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Game #4124

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 26 September 1990

Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Attendance: 14,471

Barnsley

Villa Park

David Platt scored his sixth goal in seven games as Villa secure a narrow victory over Barnsley to leave them unbeaten in five in all competitions with four wins.

Aston Villa

1-0

Barnsley

Assist(s) | Ian Olney | 59' |

KEY MAN

David Platt, on target.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 26 September 1990

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Barnsley
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt, Assist by Ian Olney
🔁 | 75' Sub off, Ian Ormondroyd, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Barnsley

ON THIS DAY

Jozef Vengloš' Villa are unbeaten in five, winning four, including this narrow victory over Second Division Barnsley.

Aston Villa

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

Barnsley

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1911-12

FIXTURE HISTORY

Barnsley

Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Wednesday, 26 September 1990

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rutland, 1983–1991
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 8 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 2 🟥 2 | 1.75

Career Form:

Top 6

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rutland, 1983–1991
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Tottenham, White Hart Lane.
Cards: None

Jim Ashworth

CARDS

Villa

None

Barnsley

None

TEAM NEWS

Jozef Vengloš names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.89 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.16 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.79 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |

Mel Machin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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

Barnsley

GK Clive Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gerry Taggart | 🇬🇧 |
CB Mark Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Fleming | 🇬🇧 |
RB Brian McCord | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Agnew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Owen Archdeacon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Steve Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Saville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Steve Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Andy Rammell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Brendan O’Connell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

Quotation Marks.png

MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Barnsley will not be displeased with restricting Aston Villa to a single goal at Villa Park. David Platt was on target "

*Dundee Courier*
Thursday, 27 September 1990

Barnsley will not be displeased with restricting Aston Villa to a single goal at Villa Park. David Platt was on target

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