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Game #4082

Aston Villa

Saturday, 18 November 1989

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Won

3rd (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Coventry City

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,803

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

4-1

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Coventry City

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🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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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

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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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.

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Coventry City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87

Aston Villa

Coventry City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Coventry City

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Saturday, 18 November 1989

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🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: George Tyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1978-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 116 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 29 🟥 38 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: George Tyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1978-1990
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 10 October 1987, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Gary Bannister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Steve Livingstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"It was now or never for him [Ian Ormondroyd].” “It's fair to say we considered selling him simply because of the pressure he was coming under" John Ward. "I knew the supporters were on my back last season when the results were going against us. ”But there was no way I was going to back out of this club because of them. “I think I have won them over now and I believe I am a better player for the experience. "Hopefully, he [Nigel Callaghan] will come through it like I have done." Ian Ormondroyd.
Quotes

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail"
Monday, 20 November 1989

IAN ORMONDROYD revelled in his role as Aston Villa's new folk hero after he had scored his first senior goals at Villa Park. The 6ft 4in striker - nicknamed Rodney by the Hotle End fans because of his similarity to Rodney Trotter of the BBC's Only Fools and Horses TV blockbuster has suddenly become everyone's favourite. His two goals in Villa's latest spectacular helped them to another exciting win over their old whipping boys Coventy City. The Sky Blues are still waiting for their first win at Villa for 53 years and Ormondroyd saw to it that they were well and truly flattened again. Ironically. Ormondroyd, who has worn his £650,000 record transfer fee most uneasily since his arrival from Bradford nine months ago, has heard the fans jeers turn to cheers since he returned for the 6-2 humiliation of Everton a fortnight ago. "I knew the supporters were on my back last season when the results were going against us," he said. "But there was no way I was going to back out of this club because of them. I think I have won them over now and I believe I am a better player for the experience." Ormondroyd, who started the demolition of Coventry in the 11th minute after a superb defence-splitting run by Tony Daley, had a word of comfort for unsettled Nigel Callaghan. The former Derby County winger has asked for a transfer after also being barracked by Villa fans but Ormondroyd said: "Hopefully, he will come through it like I have done." Villa's latest victory, which briefly took them to third in the First Division, was hugely entertaining with Daley's pace torturing Coventry's defence. The young winger created the second goal in the 20th minute with Steve Ogrizovic palming out his angled cross only for Trevor Peake to ram the ball into his own net as he ran back. Coventry threatened to fight their way back with Michael Gynn pulling a goal back seven minutes later. But Ormondroyd added a vital third with a 54th minute header which flew in off the bar after Kent Nielsen had flicked-on Gordon Cowans' left-wing corner. The luckless Peake then upended David Platt in the area with the new England midfielder hitting the fourth from the spot after 73 minutes. It was all too much for some of Coventry's players with Smith, Brian Borrows, Kevin MacDonald and Speedie being booked in the second half.
Reports

🟩 18 November 1989, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

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