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Game #4038

Aston Villa

4-6-5, 18 PTS

Saturday, 3 December 1988

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Won

14th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Norwich City

8-5-2, 29 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,653

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-1

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Norwich City

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Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 30’ | 59’ | Gordon Cowans | 77’ |

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 December 1988

⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Gage, Assist by Andy Gray
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), Trevor Putney
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-1, David Platt, Assist by Andy Gray
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 3-1, Kevin Gage, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Norwich City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 December 1988

  • Villa deliver their "best win of the season" as top of the table Norwich are beaten at Villa Park with a brace from converted midfielder Kevin Gage and a fifth in two games for sometime striker David Platt.

  • Graham Taylor's Villa win for the first time in five in League games.

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Norwich City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 3 December 1988

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🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Alton, 1978–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 72 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 18 🟥 19 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Alton, 1978–1993
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 April 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Allan Evans replaces Derek Mountfield.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.49 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.16 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.14 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Dave Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Bryan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ian Culverhouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Linighan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Trevor Putney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mike Phelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dale Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Robert Rosario | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Dale Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Ian Crook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Robert Rosario | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Robert Fleck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, 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

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Villa clinched their first League win in five matches when Gage scored his second after 77 minutes, his low drive from Cowans’ corner squirming under Gunn."
Quotes

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Sunday Independent (Dublin)*
Sunday, 4 December 1988

VILLA destroyed Norwich's proud claim to possessing the only unbeaten away record in the League. From the moment Alan Mclnally drove just over the bar in the first 30 seconds Graham Taylor's side had too much pace and power for the First Division leaders. Former Wimbledon midfield player Kevin Gage proved their, chief tormentor, scoring in each half. His first came after 20 minutes when he collected a pass from Andy Gray to score with a rising shot from the edge of the penalty area. With Tony Daley's pace causing problems, Norwich were frequently pinned back but displayed their resilience by equalising against the run of play six minutes before half-time. Dale Gordon's corner was only half cleared and Trevor Putney scooped the ball in off Nigel Spink's fingertips from 12 yards. Norwich survived a dubious 52nd-minute penalty after referee John Martin ruled that goalkeeper Bryan Gunn had fouled McInally. Gunn was booked for questioning the decision, but then saved Mclnally's kick. The reprieve was short-lived. Five minutes later Gray floated over a high cross and David Platt, scorer of four goals against Ipswich in mid-week, headed down past Gunn. Villa clinched their first League win in five matches when Gage scored his second after 77 minutes, his low drive from Cowans' corner squirming under Gunn.
Reports

🟩 3 December 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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