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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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NEXT MATCH

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

Villa

None

Southampton

🟨 🟨

John Moules

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

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PROGRAMME

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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.