Game #4067
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 August 1989
Drew
13th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 15,236
Charlton Athletic
Villa Park
Villa make it a hat-trick of 1-1 draws to open the season as the local rag does its best to undermine any feel good factor at the start of the campaign.
Aston Villa
1-1
Charlton Athletic
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 38' |
KEY MAN
Kent Nielsen, subbed off on 30' after a poor first half.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 August 1989
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Charlton Athletic), Andy Jones
🔁 | 23’ Sub off, Kent Nielsen, Sub on, Ian Olney
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-1, Ian Olney, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Charlton Athletic
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Bernie Gallacher
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Charlton Athletic
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor’s Villa draw for the third consecutive game at the start of the campaign.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Charlton Athletic
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47
FIXTURE HISTORY
Charlton Athletic
Previous 5 vs. Charlton: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #101 |
Saturday, 26 August 1989
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 January 1987, Villa 0-3 Everton, Goodison Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Chris Price and Tony Daley replace Nigel Callaghan and Andy Comyn.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.78 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.07 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 21.87 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Lennie Lawrence | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Charlton Athletic
GK Bob Bolder | 🏴 |
LB Mark Reid | 🏴 |
D Joe McLaughlin | 🏴 |
D John Humphrey | 🏴 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴 |
M Rob Lee | 🏴 |
M Andy Peake | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Paul Mortimer | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Colin Walsh | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Paul Williams | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Jones | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | ⚽ | for CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 23' |
🔁 LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 56' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Colin Walsh | 🏴 | (LB Scott Minto | 🏴 |)
🔁 | F Paul Williams | 🏴 | (CF Gordon Watson | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
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
"The goal left Villa's defence red-faced, and after 30 minutes striker lan Olney replaced too-casual central defender Kent Nielsen."
*Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 27 August 1989
CHARLTON joined Villa with their third draw in as many games and manager Lennie Lawrence declared it:
"A fair result in every way."
He added: "I think it will be tight and close behind the big teams. So I am pleased with three draws."
Charlton produced spells of slick football to expose unbalanced Villa from the start.
And the sharpness of striker Paul Williams enbled Andy Jones to rifle Charlton ahead after only ten minutes.
The goal left Villa's defence red-faced, and after 30 minutes striker lan Olney replaced too-casual central defender Kent Nielsen.
Charlton, who surrendered a two-goal lead in the last few minutes against Millwall, then lost their lead to Villa even faster.
This was when Olney got the final touch from a goalmouth scramble.
Villa had soaked up real pressure after Charlton's strike, and it took Nigel Spink's save of the game to clear a Joe McLaughlin header.
"Joe was an inspiration over a hard 25 minutes in the second half," said Lawrence.