Game #4104
Aston Villa
16-4-7, 52 PTS
Sunday, 4 March 1990
Lost
2nd (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Division One
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,891
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
Coventry City
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 4 March 1990
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Kevin Drinkell
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-2, (Coventry City), David Smith
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Derek Mountfield, Sub on, Stuart Gray
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Ian Ormondroyd, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Coventry City 2-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 4 March 1990
Villa suffer a crazy 60 seconds as Derek Mountfield is injured, gamely plays on but misses his tackle from a corner to allow Kevin Drinkell - who had come onto the field seconds before - to score Coventry's first.
Controversial referee George Courtney then forced Mountfield to leave the field of play and within 40 seconds of their first Coventry added a second against 10 man Villa. Two goals and a man down in a single minute, Villa couldn't recover and lose a second successive first division game for the first time this season. As a result Villa fall to second in the table, a point behind Liverpool.
Graham Taylor’s Villa lose for the second time in a week having previously lost twice in thirteen games. Villa remain second but fall four points behind leaders Liverpool.
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Sunday, 4 March 1990
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🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: George Courtney | 🏴 | Spennymoor, 1975-1992
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 138 | 🟩 | 64 🟨 | 31 🟥 43 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George Courtney | 🏴 | Spennymoor, 1975-1992
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.96 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.59 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 20.22 |
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
John Sillett | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
M Tony Dobson | 🏴 |
M Micky Gynn | 🏴 |
M David Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Kevin Gallacher | 🏴 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 |
CF Steve Livingstone | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | for CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | 54’ |
🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 | 72’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Steve Livingstone | 🏴 | (CF Kevin Drinkell | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB Greg Downs | 🏴 |
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
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | | 86 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 23 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 4 Mar 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH REPORTS
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