Game #4057
Monday, 27 March 1989
Attendance: 11,382
Lost
Division One
15th (-1)
Queens Park Rangers
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Loftus Road
Villa fail to score for the fifth successive match and lose for the sixth time in eight as they fall back to 15th in the table.
Queens Park Rangers
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Graham Taylor, no goals in five and six defeats in eight, Monday, 27 March 1989.
RELATED MATCHES
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
ON THIS DAY
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 17th in the table, one point off the drop zone in a tight Division One table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Queens Park Rangers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #91 |
Monday, 27 March 1989
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Carter | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1987–1993
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Carter | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1987–1993
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 9 April 1988, Villa 1-1 Palace, Selhurst Park.
Cards: 🟨
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Queens Park Rangers
None
TEAM NEWS
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.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.08 |
Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 32.48 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 19.29 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Trevor Francis | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 |
Queens Park Rangers
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 | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for M Mark Lillis | 🏴 | 77' |
🔁 W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 77' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Martin Allen | 🏴 | (RB Danny Maddix | 🇯🇲 |)
🔁 | CF Marc Falco | 🏴 | (CF Mark Stein | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE

PROGRAMME

MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Aston Villa slid further into trouble."
*Aberdeen Press and Journal*
Tuesday, 28 March 1989
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.