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Game #4071

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 20 September 1989

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,400

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Wolves

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Assist(s) | Chris Price | 15' | David Platt | 63' |

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 20 September 1989

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt, Assist by Chris Price
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Andy Mutch
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-1, Stuart Gray, Assist by David Platt
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Adrian Heath, Sub on, Kent Nielsen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 20 September 1989

  • Villa beat Second Division Wolves in the first leg of the League Cup second round at Villa Park.

  • Midfielder Stuart Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 67th appearance (65 Starts) to make it 🟩 W24 🟨 D20 🟥 L23, ⚽ 10 Goals and 🔥 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

  • Ian Olney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (12 Starts) to make it 🟩 W7 🟨 D8 🟥 L10, ⚽ 6 goals & 🔥 0 Assists  at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.17 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Chris Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 conttributes his 🔥 second assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 50th appearance to make it 🟩 W17 🟨 D15 🟥 L18, ⚽ 0 Goals & 🔥 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

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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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #7 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Wednesday, 20 September 1989

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🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
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

🕒 105 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 27 🟥 35 | 1.49

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 14 February 1989, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.70 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.14 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.77 |

Referee

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

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

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (ex)

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK Mark Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Gary Bellamy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Venus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Nicky Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Floyd Streete | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Vaughan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tom Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Robbie Dennison | 🇬🇧 |
M Mick Gooding | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Steve Bull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Mutch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | for F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Nigel Vaughan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (M Keith Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Steve Bull | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF John Paskin | 🇿🇦 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"Graham Turner enjoyed a reasonable return to Villa Park, where he was dismissed as manger three years ago."
Quotes

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham News*
Thursday, 21 September 1989

Graham Turner enjoyed a reasonable return to Villa Park, where he was dismissed as manger three years ago. His WOLVES side went down 2-1 to ASTON VILLA. David Platt put Villa ahead in 16 minutes, before Andy Mutch headed his fourth goal in three games for Wolves. Villa skipper Stuart Gray hit the winner. Gray gave Aston Villa the slenderest of edges in their Littlewoods Cup derby clash with Wolves here last night. Gray’s strike coupled with a first half tap-in from David Platt was enough to edge out the Second Division side in a first leg watched by 27,400 West Midlanders. But Wolves’ ace Andy Mutch’s fifth goal of the season could yet prove decisive when the rivals resume battle at Molineux. Platt struck the first blow for Villa in the 15th minute. His goal owed much to the strong running tenacity of Price who sprinted into the box from the right flank. Although the first shot was blocked, Platt was perfectly placed to steer home his third goal of the season. Both sides might have scored earlier as they were roared on by a fiercely partisan crowd. Dennison’s probing ball exposed the Villa defence but Gooding screwed his shot wide. At the other end Wolves’ keeper Kendall on his 31st birthday produced a reflex finger-tip save to deny Olney. The main weapon in the Wolves’ armoury was the long ball over the top of Villa’s centre-halves and from a Clarke punt Bull escaped Mountfield only to lob harmlessly wide. Olney cursed his luck in the 35th minute when Bennett cleared a certain goal. And moments later Bull still not looking fully fit left his studs embedded in Spink’s midriff after over running the ball. Ninety seconds into the second-half Mutch equalised for Wolves. There appeared no danger from Venus’s swirling far-post cross but Mutch escaped his marker to plant a firm header past Spink. Villa came storming back and Mountfield’s header from McGrath’s near-post flick was only fractionally over. Heath and Olney both threatened the the Wolves’ goal and Bull wasn’t far off the mark. Price produced a similar surging run which led to the first goal but this time the shot was angled wide. Gray restored Villa’s lead in the 63rd minute when he planted home a header from Platt’s pin-point cross.
Reports

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

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