1990–91 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)
Aston Villa
1990–91 season
ChairmanDoug Ellis
ManagerJozef Vengloš
StadiumVilla Park
First Division17th
FA CupThird round
League CupFifth round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: David Platt (24)

During the 1990–91 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Football League First Division.

A season after finishing as runners-up, Villa dropped to 17th in the table following the departure of manager Graham Taylor, who took charge of the England national football team. Manager Jozef Vengloš left after just season in charge, and was replaced by Sheffield Wednesday's Ron Atkinson.

There were debuts for Gary Penrice (20) and Ivo Staš.[1]

Final league table

Main article: 1990–91 Football League First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
15 Norwich City 38 13 6 19 41 64 −23 45
16 Coventry City 38 11 11 16 42 49 −7 44
17 Aston Villa 38 9 14 15 46 58 −12 41
18 Luton Town 38 10 7 21 42 61 −19 37
19 Sunderland (R) 38 8 10 20 38 60 −22 34 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

[2]

First Division

25 August 1990 1 Aston Villa 1–1 Southampton Birmingham
Cascarino 11' [3] Le Tissier 7' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 29,542
1 September 1990 2 Liverpool 2–1 Aston Villa Liverpool
Beardsley 12'
Barnes 87'		 [4] Platt 26' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 38,061
5 September 1990 3 Manchester City 2–1 Aston Villa Manchester
Ward 47' (pen.)
Pointon 79'		 [5] Platt 82' (pen.) Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 30,199
8 September 1990 4 Aston Villa 2–1 Coventry City Birmingham
Platt 38' (pen.)
Cascarino 78'		 [6] Borrows 50' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 27,001
15 September 1990 5 Derby County 0–2 Aston Villa Derby
[7] Daley 15'
Platt 74'		 Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 19,024
22 September 1990 6 Aston Villa 2–2 Queens Park Rangers Birmingham
Mountfield 19'
Ormondroyd 31'		 [8] Wegerle 27' (pen.)
Sinton 44'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 23,301
29 September 1990 7 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Aston Villa London
Lineker 44'
Allen 81'		 [9] Platt 33' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 34,939
6 October 1990 8 Aston Villa 3–0 Sunderland Birmingham
Olney 44'
Daley 68'
Platt 76'		 [10] Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 26,017
20 October 1990 9 Wimbledon 0–0 Aston Villa London
[11] Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 6,646
27 October 1990 10 Aston Villa 0–0 Leeds United Birmingham
[12] Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 24,219
3 November 1990 11 Chelsea 1–0 Aston Villa London
Le Saux 6' [13] Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 23,555
10 November 1990 12 Aston Villa 1–1 Nottingham Forest Birmingham
Nielsen 62' [14] Carr 74' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 25,797
17 November 1990 13 Norwich City 2–0 Aston Villa Norwich
Crook 4'
Fox 70'		 [15] Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 17,243
24 November 1990 14 Luton Town 2–0 Aston Villa Luton
Black 44'
Elstrup 85'		 [16] Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 10,071
1 December 1990 15 Aston Villa 2–1 Sheffield United Birmingham
Platt 9'
Price 81'		 [17] Jones 50' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 21,713
15 December 1990 16 Southampton 1–1 Aston Villa Southampton
Le Tissier 42' [18] Platt 78' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 16,604
