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Game #4065

Aston Villa

Saturday, 19 August 1989

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 8' |

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

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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

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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

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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

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1988-89

FIXTURE HISTORY

Nottingham Forest

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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 99 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 25 🟥 33 | 1.49

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

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

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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

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🟨 Stuart Gray, Foul

CARDS

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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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |
🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67’ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

SQUAD STATS

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

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

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

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

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

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MATCH QUOTES

“lf anyone is wondering about my fitness I hope this game has game a long way to proving that I can play a full part in helping Villa's First Division progress. “I feel fine and I really enjoyed my first League game for the club. “I am confident that it is going to be the first of many successful games.” Paul McGrath.
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday World (Dublin)*
Sunday, 20 August 1989

Villa rocked Forest with an early goal but Graham Taylor's man were happy to come away from the City Ground with a point. Derek Mountfield, with a little help from Paul McGrath, gave Villa an eighth minute lead, but that was only the cue for Forest to bombard the visitors' goal. Time after time, Brian Clough's men went desperately close and Steve Hodge and Lee Chapman, in particular, both squandered golden opportunities. The long-awaited equaliser ended 59 minutes of frustration for Forest, Garry Parker putting them out of their misery with an 18-yard drive But with Villa firmly on the defensive. Forest failed to make any further impression on the scoreline. Villa fans 'caged' row Four hundred Aston Villa fans missed Saturday's game at Nottingham after being "caged like animals" for 90 minutes at the railway station. Their train broke down and by the time it arrived in Nottingham at 2.55 pm, the visitors' end at the Forest ground -- limited under restrictions following the Hillsborough disaster - was full. So they were left penned up behind a 6ft wire fence next to the station for the duration of the match. The compound, 35 yards by 3 yards, had no toilet facilities. Mrs Diana Lucas, spokesman for British Rail, said: "The train got there too late so we kept the fans in a a compound, which is a bit like a cage and they were sent back. All were given refunds of their £4 fares." Villa manager Graham Taylor said: “The Villa fans are to be complimented on their behaviour. "There were 500 Villa fans locked out of the visitors' area and the Nottingham police decided to keep away another 500 from the train."
Reports

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

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MATCH VIDEO

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