Game #4089
Aston Villa
10-4-5, 34 PTS
Tuesday, 26 December 1989


Won
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Manchester United
6-4-9, 22 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,247
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0

Manchester United

Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 63' | David Platt | 78' |
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 26 December 1989
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Olney
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-0, David Platt, Assist by Tony Daley
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 3-0, Kevin Gage, Assist by David Platt
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Manchester United
🟨 | Booking, Ian Olney, Late tackle
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
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 26 December 1989
Villa hammer Manchester United at Villa Park with a superlative performance as David Platt scores his 15th of the season before a 41,247 capacity crowd.
Villa make it 9 first division victories in 12 games under Graham Taylor as they crush Manchester United in a Boxing Day spectacular. Villa are now two points behind second place Arsenal and four behind new leaders Liverpool.
Paul McGrath secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance to make it W10 D5 L6 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, 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
Manchester United


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1984-85
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #123 |
Tuesday, 26 December 1989
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🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1989-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 123 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 | 30 🟥 39 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1989-2002
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ian Olney, Late tackle
CARDS

🟨 Viv Anderson
🟨 Clayton Blackmore
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Kevin Gage and Gareth Williams (first start in 14) replace Chris Price and Stuart Gray.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.14 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.41 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 20.04 |
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |

Manchester United
GK Jim Leighton | 🏴 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴 |
LB Clayton Blackmore | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
LB Lee Martin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Sharpe | 🏴 |
M Paul Ince | 🏴 |
M Mike Phelan | 🏴 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴 |
CF Mark Hughes | 🏴 |
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 82' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Clayton Blackmore | 🏴 | (CF Mark Robins | 🏴 |)
🔁 | LB Lee Martin | 🏴 | (RB Mike Duxbury | 🏴 |)

🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Andy Comyn | 🏴 |
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

🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | | 197 | 178 | 22 | 25 | 69 | 55 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
CB Andy Comyn | 🏴 | | 2 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, 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
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Stuart Gray
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 26 Dec 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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