Game #4037
Aston Villa

Wednesday, 30 November 1988
4th Round
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Chris Price | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Martin Keown | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
CB Derek Mountfield | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kevin Gage | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Stuart Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy A Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ |
M David Platt | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ | โฝ | โฝ |
W Tony Daley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
CF Alan McInally | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |
Graham Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990

Substitutes
๐ M Gareth Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Andy A Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 70' |
Unused Substitutes
CB Allan Evans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
UEFA Cup / Europa League: โ
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.93 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 30.33 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 21.13 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Graham Taylor's ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 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 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ hits โฝ four goals in a game, scoring a hat-trick, for the first time in a Villa shirt.
Alan McInally ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ scores his fifteenth โฝ goal of the season.
Midfielder Gareth Williams ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ makes his second appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in 7 months.
Centre forward Alan McInally ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ scores his โฝ 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his ๐ 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.
Starting XI
Substitutes
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 2
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 3
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 4
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 5
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 11โ | 16โ | David Platt | 50โ | 65โ | 70โ | 77โ |
Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 11' | Gordon Cowans | 16' | 77' | Martin Keown | 50' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 11โ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Tony Daley
โฝ | 16โ Goal, 2-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Gordon Cowans
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Ipswich Town
โฝ | 50โ Goal, 3-0, David Platt, Assist by Martin Keown
โฝ | 65โ Goal, 4-0, David Platt
โฝ | 70โ Goal, 5-0, David Platt
๐ | 70โ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on Gareth Williams
โฝ | 77โ Goal, 6-0, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
๐ฅ
| 83โ Goal, 6-1, (Ipswich Town), Mick Stockwell
๐ฅ
| 90โ Goal, 6-2, (Ipswich Town), Dalian Atkinson
๐ | FT Aston Villa 6-2 Ipswich Town
Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #20 |
Manager Game | #71 |
Wednesday, 30 November 1988
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Graham Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Cooper | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Pontypridd, 1985-1996
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 6-2
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Keith Cooper | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Pontypridd, 1985-1996
Match Stats
Not recorded
Graham Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990
๐ 71 | ๐ฉ | 34 ๐จ | 18 ๐ฅ 19 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
"Of course I want to be leading goalscorer but I can't begrudge Alan a single goal. He's playing really well.โ
David Platt.
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.
League Cup
Ipswich Town
Villa Park
Attendance: 16,284
GK Craig Forrest | ๐จ๐ฆ |
LB Graham Harbey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CB David Linighan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
D Chris O'Donnell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Simon Milton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Mick Stockwell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M Jason Dozzell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M John Wark | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M David Lowe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Ian Redford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
John Duncan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
๐ | LB Graham Harbey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (M Dave Hill | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
Unused Substitutes
M Michael Cheetham | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: โ
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ๐
League Champions: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐
League Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1988-89
Playing Squad



























