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Game #4112

Aston Villa

Saturday, 14 April 1990

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Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Chelsea

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,361

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Chelsea

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Assist(s) | Tony Cascarino | 13' |

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 April 1990

⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Tony Cascarino
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Derek Mountfield, Sub on, Andy Comyn
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 April 1990

  • Villa make it nineteen first division victories in twenty seven games as they remain second and close the gap to leaders Liverpool to five points whilst opening up a ten point gap ahead of third placed Arsenal.

  • Villa win consecutive games as Liverpool lose but the leaders still have a game in hand with four to play. 

  • Villa's achievements however are once again pilloried by the spiteful coverage in the Birmingham Evening Mail as they offer grudging support solely "for reasons of local patriotism."

  • Gordon Cowans makes his 425th start in a Villa shirt (442 Starts) to make it W203 D102 L137, 57 Goals and 77 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.30 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

Aston Villa

Chelsea

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Saturday, 14 April 1990

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🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 146 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 | 32 🟥 46 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 2 December 1989, Villa 2-1 Forest, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟨 Gareth Hall
🟨 Kevin Wilson

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Derek Mountfield (first start in 8) and Stuart Gray replace Andy Comyn and Kevin Gage.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.27 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.70 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.50 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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 | 🇮🇪 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Bobby Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Dave Beasant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Erland Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
CB Ken Monkou | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Kevin McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Kevin Wilson | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gordon Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Clive Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"We have won our last two 1-0 and four more 1-0’s would suit me. “Our strength is our ability to defend. "Basically we are a solid side, hard to break down. We take a goal here and a goal there. “It would be silly to expect my team to swarm over the opposition. “They are not a team built that way - they are not really able to sustain their attacks, even though in mid-season there was a spell when we did play with more confidence. “The side has developed from the three central defenders. They have prevented up going a goal down or the other side getting the equaliser. “Much as the purists might like something better, we live in a real world and I am satisfied. “The results suit me and the Villa fans.” Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 15 April 1990

GORDON COWANS clawed Liverpool's title advantage back to only a point with his third goal of the season at Villa Park. With only four games left, Graham Taylor's men remain undaunted in pursuit of the unlikely, still needing another Anfield slip like today's against Forest to realise their championship dream. They held on like grim death to their precious lead for the last half-an-hour against a Chelsea side determined to salvage their 11-match unbeaten run. In the end, the Villa hero was again their new £1.5m striker, Tony Cascarino who set Cowans up.
Reports

🟩 14 April 1990, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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