Game #4001
Aston Villa
15-10-4, 55 PTS
Saturday, 16 January 1988


Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Ipswich Town
13-7-8, 46 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 20,201
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Ipswich Town

Assist(s) | Andy A Gray | 5' |
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 January 1988
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Martin Keown, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Ipswich Town
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Ipswich Town
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
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 January 1988
An early Martin Keown 🏴 strike is enough to secure Villa the points as a strong rearguard action and a Gary Shaw 🏴 cameo on his final appearance keeps Villa clear at the top of the table.
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa have now 🟥 lost just once in twenty three Division Two games, 🟩 winning fourteen.
League and European Cup winning Villa forward Gary Shaw 🏴 26 makes his 212th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to BK Frem Copenhagen in May 1988. Shaw played for Villa between 1978 and 1988 leaving with a record of 🟩 W98 🟨 D46 🟥 L68, ⚽ 79 Goals & 🔥 22 Assists. Sadly injuries had stalled Shaw's career however as he made just 18 appearances over his final four seasons with the club.
Villa now boasted just one player who had won the title seven years earlier - defender Allan Evans 🏴.
Centre forward Garry Thompson 🏴 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it 🟩 W16 🟨 D15 🟥 L19, ⚽ 14 Goals and 🔥 7 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.38 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 1978-88 🕒 212 | ✅ 203 🔁 (9) | ⚽ 79 | 🔥 22 | 🇺 22 | #596 |
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
Ipswich Town


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Saturday, 16 January 1988
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🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Kevin Breen | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1986–1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 35 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.94
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Kevin Breen | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1986–1990
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 16 April 1986, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gary Shaw makes his first start of the season in place of Warren Aspinall.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.76 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 31.28 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 20.84 |
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 🔴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
MANAGER
John Duncan | 🏴 |

Ipswich Town
GK John Hallworth | 🏴 |
RB Frank Yallop | 🇨🇦 |
CB Ian Atkins | 🏴 |
D Tony Humes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
D Ian Cranson | 🏴 |
LB Graham Harbey | 🏴 |
M Mark Brennan | 🏴 |
M Mick Stockwell | 🏴 |
M John Wark | 🏴 |
F David Lowe | 🏴 |
CF Jean-Michel d'Avray | 🇿🇦 |
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Tony Humes | 🏴 | (M Jason Dozzell | 🏴 |)

🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M David Norton | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

RB Andy Bernal | 🇦🇺 |
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
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
M David Norton | 🏴 | | 4 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/13
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 16 Jan 1988, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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