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Game #4057

Aston Villa

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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
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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.

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Lost

0-1

🟥 27 Mar 1989, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road
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

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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

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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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)

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
260
🟩
96
🟨
3
259*
🟨
70
🟥
0
0
🟥
94
1
🥅
67
355
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
38
🟩
13
🟨
1
38*
🟨
10
🟥
0
0
🟥
15*
1
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
33
🟩
11
🟨
0
31*
🟨
6
🟥
0
3
🟥
16*
0
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
469
🟩
188
🟨
50
460
🟨
121
🟥
4
62
🟥
160
14
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
126
🟩
44
🟨
12
123
🟨
33
🟥
2
3
🟥
49
7
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
51
🟩
17
🟨
0
51
🟨
12
🟥
0
17
🟥
22
3
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
37
🟩
20
🟨
4
36
🟨
7
🟥
0
4
🟥
10
2
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
11
🟩
3
🟨
0
4*
🟨
2
🟥
0
1
🟥
6*
0
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
9
🟩
1
🟨
1
1
🟨
2
🟥
0
1
🟥
6
1
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
40
🟩
18
🟨
2
40
🟨
12
🟥
0
0
🟥
10
0
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
53
🟩
20
🟨
2
51
🟨
14
🟥
0
6
🟥
19
0
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
8
🟩
1
🟨
0
8*
🟨
2
🟥
0
1
🟥
5*
0
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
120
🟩
33
🟨
2
26*
🟨
31
🟥
0
15
🟥
56*
13
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Queens Park Rangers

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

"Aston Villa slid further into trouble."

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

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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