Aston Villa's 1990-91 season

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Season 102 | 1990-91

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The Story of 1990-91

25 August 1990, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

Villa open the season with a draw against Southampton in Jozef Vengloš' first game in charge to become the first non British or Irish manager to take charge at a top flight club in the League's 102 year history.

1 September 1990, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Anfield.

As sure as night follows day Liverpool snatch a late goal to beat Villa as the previous season's top two face off in just the second game of the season whilst new boss Jozef Vengloš gains the plaudits for his tactical nous.

5 September 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

Villa lose in a game they dominate as City goalkeeper is forced to make multiple saves to deny Tony Daley. Gordon Cowans, David Platt and Kevin Gage before the home side are awarded a soft penalty by referee John Watson when no contact had been made. Watson doubled down on the controversy by refusing Villa a spot kick for a clear shove on David Platt with City hitting a second as Villa continued to take the game to them. Jozef Vengloš' side fall to 18th in the table with one point from nine in the first division.

8 September 1990, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

Villa record their first win under Jozef Vengloš in an end to end encounter with Coventry.

15 September 1990, Villa 2-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.

Villa make it successive first division wins under Jozef Vengloš to climb to 7th in the table after a fine defensive performance at the Baseball Ground.

19 September 1990, UEFA Cup, Villa 3-1 Baník, Villa Park.

Villa become the first English club to compete in European football since the five year ban for Heysel ended. Jozef Vengloš' Villa recover from conceding an away goal to equalise within 60 seconds as a Gordon Cowans inspired display delivers a 3-1 win for the hosts.

22 September 1990, Villa 2-2 QPR, Villa Park.

Villa fall behind twice equalising shortly after as they are held by QPR after a four goal first half at Villa Park to fall back to 10th in the first division table.

26 September 1990, League Cup, Villa 1-0 Barnsley, Villa Park.

David Platt scored his sixth goal in seven games as Villa secure a narrow victory over Barnsley to leave them unbeaten in five in all competitions with four wins.

29 September 1990, Villa 1-2 Tottenham, White Hart Lane.

Villa take the lead through David Platt's seventh goal in eight games but Tottenham hit back late on to inflict a first defeat in six on Jozef Vengloš' Villa.

3 October 1990, UEFA Cup, Villa 2-1 Baník, Městský stadion.

Villa complete the job as Derek Mountfield scores in both legs to help see off Baník in the first round of the UEFA Cup.

6 October 1990, Villa 3-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

Villa make it one defeat in eight and six wins in all competitions under Jozef Vengloš as they climb to 10th in the first division table after a simple win over Sunderland at Villa Park.

9 October 1990, League Cup, Villa 1-0 Barnsley, Oakwell.

Villa beat second tier side Barnsley in the League Cup to leave them with just one defeat in nine games and seven wins under Jozef Vengloš.

20 October 1990, Villa 0-0 Wimbledon, Plough Lane.

Villa are held to a goalless draw by the anti football and soon to be homeless Wimbledon but extend their run to one defeat in ten games and seven wins under Jozef Vengloš.

24 October 1990, UEFA Cup, Villa 2-0 Inter, Villa Park.

Villa win in what is described as "arguably the best performance an English club side has ever produced in Europe." as the appointment of Jozef Vengloš continues to pay dividends.

27 October 1990, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Jozef Vengloš shocks football with his innovative prescription of vitamin pills and glucose minerals to restore lost energy following the Inter game but the comedown still proves too much as Villa are held to a goalless draw by Leeds. Vengloš' superb run continues however with one defeat in twelve games and eight wins including the famous victory over Inter Milan last time out.

31 October 1990, League Cup, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park.

Villa motor on with a ninth win in thirteen games under Jozef Vengloš as they add progress in the League Cup to their 8th place League placing and UEFA Cup achievements under the new boss.

3 November 1990, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

As Jozef Vengloš becomes the first foreign manager to be awarded Manager of the Month, Villa concede an early goal and lose for the the first time in seven and only the second time in fourteen under the new boss.

7 November 1990, UEFA Cup, Villa 0-3 Inter, San Siro.

An utterly shocking refereeing performance from Aleksey Spirin hands the tie to Inter Milan despite their ability to win through without his help. There was no debate that it had happened just whether it was done intentionally or through incompetence, three decades later we still do not know.

10 November 1990, Villa 1-1 Forest, Villa Park.

David Platt misses a penalty but 60 seconds later sets up Kent Nielsen to open the scoring before a late Forest equaliser pegs Villa back as Villa make it three defeats in sixteen under Jozef Vengloš.

17 November 1990, Villa 0-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

Derek Mountfield is sent off just after half time as Villa fall to a third defeat in four games and fourth in seventeen under Jozef Vengloš to fall back to 13th in the first division table.

24 November 1990, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.

Villa suffer a jarring defeat to lowly Luton as the season, which had begun with such promise, begins to unravel post Milan, as Villa fall to a fourth defeat in five games and fifth in eighteen under Jozef Vengloš to fall back to 14th in the first division table.

28 November 1990, League Cup, Villa 3-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

Villa win for the first time in six in all competitions to progress to the quarter finals of the League Cup and make it ten wins and five defeats in nineteen games under Jozef Vengloš.

