Game #4042
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 December 1988
Lost
13th (-3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Arsenal
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,486
Aston Villa
0-3
Arsenal
Assist(s) | None
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
MANAGER
George Graham (ex) | 🏴 |
Arsenal
GK John Lukic | 🏴 |
RB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Brian Marwood | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
M Michael Thomas | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | for M Andy Gray | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Merson | 🏴 | (W Perry Groves | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🟥 31 December 1988, Villa 0-3 Arsenal, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 December 1988
Villa lose for the first time in six as they concede two minutes into the game and two minutes from the end after Nigel Spink, who has been outstanding all season, has a difficult game.
Villa drop back to 13th in the table.
Chris Price makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W10 D8 L7 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
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