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The 1989–90 Aston Villa season saw the football club competing in the Football League First Division. A lowly 17th the previous season, Villa improved drastically and spent most of the season challenging for the title though finishing in second behind Liverpool. This was Villa's highest finish since 1980–81, and a great result for a team in the second season of the top flight. At the end of the season Jozef Vengloš became the first manager from outside of Britain of a top flight club in English football history.
Key players in the team this season were high-scoring midfielder David Platt, who broke into the England team and went on to play at the World Cup, as well as being voted PFA Player of the Year, and new defender Paul McGrath, a £450,000 pre-season signing from Manchester United. Aston Villa played in kit manufactured by Danish company Hummel and sponsored by Mita Copiers. There were also debuts for Kent Nielsen, Adrian Heath, Andy Comyn, Mark Blake, Tony Cascarino and Dwight Yorke.[1]
Slovak Jozef Vengloš, who had just led Czechoslovakia to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, replaced Graham Taylor who had accepted an offer to take over management of the England national football team.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Liverpool (C) | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 78 | 37 | +41 | 79 | Disqualified from the European Cup[a] |
2 | Aston Villa | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 70 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 63 | |
4 | Arsenal | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 62 | |
5 | Chelsea | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 60 |
1 | Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Aston Villa |
2 | Aston Villa | 1–1 | Liverpool | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
3 | Aston Villa | 1–1 | Charlton Athletic | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
4 | Southampton | 2–1 | Aston Villa |
5 | Aston Villa | 2–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1–0 | Aston Villa |
7 | Aston Villa | 1–3 | QPR | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
8 | Aston Villa | 1–0 | Derby County | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
9 | Luton Town | 0–1 | Aston Villa |
10 | Manchester City | 0–2 | Aston Villa |
11 | Aston Villa | 2–1 | Crystal Palace | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
12 | Aston Villa | 6–2 | Everton | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
13 | Norwich City | 2–0 | Aston Villa |
14 | Aston Villa | 4–1 | Coventry City | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
15 | Wimbledon | 0–2 | Aston Villa |
16 | Aston Villa | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
17 | Liverpool | 1–1 | Aston Villa |
18 | Millwall | 2–0 | Aston Villa |
19 | Aston Villa | 3–0 | Manchester United | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
20 | Aston Villa | 2–1 | Arsenal | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
21 | Chelsea | 0–3 | Aston Villa |
22 | Charlton Athletic | 0–2 | Aston Villa |
23 | Aston Villa | 2–1 | Southampton | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
24 | Aston Villa | 1–0 | Sheffield Wednesday | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
25 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0–2 | Aston Villa |
26 | Aston Villa | 0–3 | Wimbledon | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
27 | Coventry City | 2–0 | Aston Villa |
28 | Aston Villa | 2–0 | Luton Town | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
29 | Queens Park Rangers | 1–1 | Aston Villa |
30 | Derby County | 0–1 | Aston Villa |
31 | Crystal Palace | 1–0 | Aston Villa |
32 | Aston Villa | 1–2 | Manchester City | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
33 | Arsenal | 0–1 | Aston Villa |
34 | Aston Villa | 1–0 | Chelsea | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
35 | Manchester United | 2–0 | Aston Villa |
36 | Aston Villa | 1–0 | Millwall | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
37 | Aston Villa | 3–3 | Norwich | Birmingham City |
Stadium: Villa Park |
38 | Everton | 3–3 | Aston Villa |
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Round | Date |
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Blackburn Rovers | 2–2 | Aston Villa | Third round proper | 6 January 1990 |
Aston Villa | 3–1 | Blackburn Rovers | Third round proper replay | 10 January 1990 |
Aston Villa | 6–0 | Port Vale | Fourth round proper | 27 January 1990 |
West Bromwich Albion | 0–2 | Aston Villa | Fifth round proper | 17 February 1990 |
Oldham Athletic | 3–0 | Aston Villa | Sixth round proper | 14 March 1990 |