1989–90 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
1989–90 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Graham Taylor
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: David Platt (21) All: David Platt (24)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

During the 1989–90 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Aston Villa improved drastically on the 17th place of the previous season and spent most of the season challenging for the title, finishing in second behind Liverpool. This was their highest finish since 1980–81, and a great result for a team in only its second consecutive season in the top flight.

At the end of the season, manager Graham Taylor accepted an offer to take over management of the England national football team. He was replaced by Czechoslovakian Jozef Vengloš, who had just led Czechoslovakia to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. In taking the Villa hot-seat, Vengloš became the first manager from outside of Britain of a top flight club in English football history.

Kit

Aston Villa's kit was manufactured by Danish company Hummel and sponsored by Mita Copiers.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]^[2]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Lee Butler
		GK	Nigel Spink
		DF	Andrew Comyn
		DF	Darrell Duffy
		DF	Kevin Gage
		DF	Bernard Gallacher
		DF	Derek Mountfield
		DF	Chris Price
		DF	Steve Sims
		DF	Paul McGrath
		DF	Kent Nielsen
		MF	Paul Birch

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Mark Blake
		MF	Nigel Callaghan^[3]
		MF	Gordon Cowans
		MF	Tony Daley
		MF	Stuart Gray (captain)
		MF	David Platt
		MF	Gareth Williams
		FW	Ian Olney
		FW	Ian Ormondroyd
		FW	Dean Spink
		FW	Tony Cascarino
		FW	Dwight Yorke

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Adrian Heath (to Manchester City)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Mark Lillis (to Scunthorpe United)

Youth and reserves

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Glen Livingstone
		DF	Christopher Boden
		DF	John Elliott
		DF	Bryan Small
		DF	Andrew Smith
		MF	Steve Froggatt

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Craig Liddle
		MF	Lee Williams
		FW	Martin Carruthers
		FW	Thomas Mooney
		FW	Mark Parrott
		FW	David Jones

Trainees

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

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Ian Tyrrell

Apprentices

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Michael Oakes

Other players

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Russell Bullivant
		DF	David Watt
		MF	Richard Crisp
		MF	Brian Nicholas
		FW	David Travis

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Stephen Walker
			Noel Callaghan
			Shepherd
			Stephen Slocombe
			C Williams

Trialists

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Colvin Hutchinson
		FW	Lars Jakobsen (on trial from OB)

Transfers

In

Paul McGrath - Manchester United, 3 August 1989, £400,000
Dwight Yorke

Out

Allan Evans - Leicester City
Alan McInally - Bayern Munich, £1,200,000
Mark Lillis - Scunthorpe United, 21 September, £40,000^[4]
Adrian Heath - Manchester City, February 1990, £300,000^[5]

Results

First Division

^[6]

Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool
Aston Villa 6-2 Everton
Everton 3-3 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 0-3 Wimbledon
Chelsea 0-3 Aston Villa
Millwall 2-0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 3-0 Manchester United
Aston Villa 4-1 Coventry City

References

Aston Villa Football Club

Overview	Aston Villa Managers Players Second City derby Rivalry with West Bromwich Albion Under-21s and Academy Ladies All articles

History	1874–1961 1961–present Records and Statistics Seasons

Grounds	Wellington Road Bodymoor Heath Villa Park

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