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Game #4043

Aston Villa

5-8-7, 23 PTS

Tuesday, 3 January 1989

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Lost

15th= (-2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Liverpool

8-7-5, 31 PTS

Anfield

Attendance: 39,014

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

Liverpool

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 3 January 1989

🕒 | HT Liverpool 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Ian Olney
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Ronnie Whelan
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa

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

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 3 January 1989
  • Nigel Spink has another difficult game in the blustery conditions at Anfield as Villa lose by a single goal having faced the two main title protagonists in consecutive games.

  • Villa lose for the second successive League game and fall to 16th in the table under Graham Taylor.

  • Tony Daley suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 112th appearance (88 Starts) to make it W31 D31 L50, 14 Goals and 13 Assists so far in his Villa career.

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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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 🥅

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #77 |
Tuesday, 3 January 1989

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🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, 1984-1997
Kick off: 7.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 77 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 | 20 🟥 21 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, 1984-1997

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 tbc

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Martin Keown replaces Andy Gray.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.69 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.25 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.23 |

Referee

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Kenny Dalglish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Mike Hooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Ablett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Nicol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Steve McMahon (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Jan Mølby | 🇳🇴 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 58’ |
🔁 | M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 78’ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Alex Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/13

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH QUOTES
"Spink had-survived a couple of remarkable first half blunders, in which the gusty conditions may have played a part."
Quotes

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Irish Independent*
Wednesday, 4 January 1989
LIVERPOOL captain Ronnie Whelan grabbed his first goal for the club in over a year to set his side on course for a badly-needed home win against Aston Villa at Anfield last night. His 66th minute headed goal was a scrambled affair typical of an untidy, mistake-littered match on an ice cold windy Merseyside night. It came after Ray Houghton crossed from the right and John Aldridge challenged Allan Evans in the Villa area. Whelan stooped to lob the ball wide of a diving Nigel Spink amidst the confusion. Spink had-survived a couple of remarkable first half blunders, in which the gusty conditions may have played a part. He fumbled a Houghton corner under the cross bar after 14 minutes, only for Stuart Gray to hack the ball clear off the line. Three minutes later he should easily have cut out Houghton's cross-field pass, but raced out of his area and missed the ball completely, only for Aldridge to slide the wide of an empty net. Peter Beardsley twice drove narrowly wide and Whelan struck two powerful shots over the Villa bar in the first half, but Spink never tested again until Aldridge flicked Beardsley's cross into his arms four minutes into the second half. Steve Nicol burst through to head Steve McMahon's cross just over the Villa cross bar on the hour and Spink did well to block Aldridge's close range effort after 77 minutes. Villa, for their industry, rarely threatened and lost most of their attacking menace when Alan Mclnally went off injured after 58 minutes. He and Platt had carved out Villa's best chance for Stuart Gray after a McMahon blunder in the 25th minute, but Liverpool Mike Hooper blocked Gray's close-range shot with his legs. Then Gordon Cowans hooked a dipping shot just over the Liverpool bar after 52 minutes.
Reports

🟥 3 Jan 1989, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

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