1989–90 Aston Villa F.C. season

1989–90 season of Aston Villa

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Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present) Aston Villa 1989–90 football season

Aston Villa
1989–90 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Graham Taylor
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: David Platt (21) All: David Platt (24)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

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.

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.

Squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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	Darrell Duffy
—	DF	ENG	Kevin Gage
—	DF	ENG	Bernie 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
—	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

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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

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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

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Ian Tyrrell

Apprentices

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Michael Oakes

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Neil Floate

Other players

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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

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

Transfers

In

Paul McGrath – Manchester United, 3 August 1989, £400,000
Dwight Yorke

Out

Allan Evans – Leicester City
Alan McInally – Bayern Munich, £1,200,000
Mark Lillis – Scunthorpe United, 21 September, £40,000
Adrian Heath – Manchester City, February 1990, £300,000

Results

First Division

Main article: 1989–90 Football League First Division

Pos	Team v t e	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
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
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

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

Notes

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.
Manchester United qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as the 1989–90 FA Cup winners.

References

"Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
"Aston Villa Player Database".
"All Aston Villa players: 1990".
Callaghan was born in Singapore.
"Aston Villa Player Database".
"Aston Villa Player Database".
"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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National teams

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Associate Members' Cup (Final)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon
Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Stoke City Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chester City Crewe Alexandra Fulham Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Northampton Town Preston North End Notts County Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wigan Athletic
Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Wrexham York City

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