Game #4038
Saturday, 3 December 1988
Attendance: 19,653
Won
Division One
14th (-)
Norwich City
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Villa Park
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.
Aston Villa
3-1
Norwich City
Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 30’ | 59’ | Gordon Cowans | 77’ |
KEY MAN
Kevin Gage, hit a brace to set Villa up for victory against the leaders.
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MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 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
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa win for the first time in five in League games.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Norwich City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85
FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 3 December 1988
MATCH SUMMARY
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: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Martin | 🏴 | Alton, 1978–1993
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 April 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
Cards: 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Allan Evans replaces Derek Mountfield.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.49 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 32.16 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 21.14 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Dave Stringer | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Dale Gordon | 🏴 | (M Ian Crook | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Robert Rosario | 🏴 | (CF Robert Fleck | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY 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."
*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.