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Game #4155

Aston Villa

Saturday, 23 March 1991

Sunderland

1-3

Aston Villa

Division One

Sunderland

Roker Park

Attendance: 21,099

Won

14th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Gary Penrice | 36' | Gordon Cowans | 76' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Having scored six in two games and recorded consecutive top flight wins to sit 13th in the table, the Birmingham Evening Mail decides to lead with the headline "CAS DOUBLE LIFTS VILLA GLOOM" as Villa record their fifteenth win in thirty six games under Jozef Vengloš (eleven defeats).

KEY MAN

Tony Cascarino, scored a brace to see off Sunderland.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 March 1991

⚽ | 36’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Cascarino, Assist by Gary Penrice
🕒 | HT Sunderland 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Cascarino
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland), Peter Davenport
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 3-1, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Sunderland 1-3 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Jozef Vengloš' Villa win a second consecutive game as David Platt scores his twentieth of the season.

Aston Villa

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

Sunderland

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Saturday, 23 March 1991

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 39 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 11 🟥 13 | 1.44

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 29 December 1990, Villa 1-1 Manchester United, Old Trafford.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Mark Blake replaces Dwight Yorke.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.43 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.64 |

Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 20.28 |

MANAGER

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Denis Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Tony Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Richard Ord | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Paul Hardyman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Kieron Brady | 🇮🇪 |
M Colin Pascoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M John Cornforth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Bracewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Owers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Rush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Gordon Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Peter Davenport | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | M John Cornforth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (D John Kay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/13

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

"David Platt dashed all hopes of Sunderland salvaging a point after 76 minutes."

MATCH REPORT

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 24 March 1991

TONY Cascarino hammered another nail in Sunderland's coffin at Roker Park yesterday just as he did four years ago when condemning the Roker side to the third division for the first time in their history. The Republic of Ireland striker scored five goals against Sunderland in the play-offs and he was at it again with a double strike to improve Villa's first division survival campaign. Cascarino struck in the 36th minute when converting a centre from Gary Penrice and seven minutes after the interval he increased Villa's lead. Both goals came against the run of play, his second effort taking a wicked deflection off Paul Bracewell. Substitute Peter Davenport threw Sunderland a lifeline after 55 minutes when ending a run of 10 matches without a goal but England international David Platt dashed all hopes of Sunderland salvaging a point after 76 minutes.

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