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Game #4070

Aston Villa

Saturday, 16 September 1989

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Lost

13th (-2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

Hillsborough

Attendance: 17,509

🟥 16 Sep 1989, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Sheffield Wednesday

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 16 Sep 1989, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 September 1989

🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Dalian Atkinson
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ian Olney, Sub on, Ian Ormondroyd
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Adrian Heath, Sub on, Kent Nielsen
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Kevin Gage, 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

🟥 16 Sep 1989, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 September 1989
  • Dalian Atkinson strikes for Wednesday and Villa lose for the second time in three games as Graham Taylor's side sit 13th in the first division table.

  • Graham Taylor’s Villa lose to two Villa legends - Dalian and Ron Atkinson - and now have two defeats in the opening six Division One matches and just a single win.

🟥 16 Sep 1989, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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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

Sheffield Wednesday

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Saturday, 16 September 1989

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🟥 16 Sep 1989, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 104 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 | 27 🟥 35 | 1.47

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Kevin Gage, 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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.68 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.13 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.76 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (ft)

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
D Darren Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Lawrie Madden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Shirtliff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Craig Shakespeare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Whitton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF David Hirst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 16 Sep 1989, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | for F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 78’ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Alan Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 16 Sep 1989, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
"In South Yorkshire on Saturday, their performance suggested the Holte End faithful may have to endure another nail-biting fight against relegation."
Quotes

🟥 16 Sep 1989, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 18 September 1989
Just six matches gone, and already Aston Villa's season bears an uncanny and unhappy resemblance to 1988-89. Graham Taylor's men, who have a knack of raising their game against the likes of Liverpool, Forest and Tottenham, are inexplicably ill at ease when it comes to coping with the working class sides of the First Division. First Charlton, then Southampton, and now Sheffield Wednesday - three teams likely to spend the winter in the bottom half of the table have all taken points from Villa with no undue exertion. Although, as Taylor, quite rightly points out, the season is much too young to start talking about crises, the manager must privately be concerned at his side's failure to stamp their authority on such ordinary opposition. In South Yorkshire on Saturday, their performance suggested the Holte End faithful may have to endure another nail-biting fight against relegation. Given that Hillsborough has never been one of Villa's favourite grounds, perhaps a single-goal defeat was not altogether surprising. The worrying aspect on Saturday, though, was that defeat looked Inevitable from the moment Dalian Atkinson had lashed Wednesday into a 10th minute lead with only the Owls' second goal of the campaign. For Villa, Nigel Callaghan's free-kick, which deflected wickedly off Nigel Worthington's head, was brilliantly tipped away by home keeper Kevin Pressman, who also kept out a Kent Nielsen drive.
Reports

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