Game #4057
Aston Villa

Monday, 27 March 1989
15th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Substitutes:
🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for M Mark Lillis | 🏴 | 77' |
🔁 W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 77' |
Unused Substitutes:
None
🟨 Steve Sims, Foul
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Nigel Spink, Allan Evans, Derek Mountfield, Ian Ormondroyd and Mark Lillis (first start of the season) replace Lee Butler, Gareth Williams, Tony Daley, Alan McInally and Gordon Cowans.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.08 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 32.48 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 19.29 |
Graham Taylor's Villa fail to score for the fifth successive game and have now lost eight of their last ten League games. As a result they fall to 15th in the table.
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Andy Sinton
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Mark Lillis, Sub on, Tony Daley
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Nigel Callaghan
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Steve Sims, Foul
Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #91 |
Monday, 27 March 1989

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Carter | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1988–1992
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Referee: John Carter | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1988–1992
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 91 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 22 🟥 30 | 1.53
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Queens Park Rangers

Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,382
GK David Seaman | 🏴 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴 |
CB Alan McDonald | 🇬🇧 |
RB Paul Parker | 🏴 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴 |
M Martin Allen | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Peter Reid | 🏴 |
W Andy Sinton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Wayne Fereday | 🏴 |
CF Marc Falco | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Colin Clarke | 🏴 |
Trevor Francis | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
🔁 | M Martin Allen | 🏴 | (RB Danny Maddix | 🇯🇲 |)
🔁 | CF Marc Falco | 🏴 | (CF Mark Stein | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
"Aston Villa slid further into trouble."

Aston Villa slid further into trouble with a 1-0 defeat at QPR, where Rangers’ £350,000 new boy Andy Simon netted the winner in the 71st minute of his home debut.
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