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Game #4095

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 17 January 1990

Semi Final

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Chris Price | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kevin Gage | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Derek Mountfield | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Kent Nielsen | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ |
M Stuart Gray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
M David Platt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tony Daley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Ian Olney | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

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 W Tony Daley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 46โ€™ |

Unused Substitutes

CB Andy Comyn | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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

Not recorded

Team News

Stuart Gray returns after seven games out injured.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.80 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 31.47 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.10 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-0

๐ŸŸฉ 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Stuart Gray | 65' | David Platt | 77' (pen) |

Assist(s) | Ian Olney | 65' |

Match Timeline

๐Ÿ•’ | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leeds United
๐Ÿ” | 46โ€™ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
โšฝ | 65โ€™ Goal, 1-0, Stuart Gray, Assist by Ian Olney
โšฝ | 77โ€™ Goal, 2-0, David Platt (pen)
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leeds United

Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #129 |
Wednesday, 17 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: Unknown
HT Score: ๐ŸŸจ 0-0
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 2-0
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

Officials

Referee: Unknown

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ

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Head to Head

Total ๐Ÿ•’ 62 | ๐ŸŸฉ W27 (44% ) | ๐ŸŸจ D16 | ๐Ÿ‡บ(69% ) | ๐ŸŸฅ L19 (31% ) | โšฝ 97 | ๐Ÿฅ… 88 | GD 9

Match Stats

Not recorded

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

๐Ÿ•’ 129 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 59 ๐ŸŸจ | 31 ๐ŸŸฅ 39 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Zenith Data Systems Cup

Leeds United

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Villa Park

Attendance: 17,543

GK Mervyn Day (ex) | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Jim Beglin | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | ๐Ÿ” |
CB Noel Blake | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Mike Whitlow | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Chris Fairclough | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Peter Haddock | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Vinnie Jones | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Strachan | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M David Batty | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W John Hendrie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
F Ian Baird | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Howard Wilkinson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | LB Jim Beglin | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | (LB Dylan Kerr | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐Ÿ” | W John Hendrie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | (CF John Pearson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1973โ€“74

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•’

297

โœ…

296*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

๐ŸŸฉ

115

๐ŸŸจ

80

๐ŸŸฅ

102

โ›”

77

๐Ÿฅ…

392

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

71

โœ…

70*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

2

๐ŸŸฉ

31*

๐ŸŸจ

18

๐ŸŸฅ

22

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

107

โœ…

106

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

11

13

๐ŸŸฉ

51

๐ŸŸจ

25

๐ŸŸฅ

31

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

64

โœ…

62*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

10

0

๐ŸŸฉ

29*

๐ŸŸจ

13

๐ŸŸฅ

22

CB Kent Nielsen | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ |
๐Ÿ•’

27

โœ…

24*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

3

๐ŸŸฉ

15*

๐ŸŸจ

6

๐ŸŸฅ

6

M Stuart Gray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

81

โœ…

79

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

11

1

๐ŸŸฉ

33

๐ŸŸจ

23

๐ŸŸฅ

25

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

148

โœ…

120*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

20

20

๐ŸŸฉ

50*

๐ŸŸจ

38

๐ŸŸฅ

60

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

426

โœ…

409

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

55

74

๐ŸŸฉ

194

๐ŸŸจ

102

๐ŸŸฅ

130

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

89

โœ…

89

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

38

8

๐ŸŸฉ

37

๐ŸŸจ

22

๐ŸŸฅ

30

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

35

โœ…

26*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

3

๐ŸŸฉ

15*

๐ŸŸจ

7

๐ŸŸฅ

13

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

49

โœ…

36*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

13

4*

๐ŸŸฉ

23*

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•’

199

๐Ÿ”

178

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

22

25

Sub 1

๐ŸŸฉ

71

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
  • Graham Taylorโ€™s Villa win in the Northern Semi Final of the latest incarnation of the Full Members Cup.

  • 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 Football League is concerned about fixture congestion damaging the integrity of competition.

  • Gordon Cowans makes his 425th appeaarance in a Villa shirt (408 Starts) to make it W194 D101 L130, 55 Goals and 73 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.32 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Tony Daley secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 148th appearance (120 Starts) to make it W50 D38 L60, 21 Goals and 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.70 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

What they Said

"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."

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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