1989–90 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1989–90 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Graham Taylor
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; David Platt (21); All: ; David Platt (24)

During the 1989–90 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Aston Villa improved drastically on the 17th place of the previous season and spent most of the season challenging for the title, finishing in second behind Liverpool. This was their highest finish since 1980–81, and a great result for a team in only its second consecutive season in the top flight.

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.

At the end of the season, manager Graham Taylor accepted an offer to take over management of the England national football team. He was replaced by Czechoslovakian Jozef Vengloš, who had just led Czechoslovakia to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. In taking the Villa hot-seat, Vengloš became the first manager from outside of Britain of a top flight club in English football history.

Kit

Aston Villa's kit was manufactured by Danish company Hummel and sponsored by Mita Copiers.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1][2]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Lee Butler
		GK	Nigel Spink
		DF	Andrew Comyn
		DF	Darrell Duffy
		DF	Kevin Gage
		DF	Bernard Gallacher
		DF	Derek Mountfield
		DF	Chris Price
		DF	Steve Sims
		DF	Paul McGrath
		DF	Kent Nielsen
		MF	Paul Birch

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Mark Blake
		MF	Nigel Callaghan[3]
		MF	Gordon Cowans
		MF	Tony Daley
		MF	Stuart Gray (captain)
		MF	David Platt
		MF	Gareth Williams
		FW	Ian Olney
		FW	Ian Ormondroyd
		FW	Dean Spink
		FW	Tony Cascarino
		FW	Dwight Yorke

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Adrian Heath (to Manchester City)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Mark Lillis (to Scunthorpe United)

Youth and reserves

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Glen Livingstone
		DF	Christopher Boden
		DF	John Elliott
		DF	Bryan Small
		DF	Andrew Smith
		MF	Steve Froggatt

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Craig Liddle
		MF	Lee Williams
		FW	Martin Carruthers
		FW	Thomas Mooney
		FW	Mark Parrott
		FW	David Jones

Trainees

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

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Ian Tyrrell

Apprentices

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Michael Oakes

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

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Neil Floate

Other players

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Russell Bullivant
		DF	David Watt
		MF	Richard Crisp
		MF	Brian Nicholas
		FW	David Travis

	Position	Player
	FW	Stephen Walker
Template:Country data		Noel Callaghan
Template:Country data		Shepherd
		Stephen Slocombe
Template:Country data		C Williams

Trialists

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Colvin Hutchinson
		FW	Lars Jakobsen (on trial from OB)

Transfers

In

Paul McGrath – Manchester United, 3 August 1989, £400,000
Dwight Yorke

Out

Allan Evans – Leicester City
Alan McInally – Bayern Munich, £1,200,000
Mark Lillis – Scunthorpe United, 21 September, £40,000[4]
Adrian Heath – Manchester City, February 1990, £300,000[5]

Results

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool	38	23	10	5	78	37	+41	79	League Champions, excluded from the 1990–91 European Cup[6]
2	Aston Villa	38	21	7	10	57	38	+19	70	UEFA Cup 1990–91 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:

Nottingham Forest 1–1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1–1 Liverpool
Aston Villa 1–1 Charlton Athletic
Southampton 2–1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1–3 QPR
Aston Villa 1–0 Derby County
Luton Town 0–1 Aston Villa
Manchester City 0–2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–1 Crystal Palace
Aston Villa 6–2 Everton
Norwich City 2–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 4–1 Coventry City
Wimbledon 0–2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–1 Nottingham Forest
Liverpool 1–1 Aston Villa
Millwall 2–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 3–0 Manchester United
Aston Villa 2–1 Arsenal
Chelsea 0–3 Aston Villa
Charlton Athletic 0–2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–1 Southampton
Aston Villa 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 0–3 Wimbledon
Coventry City 2–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–0 Luton Town
QPR 1–1 Aston Villa
Derby County 0–1 Aston Villa
Crystal Palace 1–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City
Arsenal 0–1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1–0 Chelsea
Manchester United 2–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1–0 Millwall
Aston Villa 3–3 Norwich
Everton 3–3 Aston Villa

[7]

FA Cup

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

References

http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1989-90.html
http://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/1990
Callaghan was born in Singapore.
http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/795.html
http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/614.html
Liverpool were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on for 10 years, because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. The ban was eventually lifted for the 1991–92 season.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] ttp://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1989-90.html

[2] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/1990

[3] Callaghan was born in Singapore.

[4] ttp://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/795.html

[5] ttp://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/614.html

[Liverpool-ban-6] Liverpool were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on for 10 years, because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. The ban was eventually lifted for the 1991–92 season.

[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)