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Game #4037

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 30 November 1988

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Won

4th Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Ipswich Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 16,284

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

Aston Villa

6-2

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Ipswich Town

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Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 11' | Gordon Cowans | 16' | 77' | Martin Keown | 50' |

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 30 November 1988

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Tony Daley
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 2-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 3-0, David Platt, Assist by Martin Keown
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 4-0, David Platt
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 5-0, David Platt
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on Gareth Williams
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 6-0, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 6-1, (Ipswich Town), Mick Stockwell
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 6-2, (Ipswich Town), Dalian Atkinson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-2 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

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 30 November 1988
  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa win for the first time in five in all competitions as they hammer second division Ipswich in the League Cup 4th Round.

  • Villa have now scored sixteen in four games in the competition.

  • David Platt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hits ⚽ four goals in a game, scoring a hat-trick, for the first time in a Villa shirt.

  • Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his fifteenth ⚽ goal of the season.

  • Midfielder Gareth Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his second appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in 7 months.

  • Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 47th appearance (38 Starts) at a game per goal rate of 2.29 so far in his Villa career.

  • A "thrillingly talented" 20 year old striker Dalian Atkinson makes an appearance for the opposition and scores a spectacular consolation.

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

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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

Ipswich Town

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81

FIXTURE HISTORY
Ipswich Town
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Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #20 |
Manager Game | #71 |
Wednesday, 30 November 1988

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🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Pontypridd, 1985-1996
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

🕒 71 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 18 🟥 19 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Pontypridd, 1985-1996

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

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

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.93 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.33 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.13 |

Referee

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

John Duncan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Craig Forrest | 🇨🇦 |
LB Graham Harbey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB David Linighan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Chris O'Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Simon Milton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick Stockwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jason Dozzell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M David Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ian Redford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Graham Harbey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Dave Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Michael Cheetham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"Of course I want to be leading goalscorer but I can't begrudge Alan a single goal. He's playing really well.” David Platt.
Quotes

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Irish Independent*
Thursday, 1 December 1988
DAVID PLATT scored four goals in 18 minutes as Aston Villa swamped Ipswich to book their place in the Littlewoods Cup quarter-finals. He took the ball round goalkeeper Craig Forrest for his first after 59 minutes, headed a second from Tony Daley's cross and then waltzed through the defence for an 11-minute hat-trick. Outclassed Ipswich had no idea how to cope with Villa's blistering pace and their misery was completed when Platt jabbed in his fourth after 70 minutes. Ipswich did manage two consolation goals in the last seven minutes but Villa marched into the last eight. Scotsman Alan Mclnally having given them the perfect start with two goals in the first 15 minutes.
Reports

🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

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