Game #4125
Saturday, 29 September 1990
Attendance: 34,939
Lost
Division One
11th (-2)
Tottenham Hotspur
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
White Hart Lane
Villa take the lead through David Platt's seventh goal in eight games but Tottenham hit back late on to inflict a first defeat in six on Jozef Vengloš' Villa.
Tottenham Hotspur
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 33' |
KEY MAN
Paul Birch, marked Gascoigne out of the game.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Gary Lineker
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 1-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Paul Allen
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Ian Olney, Sub on, Ian Ormondroyd
🟨 | Booking, Derek Mountfield, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Chris Price, Late tackle
ON THIS DAY
Jozef Vengloš' Villa lose for the first time in six despite David Platt's seventh goal in eight games. As a result Villa fall back to 11th in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Tottenham Hotspur
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Saturday, 29 September 1990
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Bob Hamer | 🏴 | Bristol, 1985–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Bob Hamer | 🏴 | Bristol, 1985–1993
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 September 1986, League Cup, Villa 1-1 Reading, Elm Park.
Cards: None
CARDS
Villa
None
Tottenham Hotspur
None
TEAM NEWS
Paul Birch (first start of the season) replaces Ian Ormondroyd.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.06 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 32.16 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 20.80 |
MANAGER
Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |
MANAGER
Terry Venables | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Erik Thorstvedt | 🇳🇴 |
LB Pat van den Hauwe | 🏴 |
CB Gudni Bergsson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴 |
M Paul Allen | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Paul Stewart | 🏴 |
W Nayim | 🇪🇸 |
M Steve Sedgley | 🏴 |
M Paul Gascoigne | 🏴 |
M David Howells | 🏴 |
CF Gary Lineker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 | for CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Andy Comyn | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴 |
CF Paul Walsh | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/13
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

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Platt and Tony Daley probed and prodded the Tottenham defence while Paul McGrath kept Gary Lineker quiet."
*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 30 September 1990
PAUL ALLEN scored the winner in the 82nd minute against Aston Villa to lift Tottenham into joint second place in the League.
Villa had gone ahead in the 33rd minute through David Platt, Gordon Cowans chipping a free kick into the box for Platt to head home.
Spurs levelled on the stroke of half time when Gary Lineker got his fifth goal of the season.
And Paul Gascoigne almost increased Tottenham's lead in the closing minutes but the home fans had to be content with Allen's effort.
Both sides found it hard to create chances in the second half but Daley nearly did the trick when he slipped past five Tottenham defenders only to be stopped in his tracks by a good tackle from Allen.
It was Spurs though who had the last laugh when Mitchell Thomas dispossessed David Platt near his own corner flag and set Paul Walsh free up the middle of the park.
Walsh looked up and saw Allen bursting through the Villa ranks and fed the little midfielder with a superb through ball.
Allen kept cool and rammed the ball past the literally defenceless Spink.
The Londoners will probably come away feeling slightly fortunate to have taken the points.
Platt and Tony Daley probed and prodded the Tottenham defence while Paul McGrath kept Gary Lineker quiet for most of the match, even Gascoigne found it difficult to escape Paul Birch's tight marking and only once managed to break through the Villa defence forcing keeper Nigel Spink scramble the ball to safety.
It was Platt who opened the scoring after 32 minutes when he rose above the Spurs defence to head a Gordon Cowans’ free-kick past Erik Thorsvdt.
Tottenham looked in trouble but just before half-time a piece of typically deadly finishing from Lineker saw Spurs into the break on level terms. England's number one marksman dived bravely into a melee of players to head past Spink after a Gary Mabbutt's header had thudded off the upright.