Game #4109
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 March 1990
Crystal Palace
1-0
Aston Villa
Division One
Crystal Palace
Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,586
Lost
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Graham Taylor, a loss to Palace and Garry Thompson but Villa remain top of the table and three points clear of Liverpool, Saturday, 24 March 1990.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 March 1990
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace), Garry Thompson
🕒 | HT Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Ian Ormondroyd, Sub on, Ian Olney
🔁 | Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Dwight Yorke 🟢
🕒 | Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Tony Cascarino, Ungentlemanly conduct
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor’s Villa lose for the third time in six League games and now have seventeen first division victories in twenty four games but remain second and four points behind leaders Liverpool and eight ahead of third placed Arsenal. Meanwhile, Dwight Yorke made his Villa debut aged 18 after moving from Signal Hill (Tobago) in November 1989 for a fee of £120,000.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Crystal Palace
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_45fe5a87649e43d6b528647963ffaf8d~mv2.gif)
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #143 |
Saturday, 24 March 1990
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Key | 🏴 | Rotherham, 1981–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 143 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 32 🟥 45 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Key | 🏴 | Rotherham, 1981–1994
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 October 1988, Villa 2-2 Charlton, The Valley.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.91 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.65 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 22.45 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Steve Coppell | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_45fe5a87649e43d6b528647963ffaf8d~mv2.gif)
Crystal Palace
GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴 |
CB Rudi Hedman | 🏴 |
CB Andy Thorn | 🏴 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴 |
CB Gary O’Reilly | 🏴 |
M Phil Barber | 🏴 |
M Andy Gray (ex) | 🏴 |
M Geoff Thomas | 🏴 |
M Alan Pardew | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Mark Bright | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | for CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 | 72' |
🔁 CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🟢 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_45fe5a87649e43d6b528647963ffaf8d~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_45fe5a87649e43d6b528647963ffaf8d~mv2.gif)
M David Madden | 🏴 |
W John Salako | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/13
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_45fe5a87649e43d6b528647963ffaf8d~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_45fe5a87649e43d6b528647963ffaf8d~mv2.gif)
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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