Game #4114
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 April 1990


Won
2nd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Millwall
Villa Park
Attendance: 21,028
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Millwall

Assist(s) | Kent Nielsen | 80' |
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 April 1990
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Millwall
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Derek Mountfield, Sub on, Ian Olney
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Mark Blake, Sub on, Gareth Williams
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt, Assist by Kent Nielsen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Millwall
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
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 21 April 1990
Villa beat Millwall for their third 1-0 victory in their last four.
Villa make it twenty first division victories in twenty eight games as they remain second, five points behind leaders Liverpool with two to play.
Villa need to win both their final two games, and Liverpool lose both of theirs to win their first League title in nine years.
Kent Nielsen contributes his fifth assist to help secure his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance (43 Starts) to make it W25 D7 L14, 2 Goals and 5 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 6.57 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, 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
Millwall


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #148 |
Saturday, 21 April 1990
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🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 148 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 32 🟥 47 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 20 March 1990, Villa 1-1 QPR, Loftus Road.
Cards: 🟨
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
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.55 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 31.72 |
Youngest Player |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 | 19.36 |
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🔥 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |
MANAGER
Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴 |

Millwall
GK Keith Branagan | 🇮🇪 |
D Alan McLeary | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Wood | 🏴 |
CB Mick McCarthy | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
LB Ian Dawes | 🏴 |
M Gary Waddock | 🇮🇪 |
M Terry Hurlock | 🏴 |
M Les Briley | 🏴 |
W Jimmy Carter | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Teddy Sheringham | 🏴 |
CF Paul Goddard | 🏴 |
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | for CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | 46' |
🔁 M Gareth Williams | 🏴 | for M Mark Blake | 🏴 | 71' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Alan McLeary | 🏴 | (CB David Thompson | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Jimmy Carter | 🏴 | (RB Paul Stephenson | 🏴 |)

🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | | 65 | 17* | 14 | 4 | 30* | 13 | 22 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/13
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 21 Apr 1990, Villa 1-0 Millwall, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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