Game #4140
Saturday, 15 December 1990
Attendance: 16,604
Drew
Division One
13th (-1)
Southampton
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
The Dell
Villa score their first away goal in nearly 8 hours of football to secure only their second away point of the season but Jozef Vengloš now has eleven wins and just five defeats in twenty one games.
Southampton
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
David Platt, made it 13 for the season.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Matt Le Tissier
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 1-1, David Platt (pen)
🕒 | FT Southampton 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Ian Ormondroyd, Sub on, Dwight Yorke
🔁 | Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Andy Comyn
ON THIS DAY
Jozef Vengloš' Villa go three games unbeaten as David Platt scores his thirteenth of the season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Southampton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 15 December 1990
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 14 October 1989, Villa 1-0 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
Cards: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Tony Cascarino and Paul Birch replace Ian Olney and Andy Comyn.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.76 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 32.38 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 23.18 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |
Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Southampton
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴 |
RB Jason Dodd | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴 |
M Alan McLoughlin | 🇮🇪 |
M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
🔁 CB Andy Comyn | 🏴 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴 |
W Rod Wallace | 🏴 |
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

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
"In my opinion Tony Daley was fouled inside the box.
“It was the speed of Daley that caused the penalty, so it wasn't an intentional foul."
Jozef Vengloš
"It was a clear penalty though Daley did not have a scoring opportunity."
Philip Don.
"The referee was very hasty in making his mind up. But it was not the referee's fault that we drew. We missed the chances."
Chris Nicholl.
*Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 16 December 1990
CONTROVERSIAL referee Philip Don finally ended Villa's away misery.
Villa's front men had struggled more than eight hours for an away League goal when Tony Daley jinked towards Saints midfielder Barry Horne on the edge of the box in the 78th minute.
The speedy winger beat Horne and tumbled into the penalty area.
And after referee Don had pointed to the spot, David Platt converted for his 13th goal of the season to match Matt Le Tissier's earlier header for Saints.
Villa boss Jo Venglos was happy with only his second away point and backed referee Don, who last week dismissed Arsenal's Tony Adams for a professional foul.
Saints surged forward in the second half with Le Tissier's mazy runs ripping holes through the Villa ranks.
And it looked certain Villa would slump to their seventh away League defeat of the season until the irrepressible Daley earned them that disputed penalty.
Said Venglos: "In my opinion Tony Daley was fouled inside the box. It was the speed of Daley that caused the penalty, so it wasn't an intentional foul."
Despite video evidence suggesting the foul was outside the box, referee Don said: "It was a clear penalty though Daley did not have a scoring opportunity."
But Saints boss Chris Nichol fumed: "That was never a penalty. The result was an injustice. It was a moral victory for Southampton.
"The referee was very hasty in making his mind up. But it was not the referee's fault that we drew. We missed the chances."
Saints should have put the game beyond Villa, before the referee intervened. But it was Villa golden boy Platt who could have given his side a flying start.
lan Ormondroyd won the ball in the air to release Tony Cascarino on the right. The cross was perfect for Platt, but he miscued badly from ten yards. Villa were then pegged back as Le Tissier, Alan Shearer, Case and Paul Rideout all tested Nigel Spink.
But the big keeper had no chance in the 42nd minute when Adams' cross caught the Villa defence napping, and Le Tissier ghosted in to head home.