Game #4047
Aston Villa
6-8-8, 26 PTS
Saturday, 21 January 1989


Lost
14th (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Division One
Nottingham Forest
8-10-4, 34 PTS
City Ground
Attendance: 22,662
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground
Nottingham Forest
4-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 January 1989
🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Steve Hodge
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Stuart Pearce
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Tony Daley
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 0-3, (Nottingham Forest), Garry Parker
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 0-4, (Nottingham Forest), Brian Laws
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 4-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 21 January 1989
Villa are taken apart at the City Ground in comfortably their worst performance under Graham Taylor as the angry boss surveys his squad and maps out a future away from the club for many of them,
Villa lose for the third time in four League games and fall to 14th in the table as a result.
Derek Mountfield makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts) to make it W10 D5 L10, 3 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Nottingham Forest


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest


Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨
League 🕒 92 | 🟩 43 | 🟨 20 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 164 | 🥅 135 |
FA Cup 🕒 9 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 4 |
Away 🕒 53 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 75 | 🥅 102 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #81 |
Saturday, 21 January 1989
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🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴 | Kettering, 1979-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 81 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 20 🟥 23 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴 | Kettering, 1979-1995
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ian Olney and Paul Birch replace Tony Daley and Chris Price.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.63 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 30.48 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 19.11 |
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |

Nottingham Forest
GK Steve Sutton | 🏴 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CB Terry Wilson | 🏴 |
CB Steve Chettle | 🏴 |
RB Brian Laws | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge (ex) | 🏴 |
M Neil Webb | 🏴 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴 |
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for M Andy A Gray | 🏴 | 60' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Franz Carr | 🏴 | (M Gary Crosby | 🏴 |)

🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Gareth Williams | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

RB Gary Fleming | 🇬🇧 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | | 116 | 25* | 15 | 13 | 33 | 31 | 52* | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 21 Jan 1989, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground


MATCH REPORTS
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