1990–91 Aston Villa F.C. season

During the 1990–91 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Football League First Division.

Aston Villa
1990–91 season
ChairmanDoug Ellis
ManagerJozef Vengloš
StadiumVilla Park
First Division17th
FA CupThird round
League CupFifth round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: David Platt (24)

Season summary

A season after finishing as runners-up, Villa dropped to 17th in the table following the departure of manager Graham Taylor, who took charge of the England national football team. Manager Jozef Vengloš left after just season in charge, and was replaced by Sheffield Wednesday's Ron Atkinson.

UEFA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers
19 September 1990 Round 1
First leg
FC Baník Ostrava H 3–1 Platt 32', Mountfield 57', Olney 79'
3 October 1990 Round 1
Second leg
FC Baník Ostrava A 2–1 Mountfield 52', Staš 59' (o.g)
24 October 1990 Round 2
First leg
Internazionale H 2–0 Nielsen 14', Platt 67'
7 November 1990 Round 2
Second leg
Internazionale A 0–3

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Andy Comyn
DF Kevin Gage
DF Derek Mountfield
DF Chris Price
DF Bernie Gallacher
DF Paul McGrath
DF Kent Nielsen
DF Ivo Staš
MF Mark Blake
No. Position Player
MF Nigel Callaghan
MF Gordon Cowans
MF Tony Daley
MF Stuart Gray
MF David Platt
FW Ian Olney
FW Ian Ormondroyd
FW Gary Penrice
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
GK Lee Butler (on loan to Hull City)
DF Bernie Gallacher (on loan to Blackburn Rovers)
No. Position Player
MF Paul Birch (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Reserves and academy

Reserves

The following players spent most of the season playing for the reserve team, and did not appear for the senior team.

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

No. Position Player
DF Neil Cox
DF Darrell Duffy
DF Craig Liddle
DF Richard Money (coach)
DF Bryan Small
DF Paul Towler
DF Brian Flood
No. Position Player
MF Richard Crisp
MF Nick Roddis
MF Gareth Williams
FW Mark Parrott
FW Peter Withe (coach)
FW David Jones
FW Viliam Hýravý (on trial from Baník Ostrava)

Youth

The following players spent most of the season playing for the youth team, but may have also appeared for the reserve team.

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
GK Michael Oakes
DF Chris Boden
DF Russell Bullivant
DF Matt Carbon
DF Neil Hoban
DF Wayne Peachey
DF Dennis Pearce
DF Riccardo Scimeca
DF Paul Browne
DF Craig Goodwin
MF Steven Cowe
MF Graham Fenton
MF Steve Froggatt
MF Christopher Pearce
MF Lee Williams
FW Martin Carruthers
No. Position Player
FW Garry Harrison
FW Steven Morgan
FW David Travis
FW Ian Tyrrell
FW Stephen Walker
Darren Hedigan
Shaun Hodgson
Kevin Ibrahim
Matthew McCallum
Steven Pitcher
Mark Pugh
Brett Rose
Scott McIntyre
Phillip McNamara
Template:Country data Tomlinson
Template:Country data McLoughlin

Schoolboys

The following players were attached to the club but did not play for the reserve or youth teams.

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

No. Position Player
GK Paul Flynn
DF Darren Evans
DF Graeme Williams
MF Ian King
Nicki Finney
Otis Hutson
Template:Country data Keith Accison
Template:Country data Christopher Boyce
No. Position Player
Template:Country data Trevor Carter
Template:Country data Justin Cope
Template:Country data David Ferry
Template:Country data James S. Green
Template:Country data Lee Hackett
Template:Country data Stuart James
Template:Country data Adrian Rampton

References

  1. "All Nottingham Forest players: 1991". 11v11.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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