Game #4085
Aston Villa
8-3-4, 27 PTS
Saturday, 2 December 1989


Won
1st= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Nottingham Forest
6-4-6, 22 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,575
🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Nottingham Forest

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 76' |
🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 December 1989
⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Olney
🥅 | 21’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Lee Chapman
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Nottingham Forest
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 2-1, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest
🟨 | Booking, Gordon Cowans, Late tackle
🟨 | Booking, Kent Nielsen, Grappling
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
🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 December 1989
Villa win for the eighth time in nine first division games and sit joint first in the table with Liverpool after a fine victory over Forest but almost as entertaining is the furious back-peddling of the Birmingham Evening Mail after their over the top criticisms of Graham Taylor's 🏴 side earlier in the season - although they took damning with feint praise to a whole new level.
Indeed the Evening Mail’s coverage begins: “IT WOULD come as no surprise to see Graham Taylor 🏴 and the whole Villa team walking on water, so charmed are they at this moment.” Unbelievable.
Midfielder David Platt 🏴 contributes his 40th goal involvement on his 🕒 79th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it 🟩 W30 🟨 D20 🟥 L29, ⚽ 33 Goals and 🔥7 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for evey 1.98 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Ian Olney 🏴 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 39th appearance (26 Starts) to make it 🟩 W16 🟨 D10 🟥 L13, ⚽ 10 Goals and 🔥 1 Assist at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3,25 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Having been goalless in his previous 19 games, Ian Ormondroyd 🏴 ⚽ scores for the second time in four to make it 🕒 25 appearances (16 Starts), 🟩 W8 🟨 D5 🟥 L12, ⚽ 3 Goals and 2 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 5.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, 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
Nottingham Forest


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1988-89
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest


Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
League 🕒 94 | 🟩 44 | 🟨 21 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 167 | 🥅 137 |
FA Cup 🕒 9 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 50 | 🟩 32 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 109 | 🥅 50 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #119 |
Saturday, 2 December 1989
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🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴 | Mossley, 1984-1997
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 119 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 | 29 🟥 38 | 1.55
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴 | Mossley, 1984-1997
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Gordon Cowans, Late tackle
🟨 Kent Nielsen, Grappling
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up for the second successive League game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.07 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.34 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 19.97 |
🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, 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
Brian Clough | 🏴 |

Nottingham Forest
GK Mark Crossley | 🏴 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
CB Steve Chettle | 🏴 |
RB Brian Laws | 🏴 |
M Gary Crosby | 🏴 |
M Brian Rice | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Mark Blake | 🏴 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
F Nigel Jemson | 🏴 |
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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 2 Dec 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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