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Game #4078

Aston Villa

Saturday, 28 October 1989

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Won

7th (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division One

Crystal Palace

Villa Park

Attendance: 15,724

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Crystal Palace

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Assist(s) | Ian Ormondroyd | 80' | Paul Birch | 89' |

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 October 1989

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ian Olney, Sub on, Ian Ormondroyd
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace), Alan Pardew
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Mark Blake, Sub on, Paul Birch
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-1, David Platt, Assist by Ian Ormondroyd
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 2-1, David Platt, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace

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

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 October 1989
  • Villa make it three successive League wins as a David Platt brace helps them to 7th in the table under Graham Taylor.

  • Centre forward Ian Ormondroyd contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (9 Starts) but his goalless streak now extends to 15 games to make it W3 D5 L10, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, 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

Crystal Palace

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Crystal Palace
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Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

League 🕒 13 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 18 | 🥅 13 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 3 |
League Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 3 |

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

Crystal Palace

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Crystal Palace

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #112 |
Saturday, 28 October 1989

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🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1978-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

🕒 112 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 29 🟥 36 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1978-1991

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

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

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Mark Blake replaces Paul Birch.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.24 |

Youngest Player |
M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.88 |

Referee

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Crystal Palace

GK Perry Suckling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Pemberton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jeff Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Phil Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Gray (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Geoff Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Pardew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Alex Dyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Mark Bright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 71’ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Rudi Hedman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Madden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

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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🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"I think there is still something missing before we could claim to be a top side.” Graham Taylor. "Obviously. I would love to play for England in the World Cup Finals. “But I am not even contemplating it at the moment. "It's up to you boys from the media to say what you think. “All I am concerned about is playing well for Villa." David Platt.
Quotes

🟩 28 Oct 1989, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday World (Dublin)*
Sunday, 29 October 1989
LEADING scorer David Platt struck a dramatic 89th minute winner to seal an Aston Villa fightback which extended their unbeaten run to six games. Platt latched on to a Paul Birch pass and rounded Palace goalkeeper Perry Suckling before netting his second goal of the game and seventh of the season. Palace had raised hopes of registering their first away-win of the season when Alan Pardew gave them a 51st minute lead after Villa goalkeeper Nigel Spink had only parried lan Wright's rightwing cross. But nine minutes later Platt brought Villa back on level terms after latching on to a long clearance from Danish international Kent Nielsen. Villa deserved their win for they had dominated the first half but were denied by a combination of poor finishing and some fine saves by Suckling. ADRIAN HEATH is ready to leave Aston Villa after a bust-up with manager Graham Taylor. Heath, the ex-Stoke and Everton striker was signed from Spanish club Espanol for £360000 only three months ago but he clashed with Taylor recently after being substituted. Heath stormed off the pitch and down the tunnel instead of joining Taylor on the bench. Taylor later carpeted little Heath who was ordered to toe the line. Then he left him out of the squad for last Sunday’s game at Manchester City. And in midweek he told him to play in midfield for the reserves at Maine Road. Heath was recalled to the squad yesterday but he has made it clear he wants to go. Taylor is unwilling to agree to a transfer request so soon after signing him but Heath’s plight may interest Coventry Leeds and Stoke.
Reports

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