInally 🏴 hits his latest brace to top the scoring charts but after being two up after six minutes are pegged back by former Villan Bruce Rioch's 🏴 Boro before a refereeing error sees a last minute penalty to Graham Taylor's 🏴 men being refused.
Alan McInally 🏴 scores his sixteenth and seventeenth goals of the season.
Centre back Martin Keown 🏴 is 🟥 sent off for the second time in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 111th appearance (110 Starts).
Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (41 Starts) to make it 🟩 W23 🟨 D14 🟥 L13, ⚽ 23 Goals and 🔥 11 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.47 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome

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
Middlesbrough


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Saturday, 10 December 1988
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🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Howard Taylor | 🏴 | Oadby, 1980-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 73 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 19 🟥 19 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Howard Taylor | 🏴 | Oadby, 1982-1988 🆘
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟥 Martin Keown
🟨 Martin Keown
🟨 Martin Keown
🟨 Paul Birch, Dissent
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.50 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 32.18 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 21.16 |
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴 |

Middlesbrough
GK Stephen Pears | 🏴 |
CB Dean Glover (ex) | 🏴 |
RB Gary Parkinson | 🏴 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴 |
CB Tony Mowbray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴 |
M Gary Hamilton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Mark Burke (ex) | 🏴 |
M Mark Brennan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴 |
CF Peter Davenport | 🏴 |
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 🔁 | for RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | 41' |
🔁 CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 70' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 |
CF Bernie Slaven | 🇮🇪 |
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 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | | 180 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 65 | 48 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 10 Dec 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome


MATCH REPORTS
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