Game #4158

Aston Villa

8-12-11, 36 PTS

Saturday, 6 April 1991

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

Drew

1-1

🟨 6 Apr 1991, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

Division One

Manchester United

14-11-8, 53 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,307

On This Day

Villa bounce back from their Highbury experience to record a creditable draw with Manchester United at Villa Park and make it fifteen wins in thirty nine games under Jozef Vengloš (twelve defeats).
Jozef Vengloš' Villa recover from their hammering at Highbury to take a point off 5th placed Manchester United at Villa Park.

GK Lee Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

Substitutes

🔁 CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unused Substitutes

CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

GK Nigel Spink

Team News

Kent Nielsen, Ian Olney and Lee Butler replace Andy Comyn, Gary Penrice and Nigel Spink (injury).

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.80 |

Oldest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.46 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.32 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Starting XI

GK Lee Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

133

✅

131*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

34*

🟥

RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

138

✅

136

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |

🕒

✅

85*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

22*

🟥

CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

112

✅

110*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

24*

🟥

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

✅

85*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

20*

🟥

M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

148

✅

148

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

489

✅

472

⚽

🔥

🟩

219

🟨

118

🟥

152

CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

53*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

16*

🟥

CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

63*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

20*

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

🕒

🔁

10*

⚽

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

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🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Scorer(s) | Tony Cascarino | 56’ |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 56' |

Match Timeline

Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #42 |
Saturday, 6 April 1991

Match Record

Game Record

Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1978-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

Officials

Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1978-1991

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Head to Head

Total 🕒 128 | 🟩 43 | 🟨 28 | 🟥 57 | ⚽ 202 | 🥅 241 |
League 🕒 116 | 🟩 40 | 🟨 27 | 🟥 49 | ⚽ 187 | 🥅 213 |
FA Cup 🕒 8 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 11 | 🥅 20 |
League Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 4 | 🥅 4 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 62 | 🟩 31 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 16 | ⚽ 135 | 🥅 98 |
Away 🕒 65 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 13 | 🟥 41 | ⚽ 65 | 🥅 142 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 1 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

🕒 42 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 13 🟥 14 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

What they Said

"It took Lee Sharpe only seven minutes to put United back on level terms - but they were lucky only one goal separated the sides at this point in the game."

Villa produced a spirited but, basic 90 minutes - yet it was almost enough to sink Alex Ferguson's team of expensive talent.

Despite some moments of classy attacking play, United had nothing in their armoury to prevent them slipping behind when Villa's Tony Cascarino screwed his 56th minute header past Les Sealey.

True, it took Lee Sharpe only seven minutes to put United back on level terms - but they were lucky only one goal separated the sides at this point in the game.

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neil Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Phelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Lee Sharpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Mark Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Alex Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Mike Phelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Mark Robins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

F Paul Wratten | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1989-90

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

1990-91

Playing Squad

GK Lee Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #658 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Halifax Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #611 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Forest Green Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #665 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Hednesford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #656 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Scarborough FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | #664 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Aarhus GF 🇩🇰 Retired

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | #663 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #643 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Northampton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #680 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Hednesford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #655 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Portsmouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #645 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Hull City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #669 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Crewe Alexandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #653 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #654 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Matlock Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #582 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #666 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Kidderminster Harriers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #619 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Halesowen Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #652 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #659 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #633 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Forest Green 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | #668 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Sunderland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #670 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Bristol Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #657 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Forest Green Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #660 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Scunthorpe United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 | #667 |

Forward

Where are they now?

AS Red Star 93 🇫🇷 Retired

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