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Game #4120

Saturday, 8 September 1990

Attendance: 27,001

Won

Division One

13th (+5)

Coventry City

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Villa Park

Villa record their first win under Jozef Vengloš in an end to end encounter with Coventry.

Aston Villa

2-1

Coventry City

Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 78' |

KEY MAN

Tony Cascarino, winner.

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 1-1, (Coventry City), Brian Borrows
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 2-1, Tony Cascarino, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Coventry City

🔁 | Sub off, Ian Olney, Sub on, Dwight Yorke

ON THIS DAY

Jozef Vengloš' Villa win for the first time courtesy of David Platt's third goal in three games and Tony Cascarino's second in four meanwhile future Villa hero Cyrille Regis lined up for the Sky Blues.

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Saturday, 8 September 1990

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1985–1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1985–1998
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Coventry City

None

TEAM NEWS

Ian Olney and Bernie Gallacher (first appearance of the season) replace Kevin Gage and Stuart Gray.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.39 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.11 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.74 |

MANAGER

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |

MANAGER

John Sillett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Coventry City

GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Paul Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Micky Gynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M José Perdomo | 🇺🇾 |
W Kevin Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Kevin Drinkell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 | for CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

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

"Coventry rocked the home side when Brian Borrows' shot from the left wing flew past Nigel Spink for a 50th minute equaliser."

*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 9 September 1990

TONY Cascarino earned Aston Villa their first win of the season with a 78th minute goal against Coventry at Villa Park.

The Eire international striker latched on to a mishit shot from substitute Dwight Yorke and drilled a left foot effort pest Coventry 'keeper Steve Ogrizovic from 10 yards.

Villa, with only one point from their opening three games, had been the more menacing in the first half and Cascerino set up David Platt for the opening goal in the 39th minute.

Platt was brought down by Lloyd McGrath in the penalty area and sent Ogrizovic the wrong way with the resulting spot kick.

Coventry rocked the home side when Brian Borrows' shot from the left wing flew past Nigel Spink for a 50th minute equaliser.

But Cascarino left Coventry still searching for their first ever league win at Villa Park, although substitute Cyrille Regis squandered a golden opportunity with only Spink to beat six minutes from time.