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Game #4164

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 8 May 1991

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Won

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Norwich City

Villa Park

Attendance: 16,697

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Norwich City

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🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 8 May 1991

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Mark Bowen
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), Dale Gordon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Mark Blake, Sub on, Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 2-1, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Tony Cascarino
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Norwich City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 8 May 1991

  • Villa win for the first time in 9 and make it 16 wins and 16 defeats time in 45 games under a Jozef Vengloš now openly exasperated with his treatment by the local press.

  • Second half substitute Dwight Yorke heads the winner that confirms Villa's top flight safety.

  • Dwight Yorke contributes his 5th goal involvement and his 4th in his last 7 games in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (9 Starts) to make it W5 D6 L10, 2 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.20 he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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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

Norwich City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Wednesday, 8 May 1991

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🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Alan Flood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1986–1995
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 48 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 14 🟥 18 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Alan Flood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 25 March 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Blake replaces Tony Daley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.56 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.77 |

Youngest Player |
M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.41 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Dave Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Mark Walton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Ian Culverhouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Polston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jeremy Goss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ian Crook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tim Sherwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dale Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Robert Fleck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ian Crook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Chris Sutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D Jason Minett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"What will be, will be. “We play Chelsea and then go to Malaysia for a few games. Then I will decide about the future. “When I came here, I signed a contract for one year, and I have been happy to add that to my 25 years experience." Jozef Vengloš “Since the turn of the year, though, he [Jozef Vengloš] has come under increasing pressure as the team have slid alarmingly down the table With no sense of shame the Birmingham Evening Mail fail to admit from where the pressure had been coming.
Quotes

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Irish Independent*
Thursday, 9 May 1991

SUB Dwight Yorke secured Aston Villa's first division future with a 66th minute winner against Norwich at Villa Park last night. Villa needed only a point to end the threat of relegation but Trinidad & Tobago international Yorke enabled them to end a run of eight matches without a win. Villa put a jittery opening 45 minutes behind them is the second period as they celebrated England midfielder David Platt’s decision to reject a move to Italian club Bari. Fittingly it was Platt who had a hand in Villa’s ninth minute opener when Norwich defender Mark Bowen could only turn his teasing left-wing cross into his own net. A weak clearing header from Kevin Gage only found lan Crook and his fiercely driven low cross was turned into the roof of the net by Dale Gordon and Norwich were level. But Tony Cascarino’s 66th minute centre was headed home by Yorke and so it proved the crucial winner.
Reports

🟩 8 May 1991, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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