1989–90 Aston Villa F.C. season

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.

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)

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.

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.[1]

Squad

Squad at end of season[2][3]

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[4]
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In

Out

Results

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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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

[7]

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

Notes

  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


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