Game #4024
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 October 1988
Lost
11th (-2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
Attendance: 18,301
Sheffield Wednesday
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
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 Gray | 🏴 | 🟥 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Howard Wilkinson | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |)
🟥 1 October 1988, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
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 for the full back but such were the laws that the 'keeper stayed on to come up with an excellent save to Stuart Gray's penalty.
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