1990–91 Aston Villa F.C. season

During the 1990–91 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Football League First Division.

Aston Villa
1990–91 season
ChairmanDoug Ellis
ManagerJozef Vengloš
StadiumVilla Park
First Division17th
FA CupThird round
League CupFifth round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: David Platt (24)

A season after finishing as runners-up, Villa dropped to 17th in the table following the departure of manager Graham Taylor, who took charge of the England national football team. Manager Jozef Vengloš left after just season in charge, and was replaced by Sheffield Wednesday's Ron Atkinson.

UEFA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers
19 September 1990 Round 1
First leg
FC Baník Ostrava H 3–1 Platt 32', Mountfield 57', Olney 79'
3 October 1990 Round 1
Second leg
FC Baník Ostrava A 2–1 Mountfield 52', Staš 59' (o.g)
24 October 1990 Round 2
First leg
Internazionale H 2–0 Nielsen 14', Platt 67'
7 November 1990 Round 2
Second leg
Internazionale A 0–3

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Andy Comyn
DF  ENG Kevin Gage
DF  ENG Derek Mountfield
DF  ENG Chris Price
DF  SCO Bernie Gallacher
DF  IRL Paul McGrath
DF  DEN Kent Nielsen
DF  CZE Ivo Staš
MF  ENG Mark Blake
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ENG Nigel Callaghan
MF  ENG Gordon Cowans
MF  ENG Tony Daley
MF  ENG Stuart Gray
MF  ENG David Platt
FW  ENG Ian Olney
FW  ENG Ian Ormondroyd
FW  ENG Gary Penrice
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
GK  ENG Lee Butler (on loan to Hull City)
DF  SCO Bernie Gallacher (on loan to Blackburn Rovers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ENG Paul Birch (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Reserves and academy

Reserves

The following players spent most of the season playing for the reserve team, and did not appear for the senior team.

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 Neil Cox
DF  ENG Darrell Duffy
DF  ENG Craig Liddle
DF  ENG Richard Money (coach)
DF  ENG Bryan Small
DF  ENG Paul Towler
DF  IRL Brian Flood
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ENG Richard Crisp
MF  ENG Nick Roddis
MF  [[|Isle of Wight]] Gareth Williams
FW  ENG Mark Parrott
FW  ENG Peter Withe (coach)
FW  WAL David Jones
FW  SVK Viliam Hýravý (on trial from Baník Ostrava)

Youth

The following players spent most of the season playing for the youth team, but may have also appeared for the reserve team.

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
GK  ENG Michael Oakes
DF  ENG Chris Boden
DF  ENG Russell Bullivant
DF  ENG Matt Carbon
DF  ENG Neil Hoban
DF  ENG Wayne Peachey
DF  ENG Dennis Pearce
DF  ENG Riccardo Scimeca
DF  SCO Paul Browne
DF  WAL Craig Goodwin
MF  ENG Steven Cowe
MF  ENG Graham Fenton
MF  ENG Steve Froggatt
MF  ENG Christopher Pearce
MF  ENG Lee Williams
FW  ENG Martin Carruthers
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  ENG Garry Harrison
FW  ENG Steven Morgan
FW  ENG David Travis
FW  ENG Ian Tyrrell
FW  ENG Stephen Walker
 ENG Darren Hedigan
 ENG Shaun Hodgson
 ENG Kevin Ibrahim
 ENG Matthew McCallum
 ENG Steven Pitcher
 ENG Mark Pugh
 ENG Brett Rose
 SCO Scott McIntyre
 NIR Phillip McNamara
 ENG Paul Tomlinson
 IRL Alan McLoughlin

Schoolboys

The following players were attached to the club but did not play for the reserve or youth teams.

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  IRL Paul Flynn
DF  ENG Darren Evans
DF  SCO Graeme Williams
MF  ENG Ian King
 ENG Nicki Finney
 ENG Otis Hutson
  Keith Accison
  Christopher Boyce
No. Pos. Nation Player
  Trevor Carter
  Justin Cope
  David Ferry
  James S. Green
  Lee Hackett
  Stuart James
  Adrian Rampton

References

  1. "All Nottingham Forest players: 1991". 11v11.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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