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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 Dec 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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Norwich City

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

🟩 3 Dec 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

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

🟩 3 Dec 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 December 1988
  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa win for the first time in five in League games.

  • 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • Midfielder Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 creates ⚽ two goals to make it 10 goal involvements in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 36th appearance to make it ⚽ 4 Goals and 🔥 7 Assists so far in his Villa career.

🟩 3 Dec 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, 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: 🏆
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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
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Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

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

🟩 3 Dec 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 Dec 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Alton, 1982–1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 72 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 18 🟥 19 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟩 3 Dec 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Alton, 1982–1992

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 3 Dec 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

🟩 3 Dec 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 A 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 Dec 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

🟩 3 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 3 Dec 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 3 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 1988, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Villa Park

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