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Game #4093

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 10 January 1990

3rd Round

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ

GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
FB Kevin Gage | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Paul McGrath | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
CB Derek Mountfield | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸจ |
RB Chris Price | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gareth Williams | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
M David Platt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tony Daley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
F Ian Olney | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |

Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” M Paul Birch | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Gareth Williams | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

CB Kent Nielsen | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

๐ŸŸจ Derek Mountfield, Late tackle (1)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ๐Ÿ†
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Stuart Gray

Team News

Chris Price replaces Kent Nielsen.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.34 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 31.45 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.08 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-1

๐ŸŸฉ 10 Jan 1990, Villa 3-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Ian Ormondroyd | 27' | Tony Daley | 32' | Own Goal | 89' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 27' | 32' |

Match Timeline

๐Ÿฅ… | 1โ€™ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Andy Kennedy, 53 Seconds
โšฝ | 27โ€™ Goal, 1-1, Ian Ormondroyd
โšฝ | 32โ€™ Goal, 2-1, Tony Daley, Assist by Gordon Cowans
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
๐Ÿ’ฅ | 70' Missed Penalty (Blackburn Rovers), Frank Stapleton
โšฝ | 89โ€™ Goal, 3-1, David May o.g.
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

๐ŸŸจ | Booking, Derek Mountfield, Late tackle

Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #127 |
Wednesday, 10 January 1990

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Trelford Mills | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Barnsley, 1978-1990
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 2-1
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 3-1
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ

Officials

Referee: Trelford Mills | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Barnsley, 1978-1990

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸจ

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Head to Head

Total ๐Ÿ•’ 127 | ๐ŸŸฉ W53 (42% ) | ๐ŸŸจ D29 | ๐Ÿ‡บ(65% ) | ๐ŸŸฅ L45 (35% ) | โšฝ 232 | ๐Ÿฅ… 224 | GD 8

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990

๐Ÿ•’ 127 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 57 ๐ŸŸจ | 31 ๐ŸŸฅ 39 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

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FA Cup

Blackburn Rovers

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Villa Park

Attendance: 31,159

GK Terry Gennoe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Chris Sulley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
LB John Millar | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB David May | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB David Mail | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Tony Finnigan | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Nicky Reid | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸจ | ๐Ÿ” |
M Scott Sellars | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Andy Kennedy | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
CF Frank Stapleton | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
CF Simon Garner | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Don Mackay | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | M Nicky Reid | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (M Lenny Johnrose | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐Ÿ” | LB Chris Sulley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (W Howard Gayle | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

๐ŸŸจ

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: โŒ
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: โŒ
Last Trophy: 1927โ€“28

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

295

โœ…

294*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

๐ŸŸฉ

113

๐ŸŸจ

80

๐ŸŸฅ

102

โ›”

75

๐Ÿฅ…

392

RB Kevin Gage | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

105

โœ…

104

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

11

13

๐ŸŸฉ

49

๐ŸŸจ

25

๐ŸŸฅ

31

CBย Paul McGrath | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
๐Ÿ•’

25

โœ…

25*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

๐ŸŸฉ

13*

๐ŸŸจ

6

๐ŸŸฅ

6

CB Derek Mountfield | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

62

โœ…

60*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

9

0

๐ŸŸฉ

27*

๐ŸŸจ

13

๐ŸŸฅ

22

RB Chris Price | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

69

โœ…

68*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

2

๐ŸŸฉ

29*

๐ŸŸจ

18

๐ŸŸฅ

22

M Gareth Williams | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

13

โœ…

7

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

7

๐ŸŸจ

3

๐ŸŸฅ

3

W Tony Daley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

146

โœ…

118*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

20*

20

๐ŸŸฉ

48*

๐ŸŸจ

38*

๐ŸŸฅ

60

M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

424

โœ…

407

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

55

74

๐ŸŸฉ

192

๐ŸŸจ

102

๐ŸŸฅ

130

M David Platt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

87

โœ…

87

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

37

8

๐ŸŸฉ

35

๐ŸŸจ

22

๐ŸŸฅ

30

CF Ian Ormondroyd | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

33

โœ…

24*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

5*

3

๐ŸŸฉ

13*

๐ŸŸจ

7

๐ŸŸฅ

13

CF Ian Olney | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

47

โœ…

34*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

13

3

๐ŸŸฉ

21*

๐ŸŸจ

12

๐ŸŸฅ

14

Substitutes
None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

GK Sub

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

โ›”

๐Ÿฅ…

M Paul Birch | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

198

๐Ÿ”

178

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

22

25

Sub 1

๐ŸŸฉ

70

๐ŸŸจ

55

๐ŸŸฅ

73

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 2

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 3

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 4

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 5

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa win in the third round of the FA Cup at the second attempt as Tony Daley runs Second Division Blackburn ragged at Villa Park.

  • Tony Daley scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 146th appearance (118 Starts) to make it W48 D38 L60, 20 Goals and 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.65 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Paul McGrath makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt and makes it W13 D6 L6 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

  • Ian Ormondroyd scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance (24 Starts) to make it W13 D7 L13, 5 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.13 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

What they Said

โ€œIn Cup ties itโ€™s all about winning.

โ€œWe are in the fourth round and that is the important thing.

โ€œHe [Tony Daley] is growing in maturity all the time and this was a super display from him.โ€

Graham Taylor.

ASTON VILLA kept their FA Cup - league title double dream alive by beating Blackburn 3-1 at Villa Park, but they were indebted to a second half penalty miss by Frank Stapleton.

With Villa leading 2-1, Stapleton had a 69th spot kick superbly saved by Nigel Spink, and then David May completed Rovers' misery with an own goal.


*Evening Herald (Dublin)*
Thursday, 11 January 1990

Villa, inspired by the speed of Tony Daley, emerged as one of the Cup favourites with an impressive 3-1 win over plucky Blackburn to earn a fourth round home tie against Port Vale.

Daley destroyed Blackburn with his speed, and was later highly praised by Aston Villa's manager, Graham Taylor, who said: "Daley was obviously in the mood and he was our match-winner." After Stapleton's miss, Blackburn suffered further cruel luck when, in the last minute, David May put through his own goal following a hard cross from man-of-the-match Daley.

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