Game #4095
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 17 January 1990
Won
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Zenith Data Systems Semi Final
Attendance: 17,543
Leeds United
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Leeds United
Assist(s) | Ian Olney | 65' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa beat Leeds in the ZDS semi final to set up a two legged final that they need to win on aggregate to make it to the final, final. Meanwhile, the League is concerned about fixture congestion damaging the integrity of competition.
KEY MAN
Stuart Gray, opened the scoring on his return from injury.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 17 January 1990
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leeds United
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-0, Stuart Gray, Assist by Ian Olney
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 2-0, David Platt (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leeds United
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor’s Villa win in the Northern Semi Final of the latest incarnation of the Full Members Cup.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Leeds United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74
FIXTURE HISTORY
Leeds United
Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #129 |
Wednesday, 17 January 1990
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 129 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 | 31 🟥 39 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
Unknown
CARDS
Villa
None
Leeds United
None
TEAM NEWS
Stuart Gray returns after seven games out injured.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.80 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.47 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 20.10 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Howard Wilkinson | 🏴 |
Leeds United
GK Mervyn Day (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Jim Beglin | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴 |
CB Mike Whitlow | 🏴 |
CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴 |
CB Peter Haddock | 🏴 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴 |
M Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |
M David Batty | 🏴 |
W John Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Ian Baird | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 46’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Jim Beglin | 🇮🇪 | (LB Dylan Kerr | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W John Hendrie | 🏴 | (CF John Pearson | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Andy Comyn | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"David Platt, guilty of a glaring first half miss, put the issue beyond doubt 13 minutes later when he scored his 18th goal of the season from the penalty spot after being brought down by Day."
*Aberdeen Press and Journal*
Thursday, 18 January 1990
Stuart Gray marked his return to action after a seven match absence through injury by setting Aston Villa on the way to the Northern Area final of the Zenith Cup.
Gray finally broke the resistance of the Second Division leaders in the 64th minute when he played a one-two with lan Olney to unlock Leeds' persistent offside trap before firing past former Villa keeper Mervyn Day.
David Platt, guilty of a glaring first half miss, put the issue beyond doubt 13 minutes later when he scored his 18th goal of the season from the penalty spot after being brought down by Day.
Villa, who will now meet the winners of the Middlesbrough-Newcastle tie, dominated the second half and Leeds were indebted to several fine saves by Day for keeping them in the hunt for so long.
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