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Game #4062

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 2 May 1989

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Lost

14th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division One

Southampton

Villa Park

Attendance: 15,218

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Southampton

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Assist(s) | David Platt | 85' |

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 2 May 1989

🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Rod Wallace, 49 Seconds
🥅 | 25’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Paul Rideout
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Southampton
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 1-2, Stuart Gray, Assist by David Platt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Southampton

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 2 May 1989
  • Graham Taylor's Villa lose for the first time in five.

  • One down after 49 seconds Villa never recover and are lucky to come away with a narrow scoreline after a chastening defeat in front of their lowest crowd of the season. 

  • Villa fall to 14th in the table on 39 points, 3 clear of the relegation places with two games left to play, 

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Southampton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY
Southampton
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Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Total 🕒 33 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 45 | 🥅 43 |
League 🕒 28 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 38 | 🥅 35 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 6 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 16 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 29 | 🥅 12 |
Away 🕒 17 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 8 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 31 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Tuesday, 2 May 1989

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🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 96 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 24 🟥 31 | 1.53

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ian Ormondroyd replaces Tony Daley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.91 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.58 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.39 |

Referee

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |

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Southampton

GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Forrest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Matthew Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Rod Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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LB Francis Benali | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
“We were thrown off course by the early goal and several players obviously could not cope with the thought of losing a vital match. “There was obviously tension among the players and now it appears that we will not know our future until the last game of the season like last season” Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Coventry Evening Telegraph*
Wednesday, 3 May 1989
FORMER Aston Villa striker Paul Rideout plunged his old club into the relegation battle with a crucial winning goal for Southampton at Villa Park last night. Southampton unbeaten in their last four games which have produced eight valuable points fully deserved their latest win. They were on their way in the first minute when Wallace opened the scoring Aston Villa boss Graham Taylor said: “We were thrown off course by the early goal and several players obviously could not cope with the thought of losing a vital match. “There was obviously tension among the players and now it appears that we will not know our future until the last game of the season like last season” Rideout’s 25th-minute goal was the result of a fine header from a cross by Matthew Le Tissier. Villa replied with an 81st minute goal from Stuart Gray his third goal in four games.
Reports

🟥 2 May 1989, Villa 1-2 Southampton, Villa Park

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