Game #4089
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 26 December 1989
Won
3rd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Manchester United
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,247
Aston Villa
3-0
Manchester United
Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 63' | David Platt | 78' |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |
Manchester United
GK Jim Leighton | 🏴 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴 |
LB Clayton Blackmore | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
LB Lee Martin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Sharpe | 🏴 |
M Paul Ince | 🏴 |
M Mike Phelan | 🏴 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴 |
CF Mark Hughes | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 82' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Clayton Blackmore | 🏴 | (CF Mark Robins | 🏴 |)
🔁 | LB Lee Martin | 🏴 | (RB Mike Duxbury | 🏴 |)
🟩 26 December 1989, Villa 3-0 United, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 26 December 1989
Villa hammer Manchester United at Villa Park with a superlative performance as David Platt scores his 15th of the season before a 41,247 capacity crowd.
Villa make it 9 first division victories in 12 games under Graham Taylor as they crush Manchester United in a Boxing Day spectacular. Villa are now two points behind second place Arsenal and four behind new leaders Liverpool.
Paul McGrath secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance to make it W10 D5 L6 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
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