Game #4096
Saturday, 20 January 1990
Attendance: 33,118
Won
Division One
1st= (-)
Southampton
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Villa Park
Villa stretch their unbeaten home run to 10 successive wins and their League record to just two defeats in 16 games as they beat Southampton at Villa Park to remain joint top of the first division table.
Aston Villa
2-1
Southampton
Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 79' |
KEY MAN
Kevin Gage, crucial third goal of season.
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MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
🥅 | 54’ Goal, 1-1, (Southampton), Glenn Cockerill
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-1, Kevin Gage, Assist by Paul McGrath
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Southampton
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor’s Villa make it thirteen first division victories in sixteen games as they remain in joint first place with Liverpool.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Southampton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Southampton
Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #130 |
Saturday, 20 January 1990
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Moules | 🏴 | Essex, 1981–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Moules | 🏴 | Essex, 1981–1993
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 5 March 1988, Villa 2-1 Bournemouth, Dean Court.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.84 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.47 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 20.11 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
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 | 🏴 |
Southampton
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
D Kevin Moore | 🏴 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 |
LB Francis Benali | 🏴 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴 |
M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴 |
W Rod Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Neil Maddison | 🏴 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴 |
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
Not recorded
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
“There are bound to be tight experiences in front of us and we have all got to keep our nerve.
“We are not going to have too many games when we are comfortably ahead by two goals.
“I have told our players they must not become affected when we score or maybe concede a goal.”
Graham Taylor.
*Sunday Life*
Sunday, 21 January 1990
FULL-BACK Kevin Gage earned joint leaders Aston Villa a crucial victory over their Southampton rivals yesterday.
Villa took a deserved 39th minute lead when winger Tony Daley moved onto a long throw and drove a left-foot shot into the net.
Glenn Cockerill's 54th minute equaliser was brilliantly taken, chesting Rodney Wallace's cross down to drive a left foot half volley past Spink.
Eleven minutes from the end Villa grabbed the points to stay level pegging with Liverpool after Ormondroyd took a return pass from Olney and crossed low and lethally from the left. When Daley's shot was blocked, the ball spun to Gage who drove home his third goal of the season.