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Game #4059

Aston Villa

Saturday, 8 April 1989

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Won

13th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Newcastle United

St James' Park

Attendance: 20,329

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

Newcastle United

1-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 April 1989

⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, Stuart Gray
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-0, David Platt, Assist by Stuart Gray
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 2-1, (Newcastle United), Glenn Roeder
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Steve Sims, Foul

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

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 April 1989

  • Villa make it consecutive League victories for the first time since October as they climb back to 13th in the first division table with five to play and a seven point gap to the relegation places.

  • Graham Taylor's Villa win for the second successive League game but only the second time in ten games. As a result they climb to 13th in the table, and open a gap of four points to the drop zone in a tight Division One table.

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

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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

Newcastle United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY

Newcastle United

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Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1988-89 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #93 |
Saturday, 8 April 1989

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🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Paul Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rochdale, 1987–1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 93 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 22 🟥 30 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Paul Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rochdale, 1987–1989
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 March 1987, Villa 0-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Steve Sims, Foul

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ian Olney replaces Tony Daley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.38 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 32.51 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.32 |

Referee

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Newcastle United

GK Gary Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glenn Roeder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Björn Kristensen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Brock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam O’Brien | 🇮🇪 |
M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |
CF Mirandinha | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
CF John Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Mirandinha | 🇧🇷 | (Paul Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Michael O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/13

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH QUOTES

“I have said throughout that In points should be the safety line. "If we can achieve that we would he very unfortunate to go down. "I am pleased with the way the side have taken six pressure points with two solid wins against Luton and Newcastle." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Life*
Sunday, 9 April 1989

NEWCASTLE United manager Jim Smith saw his side lose at home in the first division for the ninth time this season today when they were beaten 2-1 by Aston Villa. Relegation is now staring United in the face but a defiant Smith said: "This is not a lost cause by any means. We can still escape if we win three of our last six games. "As far as today is concerned I am more frustrated than angry. Villa got the first vital goal and their confidence grew and we chased the game far too early." "That was a bad mistake and we were punished for it. Now we have it all to do." It was former Barnsley player Stuart Gray who did the damage by scoring the opening goal after 33 minutes and then setting up the deciding goal for David Platt. Villa, by no means out of trouble themselves in the first division's basement area, were in command for almost all the game and the only surprise was that they did not score more goals. The opening five minutes of the second half saw them presented with four golden opportunities as Newcastle goalkeeper Gary Kelly saved from Alan Mclnally, Gordon Cowans and lan Olney. Platt also had a superb chance when he broke clear and chipped Kelly only to see Glenn Roeder get back and head clear from just under the bar. The only black mark on Villa's second away win of the season came when they had defender Steve Sims booked.
Reports

🟩 8 Apr 1989, Villa 2-1 Newcastle, St James'

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