23 December 1990 17 Aston Villa 0–0 Arsenal Birmingham
[19] Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 22,687
26 December 1990 18 Everton 1–0 Aston Villa Liverpool
Sharp 78' [20] Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 27,804
29 December 1990 19 Manchester United 1–1 Aston Villa Manchester
Bruce 18' (pen.) [21] Pallister 32' (o.g.) Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 47,485
1 January 1991 20 Aston Villa 2–0 Crystal Palace Birmingham
Platt 47', 87' [22] Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 25,523
12 January 1991 21 Aston Villa 0–0 Liverpool Birmingham
[23] Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 40,026
19 January 1991 22 Coventry City 2–1 Aston Villa Coventry
Gynn 54'
Speedie 80'		 [24] Platt 52' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,751
2 February 1991 23 Aston Villa 3–2 Derby County Birmingham
Cowans 29' (pen.)
Cascarino 74'
Yorke 77'		 [25] Harford 27'
Sage 82'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 21,852
23 February 1991 24 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Aston Villa Nottingham
Clough 3'
Hodge 88'		 [26] Cascarino 49'
Mountfield 54'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,036
2 March 1991 25 Sheffield United 2–1 Aston Villa Sheffield
Bryson 48'
Deane 61'		 [27] Mountfield 56' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 22,074
9 March 1991 26 Aston Villa 1–2 Luton Town Birmingham
Cascarino 69' [28] Mountfield 27' (o.g.)
Pembridge 45'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 20,587
16 March 1991 27 Aston Villa 3–2 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham
Platt 12', 35', 46' [29] Samways 62'
Allen 83'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 32,638
23 March 1991 28 Sunderland 1–3 Aston Villa Sunderland
Davenport 55' [30] Cascarino 36', 52'
Platt 76'		 Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 21,099
30 March 1991 29 Aston Villa 2–2 Everton Birmingham
Platt 78'
Olney 89'		 [31] Warzycha 2', 57' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 27,660
3 April 1991 30 Arsenal 5–0 Aston Villa London
Campbell 37', 83'
Davis 55'
Smith 59', 90'		 [32] Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 41,868
6 April 1991 31 Aston Villa 1–1 Manchester United Birmingham
Cascarino 56' [33] Sharpe 63' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,307
10 April 1991 32 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Aston Villa London
Allen 76'
Tillson 78'		 [34] Platt 33' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,539
13 April 1991 33 Crystal Palace 0–0 Aston Villa London
[35] Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,331
20 April 1991 34 Aston Villa 1–2 Wimbledon Birmingham
Olney 35' [36] Fashanu 42'
Newhouse 81'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 17,001
23 April 1991 35 Aston Villa 1–5 Manchester City Birmingham
Platt 69' (pen.) [37] White 4', 34', 84', 90'
Brennan 61'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 24,168
4 May 1991 36 Leeds United 5–2 Aston Villa Leeds
Price 23' (o.g.)
Chapman 37', 87'
Whyte 72'
Shutt 78'		 [38] Nielsen 27'
Mountfield 56'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 29,188
8 May 1991 37 Aston Villa 2–1 Norwich City Birmingham
Bowen 9'
Yorke 66'		 [39] Gordon 42' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 16,697
11 May 1991 38 Aston Villa 2–2 Chelsea Birmingham
Cascarino 13'
Platt 74' (pen.)		 [40] Cundy 2'
Stuart 4'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 27,866

