On This Day
Villa fall behind before Paul McGrath ๐ฎ๐ช and Tony Cascarino ๐ฎ๐ช score their first โฝgoals for the club and David Platt ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ hits his โฝ 23rd of the season.
That though is not enough to clinch the victory they needed to take the title race to the final game of the season as Liverpool's win over QPR means the title is already decided.
Villa finish runners up in the top flight under Graham Taylor ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ - their highest league placing since winning the title under Ron Saunders ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ in 1980-81.
Paul McGrath ๐ฎ๐ช scores his โฝ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance to make it ๐ฉ W28 ๐จ D4 ๐ฅ L14, โฝ 1 Goal and ๐ฅ 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Tony Cascarino ๐ฎ๐ช scores his โฝ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance to make it โฝ 1 goal and ๐ฅ 2 assists so far in his Villa career
Gordon Cowans ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ contributes his 80th assist in a Villa shirt on his 445th appearance (428 Starts) to make it ๐ฉ W204 ๐จ D103 ๐ฅ L138, โฝ 57 Goals and ๐ฅ 80 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.25 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Ian Olneyโs ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ goalless streak extends to 15 games to make it 66 appearances (49 Starts), W30 D14 L22, โฝ 14 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Meanwhile, off the pitch, never one to miss out on an opportunity to fleece fans, Herbert Douglas Ellis announces a 20% price rise on all tickets and two additional โpremiumโ games to be added to the existing EIGHT that are already sold at a 16% premium. Ellis claims the money is for new signings to strengthen the squad. Spoiler Alert: There were no new signings, just a bigger personal piggy bank.
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 |
CB Kent Nielsen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
CB Paul McGrath | ๐ฎ๐ช | โฝ |
M Stuart Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฅ |
M David Platt | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
W Tony Daley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Tony Cascarino | ๐ฎ๐ช | โฝ |
CF Ian Olney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Graham Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
M Mark Blake | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gareth Williams | 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
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Ian Olney replaces Mark Blake.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.66 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 31.74 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.38 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Starting XI
Scorer(s) | Paul McGrath | 63' | Tony Cascarino | 65' | David Platt | 68' |
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 63' | 65' | 68' |
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 30โ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Ruel Fox
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Norwich City
โฝ | 63โ Goal, 1-1, Paul McGrath, Assist by Gordon Cowans
โฝ | 65โ Goal, 2-1, Tony Cascarino, Assist by Gordon Cowans
โฝ | 68โ Goal, 3-1, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
๐ฅ
| 79โ Goal, 3-2, (Norwich City), Derek Mountfield o.g.
๐ฅ
| 83โ Goal, 3-3, (Norwich City), Robert Rosario
๐ | FT Aston Villa 3-3 Norwich City
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #149 |
Saturday, 28 April 1990
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Graham Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Rodger Gifford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Llanbradach, 1988-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
FT Score: ๐จ 3-3
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐จ
Officials
Referee: Rodger Gifford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Llanbradach, 1988-1995
Previous 5 vs. Norwich: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฅ
Head to Head
Total ๐ 43 | ๐ฉ W20 (47% ) | ๐จ D11 | ๐บ(72% ) | ๐ฅ L12 (28% ) | โฝ 73 | ๐ฅ 62 | GD 11
Match Stats
Not recorded
Graham Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990
๐ 149 | ๐ฉ | 69 ๐จ | 33 ๐ฅ 47 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
"Of course, I'm disappointed but I am not going to let this result get in the way of my enjoyment of the season.
โWe've been the surprise team this time but I don't want that to be the case next season because we have set ourselves a standard.
"We wanted to win the Championship and we had a great opportunity at one time but we weren't able to push it through.
"Hopefully, it will be Europe next season [if the ban on English clubs is lifted]; four or five of our players are going off on international duties and others could be selected for the England Under-21 tour.
"All things considered that represents real progress.โ
Graham Taylor.
Taylor happy to be second
ASTON Villa rode a roller coaster through the full range of football emotions and finished in a heap among the debris of their league championship dreams.
But manager Graham Taylor still produced the champagne and a smile after Norwich scored twice in the last eleven minutes of an astonishing afternoon in which Villa's failure to win from a 3-1 lead handed Liverpool the title.
"I'm not going to let it spoil my enjoyment of a thoroughly good season," he said.
"We have finished second and while I congratulate Liverpool on winning another title, I won't let anybody take anything away from my team."
Villa needed to win both their final games to have any hope. But 30 minutes of frantic Villa pressure was rudely interrupted by little Norwich winger Ruel Fox driving his team ahead after Andy Linighan got in a sideways header to an lan Crook corner.
Paul McGrath glanced a Gordon Cowans corner over Walton for the equaliser on the hour and within 60 seconds Tony Cascarino landed a superb solo effort for his first Villa goal.
Norwich had hardly gathered themselves again when David Platt made it 3-1 to complete an astonishing four minute blitz.
But Villa's Derek Mountfield helped Norwich on their way to a comeback, lobbing an own goal eleven minutes from time and if Taylor thought that was just a minor inconvenience he was pulled up sharp when Robert Rosario snapped an easy equaliser four minutes later.
GK Mark Walton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
RB Ian Culverhouse | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Andy Linighan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Mark Bowen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Ian Crook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M David Phillips | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Tim Sherwood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Ruel Fox | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Robert Fleck | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CF Robert Rosario | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
Dave Stringer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
๐ | CF Robert Fleck | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | (CF Lee Power | ๐ฎ๐ช |)
Unused Substitutes
M Jeremy Goss | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: โ
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
League Cup Winners: ๐๐
Last Trophy: 1984โ85
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1989-90
Playing Squad
GK Lee Butler | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #658 |
Goalkeeper
Where are they now?
Halifax Town ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #611 |
Goalkeeper
Where are they now?
Forest Green Rovers ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
CB Andy Comyn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #665 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Hednesford Town ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
CB Derek Mountfield | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #656 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Scarborough FC ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
CB Kent Nielsen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | #664 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Aarhus GF ๐ฉ๐ฐ Retired
CB Paul McGrath | ๐ฎ๐ช | #663 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Sheffield United ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
LB Bernie Gallacher | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | #643 |
Full Back
Where are they now?
Northampton Town ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Died
RB Chris Price | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #655 |
Full Back
Where are they now?
Portsmouth ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
RB Kevin Gage | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #645 |
Full Back
Where are they now?
Hull City ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
M David Platt | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #653 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
M Gareth Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #654 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Matlock Town ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #582 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Burnley ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
M Mark Blake | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #666 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Kidderminster Harriers ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
M Paul Birch | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #619 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Halesowen Town ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Died
M Stuart Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #652 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Southampton ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
W Nigel Callaghan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #659 |
Winger
Where are they now?
Aston Villa ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
W Tony Daley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #633 |
Winger
Where are they now?
Forest Green ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
F Adrian Heath | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #662 |
Forward
Where are they now?
Sheffield United ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
CF Dwight Yorke | ๐น๐น | #668 |
Forward
Where are they now?
Sunderland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
CF Ian Olney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #657 |
Forward
Where are they now?
Forest Green Rovers ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
CF Ian Ormondroyd | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #660 |
Forward
Where are they now?
Scunthorpe United ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Retired
CF Tony Cascarino | ๐ฎ๐ช | #667 |
Forward
Where are they now?
AS Red Star 93 ๐ซ๐ท Retired
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