Game #4095
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 17 January 1990


Won
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Zenith Data Systems Semi Final
Leeds United
Villa Park
Attendance: 17,543
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0

Leeds United

Assist(s) | Ian Olney | 65' |
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 17 January 1990
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leeds United
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-0, Stuart Gray, Assist by Ian Olney
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 2-0, David Platt (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leeds United
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
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 17 January 1990
Graham Taylor’s Villa win in the Northern Semi Final of the latest incarnation of the Full Members Cup.
Villa beat Leeds in the ZDS semi final to set up a two legged final that they need to win on aggregate to make it to the final, final.
Meanwhile, the Football League is concerned about fixture congestion damaging the integrity of competition.
Gordon Cowans makes his 425th appeaarance in a Villa shirt (408 Starts) to make it W194 D101 L130, 55 Goals and 73 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.32 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Tony Daley secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 148th appearance (120 Starts) to make it W50 D38 L60, 21 Goals and 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.70 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, 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
Leeds United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #129 |
Wednesday, 17 January 1990
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 129 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 | 31 🟥 39 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Stuart Gray returns after seven games out injured.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.80 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.47 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 20.10 |
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Howard Wilkinson | 🏴 |

Leeds United
GK Mervyn Day (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Jim Beglin | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴 |
CB Mike Whitlow | 🏴 |
CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴 |
CB Peter Haddock | 🏴 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴 |
M Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |
M David Batty | 🏴 |
W John Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Ian Baird | 🏴 |
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 46’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Jim Beglin | 🇮🇪 | (LB Dylan Kerr | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W John Hendrie | 🏴 | (CF John Pearson | 🏴 |)

🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, 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
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | | 199 | 178 | 22 | 25 | 71 | 55 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
CB Andy Comyn | 🏴 | | 3 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 17 Jan 1990, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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