Game #4082
Aston Villa
Saturday, 18 November 1989


Won
3rd (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 22,803
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-1

Coventry City

Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 11’ | Kent Nielsen | 54’ |
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 November 1989
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Ormondroyd, Assist by Tony Daley
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 2-0, Own Goal, Trevor Peake
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 2-1, (Coventry City), Micky Gynn
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Coventry City
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 3-1, Ian Ormondroyd, Assist by Kent Nielsen
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 4-1, David Platt (pen)
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Ian Olney, Sub on, Gareth Williams
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Coventry City
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
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 November 1989
Villa bounce back from their Norwich defeat to hammer an ill-disciplined Coventry who are still yet to win at Villa Park in 53 years of trying.
Villa make it six wins in the last seven and 3rd place in the table under Graham Taylor 🏴.
Kent Nielsen 🇩🇰 contributes his 🔥 first assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 15th appearance (12 Starts) to make it 🟩 W6 🟨 D4 🟥 L5, ⚽ 1 Goal and 🔥 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
Centre forward Ian Ormondroyd 🏴 scores his ⚽ second goal in a Villa shirt and for the first time in 19 games to make it 🕒 22 appearances (13 Starts), 🟩 W5 🟨 D5 🟥 L12, ⚽ 2 Goals and 🔥 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder David Platt 🏴 scores his ⚽ 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 76th appearance to make it 🟩 W27 🟨 D20 🟥 L29, ⚽ 30 Goals and 🔥7 Assists at a rate of a goal evey 2.53 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Stuart Gray 🏴 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (73 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W29 🟨 D22 🟥 L24, ⚽ 10 Goals and 🔥 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, 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
Coventry City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Saturday, 18 November 1989
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🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: George Tyson | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1981-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 116 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 29 🟥 38 | 1.52
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George Tyson | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1981-1989
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Stuart Gray and Tony Daley replace Nigel Callaghan and Andy Comyn.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.03 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.30 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 19.93 |
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🔥 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
John Sillett | 🏴 |

Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴 |
CB Peter Billing | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Tony Dobson | 🏴 |
M Micky Gynn | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Kevin MacDonald | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M David Smith | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Kevin Drinkell | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Gareth Williams | 🏴 | for CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 81' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Smith | 🏴 | (CF Gary Bannister | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | (CF Steve Livingstone | 🏴 |)

🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Mark Blake | 🏴 |
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

🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 | | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
M Mark Blake | 🏴 | | 1* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park
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
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 18 Nov 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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