Game #4112
Aston Villa
20-5-9, 65 PTS
Saturday, 14 April 1990
2nd (-)
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Chris Price | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Derek Mountfield | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CB Kent Nielsen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
CB Paul McGrath | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Stuart Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Paul Birch | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M David Platt | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tony Daley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Tony Cascarino | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐ฅ |
Graham Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990
Substitutes
๐ CB Andy Comyn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CB Derek Mountfield | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 77' |
Unused Substitutes
M Mark Blake | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: โ
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Derek Mountfield (first start in 8) and Stuart Gray replace Andy Comyn and Kevin Gage.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.27 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง ๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 31.70 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 22.50 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa make it nineteen first division victories in twenty seven games as they remain second and close the gap to leaders Liverpool to five points whilst opening up a ten point gap ahead of third placed Arsenal.
Villa win consecutive games as Liverpool lose but the leaders still have a game in hand with four to play.
Villa's achievements however are once again pilloried by the spiteful coverage in the Birmingham Evening Mail as they offer grudging support solely "for reasons of local patriotism."
Gordon Cowans makes his 425th start in a Villa shirt (442 Starts) to make it W203 D102 L137, 57 Goals and 77 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.30 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Starting XI
Substitutes
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 2
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 3
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 4
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 5
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 13' |
Assist(s) | Tony Cascarino | 13' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 13โ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Tony Cascarino
๐ | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
๐ | 77โ Sub off, Derek Mountfield, Sub on, Andy Comyn
๐ | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Saturday, 14 April 1990
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Graham Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Roger Dilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Mossley, 1984-1997
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Roger Dilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Mossley, 1984-1997
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
Head to Head
Total ๐ 95 | ๐ฉ W43 (45% ) | ๐จ D21 | ๐บ(67% ) | ๐ฅ L31 (33% ) | โฝ 167 | ๐ฅ 141 | GD 26
Match Stats
Not recorded
Graham Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990
๐ 146 | ๐ฉ | 68 ๐จ | 32 ๐ฅ 46 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
"We have won our last two 1-0 and four more 1-0โs would suit me.
โOur strength is our ability to defend.
"Basically we are a solid side, hard to break down. We take a goal here and a goal there.
โIt would be silly to expect my team to swarm over the opposition.
โThey are not a team built that way - they are not really able to sustain their attacks, even though in mid-season there was a spell when we did play with more confidence.
โThe side has developed from the three central defenders. They have prevented up going a goal down or the other side getting the equaliser.
โMuch as the purists might like something better, we live in a real world and I am satisfied.
โThe results suit me and the Villa fans.โ
Graham Taylor.
GORDON COWANS clawed Liverpool's title advantage back to only a point with his third goal of the season at Villa Park.
With only four games left, Graham Taylor's men remain undaunted in pursuit of the unlikely, still needing another Anfield slip like today's against Forest to realise their championship dream.
They held on like grim death to their precious lead for the last half-an-hour against a Chelsea side determined to salvage their 11-match unbeaten run.
In the end, the Villa hero was again their new ยฃ1.5m striker, Tony Cascarino who set Cowans up.
Division One
Chelsea
13-12-9, 51 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,361
GK Dave Beasant | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tony Dorigo (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Erland Johnsen | ๐ณ๐ด |
CB Ken Monkou | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
M Gareth Hall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
M John Bumstead | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Peter Nicholas | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Kevin McAllister | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CF Kevin Wilson | ๐ฌ๐ง | ๐จ |
CF Kerry Dixon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Gordon Durie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Bobby Campbell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
LB Clive Wilson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB David Lee | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ Gareth Hall
๐จ Kevin Wilson
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: โ
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ๐
League Champions: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐
League Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1970-71
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1989-90
Playing Squad
GK Lee Butler | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #658 |
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #611 |
CB Andy Comyn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #665 |
CB Derek Mountfield | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #656 |
CB Kent Nielsen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | #664 |
CB Paul McGrath | ๐ฎ๐ช | #663 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | #643 |
RB Chris Price | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #655 |
RB Kevin Gage | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #645 |
M David Platt | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #653 |
M Gareth Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #654 |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #582 |
M Mark Blake | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #666 |
M Paul Birch | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #619 |
M Stuart Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #652 |
W Nigel Callaghan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #659 |
W Tony Daley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #633 |
F Adrian Heath | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #662 |
CF Dwight Yorke | ๐น๐น | #668 |
CF Ian Olney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #657 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #660 |
CF Tony Cascarino | ๐ฎ๐ช | #667 |
