1989–90 season of Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1989–90 football season
The 1989–90 Aston Villa season saw the football club competing in the Football League First Division . A lowly 17th the previous season, Villa improved drastically and spent most of the season challenging for the title though finishing in second behind Liverpool . This was Villa's highest finish since 1980–81 , and a great result for a team in the second season of the top flight. At the end of the season Jozef Vengloš became the first manager from outside of Britain of a top flight club in English football history.
Key players in the team this season were high-scoring midfielder David Platt , who broke into the England team and went on to play at the World Cup, as well as being voted PFA Player of the Year , and new defender Paul McGrath , a £450,000 pre-season signing from Manchester United . Aston Villa played in kit manufactured by Danish company Hummel and sponsored by Mita Copiers.
There were also debuts for Kent Nielsen, Adrian Heath, Andy Comyn, Mark Blake, Tony Cascarino and Dwight Yorke.[ 1]
Slovak Jozef Vengloš, who had just led Czechoslovakia to the quarter-finals of the World Cup , replaced Graham Taylor who had accepted an offer to take over management of the England national football team . During Taylor's tenure the club failed to report to police sexual abuse by scout, Ted Langford .[ 2]
Squad at end of season [ 3] [ 4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ]
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Source:
World Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Nottingham Forest 1–1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1–1 Liverpool
Aston Villa 1–1 Charlton Athletic
Southampton 2–1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1–3 QPR
Aston Villa 1–0 Derby County
Luton Town 0–1 Aston Villa
Manchester City 0–2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–1 Crystal Palace
Aston Villa 6–2 Everton
Norwich City 2–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 4–1 Coventry City
Wimbledon 0–2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–1 Nottingham Forest
Liverpool 1–1 Aston Villa
Millwall 2–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 3–0 Manchester United
Aston Villa 2–1 Arsenal
Chelsea 0–3 Aston Villa
Charlton Athletic 0–2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–1 Southampton
Aston Villa 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 0–3 Wimbledon
Coventry City 2–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2–0 Luton Town
QPR 1–1 Aston Villa
Derby County 0–1 Aston Villa
Crystal Palace 1–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City
Arsenal 0–1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1–0 Chelsea
Manchester United 2–0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1–0 Millwall
Aston Villa 3–3 Norwich
Everton 3–3 Aston Villa [ 8]
National teams
League competitions
Levels 1–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two North , Two South )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 8 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Spartan League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups