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

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 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

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No. Position Player GK Michael Oakes

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

No. Position Player FW Neil Floate

Other players

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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

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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
• Adrian Heath - Manchester City, February 1990, £300,000

Results

First Division

• 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