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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

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PROGRAMME

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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.