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Game #4104

Aston Villa

Sunday, 4 March 1990

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Lost

2nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Coventry City

Highfield Road

Attendance: 17,891

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

Coventry City

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 4 March 1990

🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Kevin Drinkell
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-2, (Coventry City), David Smith
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Derek Mountfield, Sub on, Stuart Gray
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Ian Ormondroyd, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Coventry City 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Sunday, 4 March 1990

Graham Taylor’s Villa lose for the second time in a week having previously lost twice in thirteen games. Villa remain second but fall four points behind leaders Liverpool.

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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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

Coventry City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87

Aston Villa

Coventry City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Coventry City

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Sunday, 4 March 1990

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🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: George Courtney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Spennymoor, 1974-1992 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
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

🕒 138 | 🟩 | 64 🟨 | 31 🟥 43 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: George Courtney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Spennymoor, 1974-1992 🆘
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 8
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 27 January 1990, FA Cup, Villa 6-0 Vale, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.96 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.59 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.22 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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

John Sillett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Coventry City

GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Gynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Kevin Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Steve Livingstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 54’ |
🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Steve Livingstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Kevin Drinkell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

"It is always difficult. If we had gone clear again everybody would have been telling us that all we had to do was to turn up for the next ten games. “But my reaction is to tell the players to look where they are. “With two thirds of the season played we are in the sixth round of the Cup and second In the League. “Our season is going all right we are not having too bad a season. "I would like to have had a little more time to see what was wrong with Mountfield before he was taken off. But it would be very rash to offer this as an excuse." Graham Taylor. "There seemed to be indecent haste from the referee to get Mountfield off. “I didn't even have time to take my tracksuit off before they scored their second." Stuart Gray.
Quotes

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Aberdeen Press and Journal*
Monday, 5 March 1990

TWO Coventry goals in less than a minute, sparked by substitute Kevin DRINKELL scoring with his first touch, sent Aston Villa reeling to their second successive English First Division defeat. A spectacular David SMITH solo effort within moments of Drinkell’s 50th minute impact at Highfield Road, wrecked Villa’s hopes of leap-frogging Liverpool to the top of the table. Instead, Coventry's third win in 53 years over their Midlands rivals leaves Graham Taylor’s men still a point adrift
Reports

🟥 4 March 1990, Villa 0-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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