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Game #4108

Tuesday, 20 March 1990

Attendance: 15,856

Drew

Division One

1st (-)

Queens Park Rangers

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Loftus Road

Villa play their third game in six days and rescue a draw in a committed performance at Loftus Road to remain top of the first division three points ahead of Liverpool who now have two games in hand.

Queens Park Rangers

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 75' |

KEY MAN

Kent Nielsen, equaliser.

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MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Colin Clarke
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Chris Price, Sub on, Ian Olney
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 1-1, Kent Nielsen, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, David Platt, Dangerous tackle

ON THIS DAY

Graham Taylor’s Villa draw their first League game since December and now have seventeen first division victories in twenty three games.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Queens Park Rangers

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

FIXTURE HISTORY

Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #142 |
Tuesday, 20 March 1990

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 September 1989, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
Cards: 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Queens Park Rangers

None

Joe Worrall

TEAM NEWS

Ian Ormondroyd replaces Nigel Callaghan.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.90 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.64 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.44 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Queens Park Rangers

GK David Seaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Bardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan McDonald | 🇬🇧 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Danny Maddix | 🇯🇲 |
M Simon Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Wilkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Sinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 |
CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | (CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Brian Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

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

"The point means that Villa are now three points ahead of title rivals Liverpool but the Anfield side have two games in hand."

*Irish Independent*
Wednesday, 21 March 1990

COLIN CLARKE was hero and villain for QPR at Loftus Road last night. The Northern Ireland international striker scored with a fine back-header from Andy Sinton's 50th minute cross to put Villa's title hopes under pressure. But, then, the big forward handled the ball in the 75th minute to give away the free kick from which Villa grabbed a vital point. And Clarke was nowhere to be seen as Denmark's Kent Nielsen the man he was supposed to be marking came in at the far post to crash home the equaliser from the free.

The point means that Villa are now three points ahead of title rivals Liverpool but the Anfield side have two games in hand. Villa could so easily have lost a pulsating match as Don Howe's exciting Rangers side created a string of chances. Tony Cascarino and his teammates produced little up front and, when they did, they found Rangers' goalkeeper David Seaman in brilliant form. Seaman, who was being watched yet again by Arsenal manager George Graham, brilliantly turned away lan Ormondroyd's th minute header and then saved with his body from the same player's angled shot.