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Game #4152

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 March 1991

Lost

15th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 22,074

Sheffield United

Bramall Lane

Sheffield United

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 56' |

MATCH SUMMARY

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).

KEY MAN

Kevin Gage, nightmare back pass costs Villa.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 March 1991

🕒 | 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

ON THIS DAY

Jozef Vengloš' Villa lose for the first time in three and fall back to 14th place in the table.

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield United

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield United

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 2 March 1991

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 36 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 11 🟥 12 | 1.39

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Sheffield United

None

TEAM NEWS

Stuart Gray replaces Ian Ormondroyd.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.23 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.59 |

Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 19.34 |

MANAGER

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |

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Aston Villa

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 | 🇹🇹 |

MANAGER

Dave Bassett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield United

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Glynn Hodges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Tony Agana | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Mark Todd | 🇬🇧 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Villa levelled five minutes later when Derek Mountfield rose to head home a Gordon Cowans corner."

*Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 3 March 1991

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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