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Game #4089

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 26 December 1989

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Won

3rd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Manchester United

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,247

Aston Villa

3-0

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Manchester United

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Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 63' | David Platt | 78' |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alex Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Jim Leighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Clayton Blackmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
LB Lee Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Lee Sharpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Ince | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Phelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Mark Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Clayton Blackmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (CF Mark Robins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | LB Lee Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Mike Duxbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

🟩 26 December 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 26 December 1989

  • Villa hammer Manchester United at Villa Park with a superlative performance as David Platt scores his 15th of the season before a 41,247 capacity crowd.

  • Villa make it 9 first division victories in 12 games under Graham Taylor as they crush Manchester United in a Boxing Day spectacular. Villa are now two points behind second place Arsenal and four behind new leaders Liverpool.

  • Paul McGrath secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance to make it W10 D5 L6 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

See more in our Full Match Report

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