1989–90 Aston Villa F.C. season

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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)

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.

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 England ENG Lee Butler
— GK England ENG Nigel Spink
— DF England ENG Andrew Comyn
— DF England ENG Darrell Duffy
— DF England ENG Kevin Gage
— DF England ENG Bernard Gallacher
— DF England ENG Derek Mountfield
— DF England ENG Chris Price
— DF England ENG Steve Sims
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL Paul McGrath
— DF Denmark DEN Kent Nielsen
— MF England ENG Paul Birch
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Mark Blake
— MF England ENG Nigel Callaghan[5]
— MF England ENG Gordon Cowans
— MF England ENG Tony Daley
— MF England ENG Stuart Gray (captain)
— MF England ENG David Platt
— MF England ENG Gareth Williams
— FW England ENG Ian Olney
— FW England ENG Ian Ormondroyd
— FW England ENG Dean Spink
— FW Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Cascarino
— FW Trinidad and Tobago 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 England ENG Adrian Heath (to Manchester City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England 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 England ENG Glen Livingstone
— DF England ENG Christopher Boden
— DF England ENG John Elliott
— DF England ENG Bryan Small
— DF England ENG Andrew Smith
— MF England ENG Steve Froggatt
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Craig Liddle
— MF England ENG Lee Williams
— FW England ENG Martin Carruthers
— FW England ENG Tommy Mooney
— FW England ENG Mark Parrott
— FW Wales 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 England 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 England 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 England 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 England ENG Russell Bullivant
— DF England ENG David Watt
— MF England ENG Richard Crisp
— MF England ENG Brian Nicholas
— FW England ENG David Travis
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England ENG Stephen Walker
—   Noel Callaghan
—   Shepherd
— England 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 Trinidad and Tobago TRI Colvin Hutchinson
— FW Denmark 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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