1989–90 Aston Villa F.C. season

During the 1989–90 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Football League First Division.

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

Aston Villa improved drastically on the 17th place of the previous season and spent most of the season challenging for the title, finishing in second behind Liverpool. This was their highest finish since 1980–81, and a great result for a team in only its second consecutive season in the top flight.

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.

At the end of the season, manager Graham Taylor accepted an offer to take over management of the England national football team. He was replaced by Czechoslovakian Jozef Vengloš, who had just led Czechoslovakia to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. In taking the Villa hot-seat, Vengloš became the first manager from outside of Britain of a top flight club in English football history.

Kit

Aston Villa's kit was manufactured by Danish company Hummel and sponsored by Mita Copiers.

Squad
Squad at end of season[1][2]

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[3]
— 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In

Out

Results

First Division
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 Excluded from the European Cup[6]
2 Aston Villa 38 21 7 10 57 38 +19 70 Qualification for the UEFA Cup
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
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion.
  • 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

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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

References
  1. http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1989-90.html
  2. http://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/1990
  3. Callaghan was born in Singapore.
  4. http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/795.html
  5. http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/614.html
  6. Liverpool were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on for 10 years, because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. The ban was eventually lifted for the 1991–92 season.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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