Game #4071
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 20 September 1989


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

Wolves

Assist(s) | Chris Price | 15' | David Platt | 63' |
🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park


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

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

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


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


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


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1978-1990
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 105 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 27 🟥 35 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1978-1990
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
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

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 |
🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

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)

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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | for F Adrian Heath | 🏴 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Nigel Vaughan | 🏴 | (M Keith Downing | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Steve Bull | 🏴 | (CF John Paskin | 🇿🇦 |)

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

CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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

🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | | 6 | 2* | 0 | 0 | 1* | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
🟩 21 Sep 1989, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


MATCH REPORTS
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