Game #4065
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 August 1989
Drew
9th
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Division One
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
Attendance: 26,766
🟨 19 August 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground.
Nottingham Forest
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 8' |
🟨 19 August 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
🟨 19 August 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.
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
Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest
🟨 19 August 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Saturday, 19 August 1989
🟨 19 August 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
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 99 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 25 🟥 33 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟨 19 August 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: 🟨 🟨
🟨 19 August 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 August 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 August 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 August 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 August 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
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🟨 19 August 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 August 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 19 August 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 19 August 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground.
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 19 August 1989, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground.
MATCH REPORTS
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