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1990–91 UEFA Cup
18 September 1990 First Round First Leg Aston Villa 3–1 Baník Ostrava Birmingham
Platt 32'
Mountfield 58'
Olney 78'		 [41] Chýlek 31' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 27,317
2 October 1990 First Round Second Leg Baník Ostrava 1–2
(2–5 agg.)		 Aston Villa Ostrava
Nečas 41' [42] Mountfield 52'
Staš 59' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Bazaly
Attendance: 13,544
24 October 1990 Second Round First Leg Aston Villa 2–0 Inter Milan Birmingham
Nielsen 14'
Platt 67'		 [43] Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,461
7 November 1991 Second Round Second Leg Inter Milan 3–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Aston Villa Milan
Klinsmann 7'
Berti 64'
Bianchi 75'		 [44] Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 32,800

FA Cup

Main article: 1990–91 FA Cup
5 January 1991 Third Round Aston Villa 1–1 Wimbledon Birmingham
Gray [45] Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 19,305
9 January 1991 Third Round Replay Wimbledon 1–0 Aston Villa London
[46] Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 7,382

League Cup

Main article: 1990–91 Football League Cup
26 September 1990 Second Round First Leg Aston Villa 1–0 Barnsley Birmingham
Platt [47] Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 14,471
9 October 1990 Second Round Second Leg Barnsley 0–1
(0–2 agg.)		 Aston Villa Barnsley
[48] Daley Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 13,924
31 October 1990 Third Round Aston Villa 2–0 Millwall Birmingham
Cascarino
Platt pen.'		 [49] Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 15,117
28 November 1990 Fourth Round Aston Villa 3–2 Middlesbrough Birmingham
Daley
Ormondroyd
Platt pen.'		 [50] Slaven x2 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 17,317
16 January 1991 Quarter Final Leeds United 4–1 Aston Villa Leeds
[51] Ormondroyd Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 28,176

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[52]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ENG Lee Butler
— GK  ENG Nigel Spink
— DF  ENG Andy Comyn
— DF  ENG Kevin Gage
— DF  ENG Derek Mountfield
— DF  ENG Chris Price
— DF  SCO Bernie Gallacher
— DF  IRL Paul McGrath
— DF  DEN Kent Nielsen
— DF  CZE Ivo Staš
— MF  ENG Mark Blake
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ENG Nigel Callaghan
— MF  ENG Gordon Cowans
— MF  ENG Tony Daley
— MF  ENG Stuart Gray
— MF  ENG David Platt
— FW  ENG Ian Olney
— FW  ENG Ian Ormondroyd
— FW  ENG Gary Penrice
— FW  IRL Tony Cascarino
— FW  TRI Dwight Yorke

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ENG Lee Butler (on loan to Hull City)
— DF  SCO Bernie Gallacher (on loan to Blackburn Rovers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ENG Paul Birch (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Reserves and academy

Reserves

The following players spent most of the season playing for the reserve team, and did not appear for the senior team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  ENG Neil Cox
— DF  ENG Darrell Duffy
— DF  ENG Craig Liddle
— DF  ENG Richard Money (coach)
— DF  ENG Bryan Small
— DF  ENG Paul Towler
— DF  IRL Brian Flood
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ENG Richard Crisp
— MF  ENG Nick Roddis
— MF  ENG Gareth Williams
— FW  ENG Mark Parrott
— FW  ENG Peter Withe (coach)
— FW  WAL David Jones
— FW  SVK Viliam Hýravý (on trial from Baník Ostrava)

Youth

The following players spent most of the season playing for the youth team, but may have also appeared for the reserve team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ENG Glen Livingstone
— GK  ENG Michael Oakes
— DF  ENG Chris Boden
— DF  ENG Russell Bullivant
— DF  ENG Matt Carbon
— DF  ENG Neil Hoban
— DF  ENG Wayne Peachey
— DF  ENG Dennis Pearce
— DF  ENG Riccardo Scimeca
— DF  SCO Paul Browne
— DF  WAL Craig Goodwin
— MF  ENG Steven Cowe
— MF  ENG Graham Fenton
— MF  ENG Steve Froggatt
— MF  ENG Christopher Pearce
— MF  ENG Lee Williams
— FW  ENG Martin Carruthers
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  ENG Garry Harrison
— FW  ENG Steven Morgan
— FW  ENG David Travis
— FW  ENG Ian Tyrrell
— FW  ENG Stephen Walker
—  ENG Darren Hedigan
—  ENG Shaun Hodgson
—  ENG Kevin Ibrahim
—  ENG Matthew McCallum
—  ENG Steven Pitcher
—  ENG Mark Pugh
—  ENG Brett Rose
—  SCO Scott McIntyre
—  NIR Phillip McNamara
—  ENG Paul Tomlinson
—  IRL Alan McLoughlin

Schoolboys

The following players were attached to the club but did not play for the reserve or youth teams.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  IRL Paul Flynn
— DF  ENG Darren Evans
— DF  SCO Graeme Williams
— MF  ENG Ian King
—  ENG Nicki Finney
—  ENG Otis Hutson
—   Keith Accison
—   Christopher Boyce
No. Pos. Nation Player
—   Trevor Carter
—   Justin Cope
—   David Ferry
—   James S. Green
—   Lee Hackett
—   Stuart James
—   Shaun Sweeney
—   Adrian Rampton

See also

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