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Game #4039

Aston Villa

4-7-5, 15 PTS

Saturday, 10 December 1988

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Drew

14th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Middlesbrough

6-2-8, 14 PTS

Ayresome Park

Attendance: 18,096

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

Middlesbrough

3-3

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Aston Villa

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🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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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

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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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.

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Middlesbrough

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

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Saturday, 10 December 1988

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🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🕒 73 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 19 🟥 19 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Howard Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oadby, 1980-1989 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 February 1982, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

None

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome 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 Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | for RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 41' |
🔁 CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"ASTON Villa striker Alan McInally brought his goal tally of the season to 17, and his teammate Martin Keown was sent off."
Quotes

🟨 10 December 1988, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday World (Dublin)*
Sunday, 11 December 1988

ASTON Villa striker Alan McInally brought his goal tally of the season to 17, and his teammate Martin Keown was sent off. Villa were two goals up inside seven minutes through Andy Gray and Mclnally but Middlesbrough roared back and went 3-2 ahead after 67 minutes with goals by Mark Brennan. Gary Hamilton and Tony Mowbray. McInally powered his way through to equalise.
Reports

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