Game #4110

Aston Villa

Sunday, 1 April 1990

Lost

1st= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,797

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

Manchester City

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 11' |

Assist(s) | David Platt | 11' |

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 1 April 1990

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

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY

Sunday, 1 April 1990

Villa lose to Manchester City as Liverpool luck in at Southampton and the destination of the first division Championship changes in a single afternoon as Villa are forced to share top spot with a Liverpool side holding two games in hand.
Graham Taylor’s Villa lose for the fourth time in seven League games and now have seventeen first division victories in twenty five games. Villa remain second but are now seven points behind leaders Liverpool and only five ahead of third placed Arsenal.

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 24 Mar 1990, Villa 0-1 Palace, Selhurst

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 11 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Highbury

Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

All the matches

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Manchester City

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 22 October 1989, Villa 2-0 Manchester City, Maine Road.

Manchester City

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 5 September 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #144 |
Sunday, 1 April 1990

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Bob Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Kirby, 1981-1993
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Fixture

Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 144 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 32 🟥 46 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Bob Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Kirby, 1981-1993
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 7 November 1987, Villa 1-2 Millwall, Villa Park.
Cards: None

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Bob Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Kirby, 1983-1993

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

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ian Olney replaces Chris Price.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.04 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.67 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.30 |

Referee

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Manchester City

GK Andy Dibble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Alan Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Redmond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mark Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Lake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W David White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Clive Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Clive Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Ian Brightwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 | (M Adrian Heath (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

	🕒	✅	⚽	🔥	🟩	🟨	🟥	🥅	⛔	Yellow	Red
GK Nigel Spink \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	312	311*	0	1	122	81	109	409	83	3	0

CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |

39*

13*

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |

41*

13*

RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

122

121

M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

104

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

162

133*

67*

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |

CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

38*

19*

CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

48*

21*

SUBSTITUTES

Player	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🟩	🟨	🟥	🥅	⛔	Yellow	Red
F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	2	2*	0	0	0	0	2*	-	-	0	0

UNUSED

Player	🇺
M Gareth Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	10

Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺

Squad Bios

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/13

SQUAD STATS

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

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

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH QUOTES

"We got exactly what we deserved. We were out-fought and out-played. "We even compounded everything, playing like schoolboys, chasing the game and leaving ourselves open to what happened. "You are looking at the moment, with the games left, for Liverpool to collapse and I cannot see that occurring.” Graham Taylor. "We have been involved at the top for a long time. “We have failed to take the initiative for the third or fourth time and it's asking lot to expect another chance.” John Ward, Villa assistant manager.

Quotes

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH REPORTS

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Irish Independent
Monday, 2 April 1990

Villa are April fools ASTON VILLA made April fools of themselves yesterday by losing at home to relegation battlers Manchester City . . . and to make matters worse their ace winger Tony Daley left Villa Park on crutches. However Daley said that the injury to his left foot was not as bad as it looked and that he shouldn’t be out for very long. However even with Daley, title hopefuls Villa were simply atrocious. They were outplayed and outfoxed by a City team that are typically nailed on for relegation to give them their first away win of the season Villa took the lead against the run of play in the 12th minute when Gordon Cowans scored after some mesmerising work by David Platt. City surprisingly equalised 14 minutes later with a strike from Mark Ward. The goal that gave City their victory came in the 80th minute when veteran Peter Reid rammed the ball past the helpless Nigel Spink.

Reports

🟥 1 Apr 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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