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1989–90 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

The 1989–90 Aston Villa season saw the football club competing in the Football League First Division. A lowly 17th the previous season, Villa improved drastically and spent most of the season challenging for the title though finishing in second behind Liverpool. This was Villa's highest finish since 1980–81, and a great result for a team in the second season of the top flight. At the end of the season Jozef Vengloš became the first manager from outside of Britain of a top flight club in English football history.

Aston Villa
1989–90 season
ChairmanDoug Ellis
ManagerGraham Taylor
StadiumVilla Park
First Division2nd
FA CupSixth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
David Platt (21)
All:
David Platt (24)

Key players in the team this season were high-scoring midfielder David Platt, who broke into the England team and went on to play at the World Cup, as well as being voted PFA Player of the Year, and new defender Paul McGrath, a £450,000 pre-season signing from Manchester United. Aston Villa played in kit manufactured by Danish company Hummel and sponsored by Mita Copiers. There were also debuts for Kent Nielsen, Adrian Heath, Andy Comyn, Mark Blake, Tony Cascarino and Dwight Yorke.[1]

Slovak Jozef Vengloš, who had just led Czechoslovakia to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, replaced Graham Taylor who had accepted an offer to take over management of the England national football team. During Taylor's tenure the club failed to report to police sexual abuse by scout, Ted Langford.[2]

Squad edit

Squad at end of season[3][4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   ENG Lee Butler
— GK   ENG Nigel Spink
— DF   ENG Andrew Comyn
— DF   ENG Darrell Duffy
— DF   ENG Kevin Gage
— DF   ENG Bernard Gallacher
— DF   ENG Derek Mountfield
— DF   ENG Chris Price
— DF   ENG Steve Sims
— DF   IRL Paul McGrath
— DF   DEN Kent Nielsen
— MF   ENG Paul Birch
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ENG Mark Blake
— MF   ENG Nigel Callaghan[5]
— MF   ENG Gordon Cowans
— MF   ENG Tony Daley
— MF   ENG Stuart Gray (captain)
— MF   ENG David Platt
— MF   ENG Gareth Williams
— FW   ENG Ian Olney
— FW   ENG Ian Ormondroyd
— FW   ENG Dean Spink
— FW   IRL Tony Cascarino
— FW   TRI Dwight Yorke

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   ENG Adrian Heath (to Manchester City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   ENG Mark Lillis (to Scunthorpe United)

Youth and reserves edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   ENG Glen Livingstone
— DF   ENG Christopher Boden
— DF   ENG John Elliott
— DF   ENG Bryan Small
— DF   ENG Andrew Smith
— MF   ENG Steve Froggatt
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ENG Craig Liddle
— MF   ENG Lee Williams
— FW   ENG Martin Carruthers
— FW   ENG Tommy Mooney
— FW   ENG Mark Parrott
— FW   WAL David Jones

Trainees edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   ENG Ian Tyrrell

Apprentices edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   ENG Michael Oakes

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   ENG Neil Floate

Other players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   ENG Russell Bullivant
— DF   ENG David Watt
— MF   ENG Richard Crisp
— MF   ENG Brian Nicholas
— FW   ENG David Travis
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   ENG Stephen Walker
—    Noel Callaghan
—    Shepherd
—   ENG Stephen Slocombe
—    C Williams

Trialists edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   TRI Colvin Hutchinson
— FW   DEN Lars Jakobsen (on trial from OB)

Transfers edit

In edit

Out edit

Results edit

First Division edit

Main article: 1989–90 Football League First Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 38 23 10 5 78 37 +41 79 Disqualified from the European Cup[a]
2 Aston Villa 38 21 7 10 57 38 +19 70 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Tottenham Hotspur 38 19 6 13 59 47 +12 63
4 Arsenal 38 18 8 12 54 38 +16 62
5 Chelsea 38 16 12 10 58 50 +8 60
6 Everton 38 17 8 13 57 46 +11 59
7 Southampton 38 15 10 13 71 63 +8 55
8 Wimbledon 38 13 16 9 47 40 +7 55
9 Nottingham Forest 38 15 9 14 55 47 +8 54
10 Norwich City 38 13 14 11 44 42 +2 53
11 Queens Park Rangers 38 13 11 14 45 44 +1 50
12 Coventry City 38 14 7 17 39 59 −20 49
13 Manchester United 38 13 9 16 46 47 −1 48 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
14 Manchester City 38 12 12 14 43 52 −9 48
15 Crystal Palace 38 13 9 16 42 66 −24 48
16 Derby County 38 13 7 18 43 40 +3 46
17 Luton Town 38 10 13 15 43 57 −14 43
18 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 38 11 10 17 35 51 −16 43 Relegation to the Second Division
19 Charlton Athletic (R) 38 7 9 22 31 57 −26 30
20 Millwall (R) 38 5 11 22 39 65 −26 26
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
  • Nottingham Forest 1–1 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 1–1 Liverpool
  • Aston Villa 1–1 Charlton Athletic
  • Southampton 2–1 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur
  • Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 1–3 QPR
  • Aston Villa 1–0 Derby County
  • Luton Town 0–1 Aston Villa
  • Manchester City 0–2 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 2–1 Crystal Palace
  • Aston Villa 6–2 Everton
  • Norwich City 2–0 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 4–1 Coventry City
  • Wimbledon 0–2 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 2–1 Nottingham Forest
  • Liverpool 1–1 Aston Villa
  • Millwall 2–0 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 3–0 Manchester United
  • Aston Villa 2–1 Arsenal
  • Chelsea 0–3 Aston Villa
  • Charlton Athletic 0–2 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 2–1 Southampton
  • Aston Villa 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday
  • Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 0–3 Wimbledon
  • Coventry City 2–0 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 2–0 Luton Town
  • QPR 1–1 Aston Villa
  • Derby County 0–1 Aston Villa
  • Crystal Palace 1–0 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City
  • Arsenal 0–1 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 1–0 Chelsea
  • Manchester United 2–0 Aston Villa
  • Aston Villa 1–0 Millwall
  • Aston Villa 3–3 Norwich
  • Everton 3–3 Aston Villa [8]

FA Cup edit

Home Club Score Away Club Round Date
Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Aston Villa Third round proper 6 January 1990
Aston Villa 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Third round proper replay 10 January 1990
Aston Villa 6–0 Port Vale Fourth round proper 27 January 1990
West Bromwich Albion 0–2 Aston Villa Fifth round proper 17 February 1990
Oldham Athletic 3–0 Aston Villa Sixth round proper 14 March 1990

League Cup edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Liverpool were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on for 10 years, because of the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. The ban was eventually lifted for the 1991–92 season.
  2. ^ Manchester United qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as the 1989–90 FA Cup winners.

References edit

  1. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
  2. ^ Details of sexual abuse allegations against Aston Villa scout revealed in review
  3. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database".
  4. ^ "All Aston Villa players: 1990".
  5. ^ Callaghan was born in Singapore.
  6. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database".
  7. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database".
  8. ^ "Aston Villa Home Page for the 1989-1990 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
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