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1989–90 Aston Villa F.C. season

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 Information

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.

Squad

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Squad at end of season[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  ENG Lee Butler
GK  ENG Nigel Spink
DF  ENG Andy Comyn
DF  ENG Darrell Duffy
DF  ENG Kevin Gage
DF  ENG Bernie Gallacher
DF  ENG Derek Mountfield
DF  ENG Chris Price
DF  ENG Steve Sims
DF  IRL Paul McGrath
DF  DEN Kent Nielsen
MF  ENG Paul Birch
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ENG Mark Blake
MF  ENG Nigel Callaghan[4]
MF  ENG Gordon Cowans
MF  ENG Tony Daley
MF  ENG Stuart Gray (captain)
MF  ENG David Platt
MF  ENG Gareth Williams
FW  ENG Ian Olney
FW  ENG Ian Ormondroyd
FW  ENG Dean Spink
FW  IRL Tony Cascarino
FW  TRI Dwight Yorke

Left club during season

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  ENG Adrian Heath (to Manchester City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  ENG Mark Lillis (to Scunthorpe United)

Youth and reserves

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  ENG Glen Livingstone
DF  ENG Christopher Boden
DF  ENG John Elliott
DF  ENG Bryan Small
DF  ENG Andrew Smith
MF  ENG Steve Froggatt
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ENG Craig Liddle
MF  ENG Lee Williams
FW  ENG Martin Carruthers
FW  ENG Tommy Mooney
FW  ENG Mark Parrott
FW  WAL David Jones

Trainees

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  ENG Ian Tyrrell

Apprentices

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  ENG Michael Oakes

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  ENG Neil Floate

Other players

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  ENG Russell Bullivant
DF  ENG David Watt
MF  ENG Richard Crisp
MF  ENG Brian Nicholas
FW  ENG David Travis
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  ENG Stephen Walker
  Noel Callaghan
  Shepherd
 ENG Stephen Slocombe
  C Williams

Trialists

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  TRI Colvin Hutchinson
FW  DEN Lars Jakobsen (on trial from OB)

Transfers

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In

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Out

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Results

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First Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

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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

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FA Cup

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Home Club Score Away Club Round Date
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

League Cup

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See also

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Notes

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References

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