Game #4155
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 March 1991


Won
14th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Sunderland
Roker Park
Attendance: 21,099
Sunderland
1-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Gary Penrice | 36' | Gordon Cowans | 76' |
MANAGER
Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

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 | 🏴 |

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

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Gordon Armstrong | 🏴 | (CF Peter Davenport | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | M John Cornforth | 🏴 | (D John Kay | 🏴 |)
🟩 23 March 1991, Villa 3-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 March 1991
Villa win a second consecutive game as David Platt 🏴 scores his ⚽ twentieth of the season.
Having scored six in two games and recorded consecutive top flight wins to climb to 14th 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).
Gary Penrice 🏴 contributes his 🔥 first assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 3rd appearance.
Derek Mountfield 🏴 secures his 🟩 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 109th appearance (107 Starts) to make it 🟩 W50 🟨 D22 🟥 L37, ⚽ 16 Goals and 🔥 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Tony Cascarino 🇮🇪 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 44th appearance (41 Starts) to make it 🟩 W16 🟨 D15 🟥 L13, ⚽ 10 Goals and 🔥 6 Assists so far in his Villa career.
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