Game #4088
Aston Villa
Friday, 22 December 1989


Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Zenith Data Systems 3rd Round
Nottingham Forest
Villa Park
Attendance: 6,530
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Nottingham Forest

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 74' |
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 22 December 1989
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Stuart Pearce
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Nottingham Forest
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-1, David Platt (pen)
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-1, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest
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
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Friday, 22 December 1989
Villa play on a Friday to get the wasteful ZDS fixture out of the way but win through after a dynamic second half performance before a crowd of just 6,500.
Graham Taylor’s 🏴 Villa win in the 3rd Round of the latest incarnation of the Full Members Cup.
Full back Kevin Gage 🏴 makes his 🕒 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (99 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W45 🟨 D24 🟥 L31, ⚽ 9 Goals and 🔥 13 Assists so far in his Villa career.
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park

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
Nottingham Forest


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1988-89
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest


Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
League 🕒 94 | 🟩 44 | 🟨 21 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 167 | 🥅 137 |
FA Cup 🕒 9 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 4 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 1 |
Home 🕒 51 | 🟩 33 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 111 | 🥅 51 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #122 |
Friday, 22 December 1989
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Scott | 🏴 | Burnley, 1982-1989
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 122 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 | 30 🟥 39 | 1.55
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Scott | 🏴 | Burnley, 1982-1989
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Kevin Gage (first start in 8) comes in for Stuart Gray.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.76 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.39 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 20.02 |
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |

Nottingham Forest
GK Steve Sutton | 🏴 |
RB Brian Laws | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
CB Steve Chettle | 🏴 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Brian Rice | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Steve Hodge (ex) | 🏴 |
M Gary Crosby | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴 |
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Gareth Williams | 🏴 | for CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 | 62' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Brian Laws | 🏴 | (RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Brian Rice | 🏴 | (M Thorvaldur Örlygsson | 🇮🇸 |)

🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Andy Comyn | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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

🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 | | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
CB Andy Comyn | 🏴 | | 1 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬 🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Stuart Gray
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 22 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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