Game #4096
Aston Villa
14-4-5, 46 PTS
Saturday, 20 January 1990


Won
1st= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Southampton
9-8-6, 35 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,118
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Southampton

Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 79' |
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 January 1990
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
🥅 | 54’ Goal, 1-1, (Southampton), Glenn Cockerill
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-1, Kevin Gage, Assist by Paul McGrath
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Southampton
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
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 January 1990
Villa stretch their 🟩 winning run at home to 10 successive wins and their League record to just two defeats in 16 games as they beat Southampton at Villa Park.
Villa make it thirteen first division victories in sixteen games to remain in joint first place with Liverpool.
Full back Kevin Gage 🏴 ⚽ scores to contribute his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 108th appearance (107 Starts) and make it 🟩 W52 🟨 D25 🟥 L31, ⚽ 12 Goals and 🔥 13 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Centre forward Ian Olney 🏴 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (37 Starts) to make it 🟩 W24 🟨 D12 🟥 L14, ⚽ 13 Goals and 🔥 4 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 2.94 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, 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
Southampton


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Southampton


Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
League 🕒 30 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 41 | 🥅 38 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 6 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 17 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 31 | 🥅 13 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #130 |
Saturday, 20 January 1990
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🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Moules | 🏴 | Essex, 1982–1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 130 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 31 🟥 39 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Moules | 🏴 | Essex, 1982–1990
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.84 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.47 |
Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | 20.11 |
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |

Southampton
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
D Kevin Moore | 🏴 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 |
LB Francis Benali | 🏴 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴 |
M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴 |
W Rod Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴 |
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Neil Maddison | 🏴 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴 |
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

🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | | 4 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, 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
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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