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Game #4102

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 21 February 1990

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

White Hart Lane

Attendance: 32,472

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

Tottenham Hotspur

0-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | David Platt | 51' | Derek Mountfield | 66' |

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 21 February 1990

🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Ormondroyd, Assist by David Platt
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 2-0, David Platt, Assist by Derek Mountfield
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 21 February 1990

  • Villa toy with Tottenham at White Hart Lane winning in second gear against an increasingly frustrated Spurs side whilst Villa's ascendancy at the top of the League prompts the Birmingham Evening Mail to use their back page to tout Graham Taylor for an England post that isn't vacant. 

  • Villa make it fifteen first division victories in eighteen games under Graham Taylor.

  • Villa sit top, two points clear of Liverpool with a game in hand. 

  • Tony Daley makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (154 Appearances) to make it W54 D38 L62, 22 Goals and 21 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.58 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Ian Ormondroyd scores his 6th goal and contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 42nd appearance (33 Starts) to make it W20 D7 L15, 6 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.20 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Tottenham Hotspur

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #136 |
Wednesday, 21 February 1990

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🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rutland, 1983–1991
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

🕒 136 | 🟩 | 64 🟨 | 31 🟥 41 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rutland, 1983–1991
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 December 1989, Villa 2-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟨 🟨

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.93 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.56 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.19 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Terry Venables | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Erik Thorstvedt | 🇳🇴 |
LB Pat van den Hauwe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |
D Andy Polston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Steve Sedgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Gascoigne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David Howells | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nayim | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Paul Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gary Lineker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Gascoigne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M John Moncur | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Nayim | 🇪🇸 | (CF Paul Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/13

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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MATCH QUOTES

“It was one of the most controlled performances we have given all season. “We have gone top on merit. It is no fluke. “Whether we can stay there is a challenge to everybody at the club, from the directors, down to the supporters, and, most importantly, the players. “But, I think, we are good enough and now we will have to see how we cope with it. “I am sure we will come through because I have always believed we are genuine challengers and not pretenders. Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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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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*Evening Herald (Dublin)*
Thursday, 22 February 1990

GRAHAM TAYLOR doubts that his new English League leaders Aston Villa will get any chance to rest on their laurels. Villa, top for the first time since they won the championship in 1981, can stretch their lead over Liverpool to five points if they beat Wimbledon, at Villa Park on Saturday. And manager Taylor, whose side took over the leadership after beating Tottenham 2-0 at White Hart Lane last night, has no fears about them becoming complacent. "If you need to play a side that are going to make sure that you are going to have to work and scrap for everything, then Wimbledon are ideal, - explained Taylor. "Our record against them is not very good at all. And Wimbledon have lost fewer games away from home than anyone. That tells you something. We will have to work very hard for everything we get if we get anything. "But since this side came together, it has come through all the different types of challenge, in the main. It will be another type of challenge on Saturday but one I hope and expect them to come through." Villa moved ahead of Liverpool in the championship race after recording their seventh League win in succession. Goals from lan Ormondroyd, in the 51st minute, and David Platt, in the 67th minute, gave them victory against a Spurs side who rarely looked like winning. "We are top on merit. You cannot be in this position after 25 games by a fluke," added Taylor.
Reports

🟩 21 February 1990, Villa 2-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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