Graham Taylor's Villa draw their final game of the season to finish the season 17th in the table, one point clear of the final relegation place. Villa’s first season in the top flight after one year in the second tier saw Graham Taylor’s side consistently in mid-table for much of the season but such was the tight nature of the League that they were rarely more than a defeat away from falling into the drop zone. Conversely they were also rarely more than a win away from securing safety and had Alan McInally’s form from the first half of the season continued, would in all likelihood have finished far higher up the table. As it was McInally scored just once after January, having scored twenty one in the first five months of the season. Sadly Villa wouldn’t get to see McInally in a much improved squad for 1989-90 as he made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to to Bayern Munich in July 1989 for a fee of £1,100,000. McInally had played for Villa in 1987-88 and 1988-89 making 69 appearances and scoring 25 goals after his arrival from Celtic for £225,000 in July 1987. Also moving on as part of Graham Taylor’s squad overhaul was long time defender Allan Evans who made his final Villa appearance aged 32 before moving on to Leicester City in August 1989. Evans was the last of the League and European Cup winning team to leave Villa. Evans played for Villa between 1977-78 and 1988-89 making 466 appearances and scoring 60 goals. Centre back Martin Keown made his final appearance for Villa aged just 22 before moving on to Everton in July 1989 for a fee of £750,000. Keown had played for Villa between 1986-87 and 1988-89 making 130 appearances and scoring 3 goals following his arrival from Arsenal for £200,000 in June 1986. Central defender Steve Sims made his final Villa appearance aged 31 before moving on to Burton Albion in October 1990. Sims played for Villa in 1987-88 and 1988-89 making 46 appearances.