1 December 1990, Villa 2-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.

Villa make it successive wins in all competitions and record a first League win in seven under Jozef Vengloš but the Czech boss now has eleven wins and just five defeats in twenty games as Villa sit 12th in the first division table.

15 December 1990, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

Villa score their first away goal in nearly 8 hours of football to secure only their second away point of the season but Jozef Vengloš now has eleven wins and just five defeats in twenty one games.

23 December 1990, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Villa earn a creditable draw against an Arsenal side shorn of their jailed captain Tony Adams but who are on a club record eighteen game unbeaten run as Jozef Vengloš now has eleven wins and just five defeats in twenty two games.

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Season Summary

Division	Final League Position	FA Cup Progress	EFL Cup Progress	Biggest Win
Division One	17th	3rd Round	Quarter Final	3-0 vs. Sunderland (h), Division One

European Progress
2nd Round (UE)

Top Scorer	Most Appearances	Most Starts
24 \| David Platt	49 \| Chris Price, Gordon Cowans	49 \| Gordon Cowans, Chris Price

Manager Summary

P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

From	To	Manager	P	W	D	L	U	W%	L%	U%	CS%	PPG
25 Aug 1990	11 May 1991	Jozef Vengloš	49	16	15	18	31	33%	37%	63%	24%	1.29

Manager	Chairman	Chief Executive
Jozef Vengloš	Herbert Douglas Ellis	Steve Stride

Season Statistics

Pos: Final League Position; P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; F: Goals Scored; A: Goals Conceded; Pts: Final League Points; GD: Goal Difference (A-F); PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); GR: Goal Ratio (F/A); GPG: Goals Scored per Game; CPG: Goals Conceded per Game; CS: Clean Sheets; CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

Results - All Competitions

P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GR	GPG	CPG	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U	U%	PPG
49	16	15	18	62	71	-9	0.88	1.27	1.45	12	24%	33%	37%	31	63%	1.29

Results - League

Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD	GPG	CPG	GR	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U%	PPG
17th	38	9	14	15	46	58	41	-12	1.21	1.53	0.79	8	21%	24%	39%	61%	1.08

Sequences

Wins in a Row	League Wins in a Row	Games Unbeaten	Games without a Win	Losing Run
3	2	7	8	3

League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	38	24	13	1	74	18	56	85
2	Liverpool	38	23	7	8	77	40	37	76
3	Crystal Palace	38	20	9	9	50	41	9	69
4	Leeds United	38	19	7	12	65	47	18	64
5	Manchester City	38	17	11	10	64	53	11	62
6	Manchester United	38	16	12	10	58	45	13	60
7	Wimbledon	38	14	14	10	53	46	7	56
8	Nottingham Forest	38	14	12	12	65	50	15	54
9	Everton	38	13	12	13	50	46	4	51
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	16	11	51	50	1	49
11	Chelsea	38	13	10	15	58	69	-11	49
12	Queens Park Rangers	38	12	10	16	44	53	-9	46
13	Sheffield United	38	13	7	18	36	55	-19	46
14	Southampton	38	12	9	17	58	69	-11	45
15	Norwich City	38	13	6	19	41	64	-23	45
16	Coventry City	38	11	11	16	42	49	-7	44
17	Aston Villa	38	9	14	15	46	58	-12	41
18	Luton Town	38	10	7	21	42	61	-19	37
19	Sunderland	38	8	10	20	38	60	-22	34
20	Derby County	38	5	9	24	37	75	-38	24

Matches

Select a row for detailed match reports

Competition	Date	Home		Away	W	D	L	Game
Division One	25 Aug 1990	Aston Villa	1-1	Southampton		D		4158
Division One	1 Sep 1990	Liverpool	2-1	Aston Villa			L	4159
Division One	5 Sep 1990	Manchester City	2-1	Aston Villa			L	4160
Division One	8 Sep 1990	Aston Villa	2-1	Coventry City	W			4161
Division One	15 Sep 1990	Derby County	0-2	Aston Villa	W			4162
UEFA Cup 1st Round	19 Sep 1990	Aston Villa	3-1	Baník Ostrava	W			4163
Division One	22 Sep 1990	Aston Villa	2-2	Queens Park Rangers		D		4164
League Cup 2nd Round	26 Sep 1990	Aston Villa	1-0	Barnsley	W			4165
Division One	29 Sep 1990	Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Aston Villa			L	4166
UEFA Cup 1st Round	3 Oct 1990	Baník Ostrava	1-2	Aston Villa	W			4167
Division One	6 Oct 1990	Aston Villa	3-0	Sunderland	W			4168
League Cup 2nd Round	9 Oct 1990	Barnsley	0-1	Aston Villa	W			4169
Division One	20 Oct 1990	Wimbledon	0-0	Aston Villa		D		4170
UEFA Cup 2nd Round	24 Oct 1990	Aston Villa	2-0	Inter Milan	W			4171
Division One	27 Oct 1990	Aston Villa	0-0	Leeds United		D		4172
League Cup 3rd Round	31 Oct 1990	Aston Villa	2-0	Millwall	W			4173
Division One	3 Nov 1990	Chelsea	1-0	Aston Villa			L	4174

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Season 102 | 1990-91