Game #4065
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 August 1989


Drew
9th
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Division One
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
Attendance: 26,766
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
Nottingham Forest
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 8' |
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 August 1989
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Paul McGrath, Kent Nielsen, Adrian Heath
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Derek Mountfield, Assist Paul McGrath
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub off, Nigel Callaghan
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Garry Parker
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Ian Olney
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Stuart Gray, 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
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 August 1989
Villa open the season with a draw at lively Forest as Graham Taylor 🏴 looks to improve on 1988-89's 17th place finish.
But even without a victory it is a very special day in the history of Aston Villa Football Club as unarguably the best player to ever don the claret and blue makes his debut.
Paul McGrath 🇮🇪 29 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Manchester United 🏴 in July 1989 for a fee of £425,000 to become the 663rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Centre back Kent Nielsen 🇩🇰 27 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from from Bröndby IF 🇩🇰 in July 1989 for a fee of £500,000 to become the 662nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Forward Adrian Heath 🏴 28 makes his Villa debut after moving from RCD Espanyol 🇪🇸 in July 1989 for a fee of £360,000 to become the 664th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Gordon Cowans 🏴 makes his 🕒 400th appearance in a Villa shirt (383 Starts) to make it 🟩 W178 🟨 D95 🟥 L127, ⚽ 54 Goals and 🔥 64 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.39 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Derek Mountfield makes his first appearance in 5 months and contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 34th appearance (32 Starts) to make it 🟩 W11 🟨 D7 🟥 L16, ⚽ 4 Goals and 🔥 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
Meanwhile off the pitch Nottinghamshire Police lock 500 innocent Villa fans in a cage at the railway station for no apparent reason and not an apology in sight.
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | #662 | £500,000 signing from Bröndby
🟢 CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | #663 | £430,000 signing from Manchester United
🟢 F Adrian Heath | 🏴 | #664 | £382,000 signing from Espanyol
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: 1988-89
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Saturday, 19 August 1989
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🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 99 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 25 🟥 33 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 November 1988, League Cup, Villa 6-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Stuart Gray, Foul
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor hands debuts to a pair of footballing legends - Paul McGrath and Kent Nielsen. Adrian Heath also made his debut but the less said about that the better.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.76 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.05 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 21.85 |
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🟢 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Adrian Heath | 🏴 | 🟢 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |

Nottingham Forest
GK Steve Sutton | 🏴 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
CB Colin Foster | 🏴 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
RB Brian Laws | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gary Crosby | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge (ex) | 🏴 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴 |
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 46' |
🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 67’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
M Brian Rice | 🏴 |
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
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴 | | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 19 Aug 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground


MATCH REPORTS
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