1989–90 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season May 2020 December 2014 Aston Villa 1989–90 Graham Taylor Doug Ellis Villa Park First Division 2nd FA Cup Sixth round League Cup Third round David Platt (21) David Platt (24) 1988–89 1990–91 Recent history of Aston Villa Aston Villa records and statistics The 1989–90 English football season was Aston Villa's 91st season in the Football League with Villa 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.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History 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. First Division 1989–90 Football League First Division 5 AVL Matches 1 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Aston Villa D 2 Aston Villa 1–1 Liverpool D Birmingham Villa Park 3 Aston Villa 1–1 Charlton Athletic D Birmingham Villa Park 4 Southampton 2–1 Aston Villa L 5 Aston Villa 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur W Birmingham Villa Park 6 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Aston Villa L 7 Aston Villa 1–3 QPR L Birmingham Villa Park 8 Aston Villa 1–0 Derby County W Birmingham Villa Park 9 Luton Town 0–1 Aston Villa W 10 Manchester City 0–2 Aston Villa W 11 Aston Villa 2–1 Crystal Palace W Birmingham Villa Park 12 Aston Villa 6–2 Everton W Birmingham Villa Park 13 Norwich City 2–0 Aston Villa L 14 Aston Villa 4–1 Coventry City W Birmingham Villa Park 15 Wimbledon 0–2 Aston Villa W 16 Aston Villa 2–1 Nottingham Forest W Birmingham Villa Park 17 Liverpool 1–1 Aston Villa D 18 Millwall 2–0 Aston Villa L 19 Aston Villa 3–0 Manchester United W Birmingham Villa Park 20 Aston Villa 2–1 Arsenal W Birmingham Villa Park 21 Chelsea 0–3 Aston Villa W 22 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Aston Villa W 23 Aston Villa 2–1 Southampton W Birmingham Villa Park 24 Aston Villa 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday W Birmingham Villa Park 25 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Aston Villa W 26 Aston Villa 0–3 Wimbledon L Birmingham Villa Park 27 Coventry City 2–0 Aston Villa L 28 Aston Villa 2–0 Luton Town W Birmingham Villa Park 29 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Aston Villa D 30 Derby County 0–1 Aston Villa W 31 Crystal Palace 1–0 Aston Villa L 32 Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City L Birmingham Villa Park 33 Arsenal 0–1 Aston Villa W 34 Aston Villa 1–0 Chelsea W Birmingham Villa Park 35 Manchester United 2–0 Aston Villa L 36 Aston Villa 1–0 Millwall W Birmingham Villa Park 37 Aston Villa 3–3 Norwich D Birmingham Villa Park 38 Everton 3–3 Aston Villa D http://www.statto.com/football/teams/aston-villa/1989-1990 Aston Villa Home Page for the 1989-1990 season - Statto.com 25 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063236/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/aston-villa/1989-1990 4 March 2016 live FA Cup 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 1989–90 Football League Cup Second round A total of 64 teams took part in the second round, including the 28 winners from round one. The remaining Second Division clubs entered in this round, as well as the 20 sides from the First Division. Each tie was again played across two legs. First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aston Villa 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 September 1989 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Aston Villa 4 October 1989 2–3 Third round Home teamResultAway teamDate Aston Villa 0–0 West Ham United 25 October 1989 Replay Home teamResultAway teamDate West Ham United 1–0 Aston Villa 8 November 1989 Squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1989-90.html Aston Villa Player Databasehttp://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/1990 All Aston Villa players: 1990 yes yes ENG GK Lee Butler yes ENG GK Nigel Spink yes ENG DF Andy Comyn yes ENG DF Darrell Duffy yes ENG DF Kevin Gage yes ENG DF Bernie Gallacher yes ENG DF Derek Mountfield yes ENG DF Chris Price yes ENG DF Steve Sims yes IRL DF Paul McGrath yes DEN DF Kent Nielsen yes ENG MF Paul Birch yes yes ENG MF Mark Blake yes ENG MF Nigel CallaghanCallaghan was born in Singapore. yes ENG MF Gordon Cowans yes ENG MF Tony Daley yes ENG MF Stuart Gray captain yes ENG MF David Platt yes ENG MF Gareth Williams yes ENG FW Ian Olney yes ENG FW Ian Ormondroyd yes ENG FW Dean Spink yes IRL FW Tony Cascarino yes TRI FW Dwight Yorke Transfers Left club during season yes yes ENG FW Adrian Heath to Manchester City yes yes ENG FW Mark Lillis to Scunthorpe United In IRL Paul McGrath – ENG Manchester United, 3 August 1989, £400,000 TRI Dwight Yorke - TRI St Clair's, 19 December 1989, £120,000 Out SCO Allan Evans – ENG Leicester City SCO Alan McInally – GER Bayern Munich, £1,200,000 ENG Mark Lillis – ENG Scunthorpe United, 21 September, £40,000http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/795.html Aston Villa Player Database ENG Adrian Heath – ENG Manchester City, February 1990, £300,000http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/614.html Aston Villa Player Database Youth and reserves yes yes ENG GK Glen Livingstone yes ENG DF Christopher Boden yes ENG DF John Elliott yes ENG DF Bryan Small yes ENG DF Andrew Smith yes ENG MF Steve Froggatt yes yes ENG MF Craig Liddle yes ENG MF Lee Williams yes ENG FW Martin Carruthers yes ENG FW Tommy Mooney yes ENG FW Mark Parrott yes WAL FW David Jones Trainees yes yes ENG FW Ian Tyrrell Apprentices yes yes ENG GK Michael Oakes yes yes ENG FW Neil Floate Other players yes yes ENG DF Russell Bullivant yes ENG DF David Watt yes ENG MF Richard Crisp yes ENG MF Brian Nicholas yes ENG FW David Travis yes yes ENG FW Stephen Walker yes Noel Callaghan yes Shepherd yes ENG Stephen Slocombe yes SCO Angus McKeon yes C Williams Trialists yes yes TRI MF Colvin Hutchinson yes DEN FW Lars Jakobsen on trial from OB Notes 30em References Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa