Game #4094
Saturday, 13 January 1990
Attendance: 10,513
Won
Division One
1st= (+1)
Charlton Athletic
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Selhurst Park
Villa move into joint first place at the top of the first division table as they beat Charlton to record a fourth successive League victory.
Charlton Athletic
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Kent Nielsen | 4' |
KEY MAN
Tony Daley, quicksilver runs saw off Charlton.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Kent Nielsen
🕒 | HT Charlton Athletic 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-0, Own Goal, Joe McLaughlin
🕒 | FT Charlton Athletic 0-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor’s Villa make it twelve first division victories in fifteen games as they move into joint first place with Liverpool.
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
Previous 5 vs. Charlton: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Saturday, 13 January 1990
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴 | Looe, 1981-1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴 | Looe, 1981-1998
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 May 1986, Villa 2-4 Tottenham, White Hart Lane.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Kent Nielsen replaces Gareth Williams.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.82 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.45 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 20.09 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Lennie Lawrence | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🔥 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
Charlton Athletic
GK Bob Bolder | 🏴 |
D Joe McLaughlin | 🏴 |
D John Humphrey | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Rob Lee | 🏴 |
M Andy Peake | 🏴 |
M Steve MacKenzie | 🏴 |
M Paul Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Colin Walsh | 🏴 |
F Paul Williams | 🏴 |
CF Andy Jones | 🏴 | 🟨 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Colin Pates | 🏴 |
LB Scott Minto | 🏴 |
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
Stuart Gray
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
"We had a job to do. It was a good solid performance. It wasn't pretty, but we got a result.”
Graham Taylor.
*Sunday Independent (Dublin)*
Sunday, 14 January 1990
McGrath in command as Aston Villa go joint top
ASTON VILLA joined Liverpool at the top of the First Division with a workmanlike display against bottom club Charlton. And Irish international Paul McGrath gave a commanding performance at the heart of the Villa defence as the Londoners never came within a sniff of getting back into the game.
Villa took charge as early as the third minute. Livewire winger Tony Daley won a corner on the right, and when Gordon Cowans' kick landed in a crowded Charlton penalty area Derek Mountfield bundled the ball home for his seventh goal of the season.
McGrath, with little to do early on, went down with a knee injury on the quarter hour but was able to resume after treatment. With Kent Neilson he forged a rock solid partnership at the heart of the Villa defence and, while Charlton fought back as the first half wore on, they could find no way through.
Their frustration showed when midfielder Andy Jones was booked for a wild tackle on Daley. Andy Peake and Paul Mortimer almost put through their own goal, with a sliced clearance and a header respectively, as Villa were content to soak up home pressure without needing to come forward.
As the game moved into the second period McGrath found time to get forward for Villa in between winning the numerous high balls Charlton pumped into their danger area. And after 56 minutes he found the Charlton net with a towering header, only for referee Martin Bodenham to rule it out for offside.
But Villa had to wait just one minute more to confirm their superiority. Daley went on yet another quicksilver run through the Charlton rearguard, and his cross took a wicked deflection off Joe McLaughlin, that gave Charlton 'keeper Bob Bolder no chance.
From then on Villa were able to coast to victory against a Charlton side that looks as though its time in the First Division is up at last.
Villa 'keeper Nigel Spink had his first real save to make after 80 minutes from Paul Williams, but it was always going to be Villa's day.
To add to Charlton's misery their centre-half Tommy Caton was booked for a foul on Daley after 73 minutes.
Villa manager Graham Taylor said: "We had a job to do. It was a good solid performance. It wasn't pretty, but we got a result.”