Game #4152
Aston Villa
6-10-9, 28 PTS
Saturday, 2 March 1991
15th (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991
Substitutes:
🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | for M Mark Blake | 🏴 |
Unused Substitutes:
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Stuart Gray replaces Ian Ormondroyd.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.23 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 32.59 |
Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 19.34 |
A Kevin Gage error allows Sheffield United to open the score but Villa's right back almost steals a point in the last minutes with a fierce shot but Villa fall to defeat for the tenth time in thirty three games under Jozef Vengloš (thirteen wins).
Jozef Vengloš' Villa lose for the first time in three and fall back to 14th place in the table.
Scorer(s) | Derek Mountfield | 56’ |
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 56' |
Match Timeline:
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Ian Bryson
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 1-1, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield United), Brian Deane
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Mark Blake, Sub on, Ian Olney
Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 2 March 1991
Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1977-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1977-1995
Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991
🕒 36 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 11 🟥 12 | 1.39
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Sheffield United
8-4-15, 28 PTS
Bramall Lane
Attendance: 22,074
GK Simon Tracey | 🏴 |
CB Colin Hill | 🏴 |
CB Paul Beesley | 🏴 |
RB Chris Wilder | 🏴 |
RB Carl Bradshaw | 🏴 |
M Bob Booker | 🏴 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴 |
M Ian Bryson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M John Gannon | 🏴 |
W Glynn Hodges | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Brian Deane | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Dave Bassett | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | W Glynn Hodges | 🏴 | (CF Tony Agana | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
M Mark Todd | 🇬🇧 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
"Villa levelled five minutes later when Derek Mountfield rose to head home a Gordon Cowans corner."
BRIAN DEANE hit his 14th goal of the season to seal victory as United continued their revival.
Glyn Hodges troubled Villa with a series of crosses and slung over yet another in the 49th minute.
Gage headed weakly back towards keeper Nigel Spink. lan Bryson saw the opportunity and raced in to shoot low past the stranded Villa keeper.
But Villa levelled five minutes later when Derek Mountfield rose to head home a Gordon Cowans corner.
United hit back, Hodges corner falling for Deane to power in the 62nd minute winner.
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