Game #4065
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 August 1989
Nottingham Forest
1-1
Aston Villa
Division One
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
Attendance: 26,766
Drew
9th
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 8' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Kent Nielsen and Paul McGrath make their debuts as Villa boast a new look central defence in the efforts to improve on last season's 17th placed finish, Saturday, 19 August 1989.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 August 1989
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Paul McGrath, Kent Nielsen, Adrian Heath
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Derek Mountfield, Assist Paul McGrath
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub off, Nigel Callaghan
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Garry Parker
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Ian Olney
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Stuart Gray, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor’s Villa open the season with a freshly arrived footballing great in their ranks as Paul McGrath makes his Villa debut aged 29 after moving from Manchester United in July 1989 for a fee of £425,000.
Meanwhile, fellow centre back Kent Nielsen made his debut for Villa aged 27 after moving from Bröndby IF in July 1989 for a fee of £500,000.
And forward Adrian Heath made his Villa debut aged 28 after moving from RCD Espanyol in July 1989 for a fee of £360,000.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Nottingham Forest
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1988-89
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Saturday, 19 August 1989
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 99 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 25 🟥 33 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 November 1988, League Cup, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Graham Taylor hands debuts to a pair of footballing legends - Paul McGrath and Kent Nielsen. Adrian Heath also made his debut but the less said about that the better.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.76 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.05 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 21.85 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🟢 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Adrian Heath | 🏴 | 🟢 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_f8a2ae7d56be414bb877b2d3061600b0~mv2.gif)
Nottingham Forest
GK Steve Sutton | 🏴 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
CB Colin Foster | 🏴 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
RB Brian Laws | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gary Crosby | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge (ex) | 🏴 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 46' |
🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 67’ |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_f8a2ae7d56be414bb877b2d3061600b0~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_f8a2ae7d56be414bb877b2d3061600b0~mv2.gif)
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
M Brian Rice | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_f8a2ae7d56be414bb877b2d3061600b0~mv2.gif)
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
🟢 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
🟢 F Adrian Heath | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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