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Season 100 | 1988-89

Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

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M David Platt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

47

โšฝ

15

47

๐Ÿ”ฅ

4

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

47

League:

38

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

5

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

15

32%

๐ŸŸจ

13

28%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

19

40%

60%

PPG

1.23

RB Chris Price | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

44

โšฝ

0

44

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

44

League:

36

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

5

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

15

34%

๐ŸŸจ

13

30%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

16

36%

64%

PPG

1.32

GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

42

โšฝ

0

42

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

42

League:

34

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

5

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

14

33%

๐ŸŸจ

11

26%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

17

40%

60%

PPG

1.26

M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

42

โšฝ

2

41

๐Ÿ”ฅ

9

1

1

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

41

League:

32

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

5

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

15

36%

๐ŸŸจ

11

26%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

16

38%

62%

PPG

1.33

CB Martin Keown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

42

โšฝ

0

40

๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

2

0

๐ŸŸจ

8

๐ŸŸฅ

1

Starts:

40

League:

32

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

13

31%

๐ŸŸจ

12

29%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

17

40%

60%

PPG

1.21

M Stuart Gray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

40

โšฝ

4

39

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

1

2

๐ŸŸจ

3

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

39

League:

34

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

3

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

13

33%

๐ŸŸจ

12

30%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

15

38%

63%

PPG

1.28

CF Alan McInally | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

39

โšฝ

22

38

๐Ÿ”ฅ

7

1

1

๐ŸŸจ

3

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

38

League:

31

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

3

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

13

33%

๐ŸŸจ

13

33%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

13

33%

67%

PPG

1.33

RB Kevin Gage | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

37

โšฝ

7

36

๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

1

0

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

36

League:

27

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

5

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

12

32%

๐ŸŸจ

10

27%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

15

41%

59%

PPG

1.24

W Tony Daley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

38

โšฝ

6

33

๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

5

3

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

33

League:

25

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

5

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

13

34%

๐ŸŸจ

9

24%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

16

42%

58%

PPG

1.26

CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

33

โšฝ

1

32

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

8

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

32

League:

26

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

2

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

11

33%

๐ŸŸจ

11

33%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

11

33%

67%

PPG

1.33

CB Derek Mountfield | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

33

โšฝ

3

31

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

2

3

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

31

League:

22

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

5

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

11

33%

๐ŸŸจ

6

18%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

16

48%

52%

PPG

1.18

M Andy A Gray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

25

โšฝ

4

19

๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

6

2

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

1

Starts:

19

League:

15

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

3

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

8

32%

๐ŸŸจ

6

24%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

11

44%

56%

PPG

1.20

W Nigel Callaghan | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

16

โšฝ

1

15

๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

1

0

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

15

League:

15

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

3

19%

๐ŸŸจ

5

31%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

8

50%

50%

PPG

0.88

CB Steve Sims | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

13

โšฝ

0

13

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

1

๐ŸŸจ

2

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

13

League:

12

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

1

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

4

31%

๐ŸŸจ

4

31%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

5

38%

62%

PPG

1.23

CF Ian Olney | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

18

โšฝ

3

9

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

9

10

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

9

League:

8

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

1

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

5

28%

๐ŸŸจ

5

28%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

8

44%

56%

PPG

1.11

CF Ian Ormondroyd | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

12

โšฝ

1

9

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

3

1

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

9

League:

9

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

1

8%

๐ŸŸจ

4

33%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

7

58%

42%

PPG

0.58

LB Bernie Gallacher | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

10

โšฝ

1

8

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

2

3

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

8

League:

4

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

2

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

4

40%

๐ŸŸจ

2

20%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

4

40%

60%

PPG

1.40

M Paul Birch | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

12

โšฝ

0

6

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

6

6

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

6

League:

6

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

6

50%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

6

50%

50%

PPG

0.50

GK Lee Butler | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

5

โšฝ

0

5

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

5

League:

4

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

1

20%

๐ŸŸจ

2

40%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

2

40%

60%

PPG

1.00

CF Garry Thompson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

7

โšฝ

0

4

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

3

2

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

4

League:

2

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

1

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

1

14%

๐ŸŸจ

3

43%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

3

43%

57%

PPG

0.86

M Mark Lillis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

2

โšฝ

0

2

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

2

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

2

League:

2

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

2

100%

0%

PPG

0.00

D Darrell Duffy | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

1

โšฝ

0

1

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

1

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

1

100%

0%

PPG

0.00

M Gareth Williams | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

2

โšฝ

0

1

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

2

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

1

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

1

50%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

1

50%

50%

PPG

1.50

M David Hunt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1988-89

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

1

โšฝ

0

1

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

2

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

1

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

1

100%

0%

PPG

0.00

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