Game #4161
Aston Villa

Saturday, 20 April 1991
17th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Andy Comyn | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

Substitutes:
🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
🔁 CF Gary Penrice | 🏴 | for CB Andy Comyn | 🏴 |
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Nigel Spink and Andy Comyn replace Lee Butler and Paul McGrath.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.76 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 32.72 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 21.35 |
Villa lose for the fourteenth time in forty two games under Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿 (fifteen wins).
Villa put in a poor performance as they are beaten at home by Wimbledon to leave them 17th in the table, two points clear of the relegation place.
Jozef Vengloš' 🇨🇿 Villa lose for the third time in five and are without a win in six as they remain 17th in the table, six points clear of the drop zone.
Meanwhile, in the background Vengloš 🇨🇿 receives the dreaded vote of confidence from Chairman Ellis.
Tony Cascarino 🇮🇪 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt on his (47 Starts) to make it 🟩 W16 🟨 D16 🟥 L18, ⚽ 11 Goals and 🔥 7 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Ray Harford invited Wimbledon's long queue of critics to consider the evidence for the defence his team produced in this comprehensive victory.
Harford painfully aware of the Dons' long-standing reputation as a bunch of clogging up-and-under merchants said: “I wish everybody in football could have seen this game - I don't know whether we’ll ever win over the general public but what happened today showed that we are prepared to play and not just whack it about.
“We moved the ball around, didn't lump it in the air.
”This was one of our best performances of the season - I really liked the way we went about our business. A very quick and very incisive side - that's us.”
You can almost hear the doubting chorus of "Oh yeah?" from Villa Park
But what Harford said was right to a degree.
Villa last year's runners-up and this year's relegation possibles were played not kicked - off the park.
Under-pressure Villa boss Jo Venglos admitted as much when said:
"They deserved to win. They worked harder. They showed more will.”
Scorer(s) | Ian Olney | 35' |
Assist(s) | David Platt | 35' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Olney, Assist by David Platt
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 1-1, (Wimbledon), John Fashanu
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Wimbledon
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 1-2, (Wimbledon), Aidan Newhouse
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Wimbledon
🔁 | Sub off, Ian Ormondroyd, Sub on, Tony Daley
🔁 | Sub off, Andy Comyn, Sub on, Gary Penrice
Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Saturday, 20 April 1991

Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Philip Wright | 🏴 | Northwich, 1990–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥
Referee: Philip Wright | 🏴 | Northwich, 1990–1993
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991
🕒 45 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 14 🟥 16 | 1.31
Villa Career Form:
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Referee:
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Division One
Wimbledon

Villa Park
Attendance: 17,001
GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴 |
CB John Scales | 🏴 |
LB Terry Phelan | 🇮🇪 |
CB Keith Curle | 🏴 |
CB Dean Blackwell | 🏴 |
D Roger Joseph | 🏴 |
M Neil Ardley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Vaughan Ryan | 🏴 |
M Paul McGee | 🇮🇪 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Clarke | 🏴 |
Ray Harford | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
🔁 | M Neil Ardley | 🏴 | (CF Aidan Newhouse | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
Unused Substitutes:
LB Gary Elkins | 🏴 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1987-88
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded

"I know what is to be done but this must wait until summer.”
Jozef Vengloš.
“I am as worried about the position as every other fan especially as we finished runners-up last season.
“Nevertheless I have complete confidence in the staff and players to ensure that we get the results to keep us in the First Division next season"
Herbert Douglas Ellis on a squad he failed to add to and a manager he failed to back.
“It’s about competing and wanting to win.”
Peter Withe, Villa assistant manager.
“I was lucky not to have been beaten more than twice.
“But now we have to got to pull ourselves together and defeat Manchester City on Tuesday night to keep out relegation trouble.”
Nigel Spink.

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