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Game #4095

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 17 January 1990

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Won

Semi Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Zenith Data Systems Semi Final

Leeds United

Villa Park

Attendance: 17,543

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Leeds United

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🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

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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

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

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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 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, 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

Leeds United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #129 |
Wednesday, 17 January 1990

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🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 129 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 | 31 🟥 39 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Jim Beglin | 🇮🇪 | (LB Dylan Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W John Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF John Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"David Platt, guilty of a glaring first half miss, put the issue beyond doubt 13 minutes later when he scored his 18th goal of the season from the penalty spot after being brought down by Day."
Quotes

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Aberdeen Press and Journal*
Thursday, 18 January 1990

Stuart Gray marked his return to action after a seven match absence through injury by setting Aston Villa on the way to the Northern Area final of the Zenith Cup. Gray finally broke the resistance of the Second Division leaders in the 64th minute when he played a one-two with lan Olney to unlock Leeds' persistent offside trap before firing past former Villa keeper Mervyn Day. David Platt, guilty of a glaring first half miss, put the issue beyond doubt 13 minutes later when he scored his 18th goal of the season from the penalty spot after being brought down by Day. Villa, who will now meet the winners of the Middlesbrough-Newcastle tie, dominated the second half and Leeds were indebted to several fine saves by Day for keeping them in the hunt for so long.
Reports

🟩 17 January 1990, ZDS, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

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