Game #4037
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 30 November 1988


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

Ipswich Town

Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 11' | Gordon Cowans | 16' | 77' | Martin Keown | 50' |
🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park


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

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.
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
🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


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


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 71 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 18 🟥 19 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 November 1987, Simod, Villa 0-5 Bradford, Villa Park.
Cards: None
🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

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 |
🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

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 | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Gareth Williams | 🏴 | for M Andy A Gray | 🏴 | 70' |
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Graham Harbey | 🏴 | (M Dave Hill | 🏴 |)
🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
🟩 30 Nov 1988, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


MATCH REPORTS
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