1990–91 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa

1990–91 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Jozef Vengloš
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fifth round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: All: David Platt (24)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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.

UEFA Cup[]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers
19 September 1990	Round 1 First leg	FC Baník Ostrava	H	3–1	Platt 32', Mountfield 57', Olney 79'
3 October 1990	Round 1 Second leg	FC Baník Ostrava	A	2–1	Mountfield 52', Staš 59' (o.g)
24 October 1990	Round 2 First leg	Internazionale	H	2–0	Nielsen 14', Platt 67'
7 November 1990	Round 2 Second leg	Internazionale	A	0–3

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Neil Cox — DF  ENG — DF  ENG Craig Liddle — DF  ENG Richard Money (coach) — DF  ENG Bryan Small — DF  ENG — DF  IRL Brian Flood

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Richard Crisp — MF  ENG — MF  [[|Isle of Wight]] Gareth Williams — FW  ENG — FW  ENG Peter Withe (coach) — FW  WAL — 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. 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 — DF  ENG Matt Carbon — DF  ENG — DF  ENG — DF  ENG Dennis Pearce — DF  ENG Riccardo Scimeca — DF  SCO Paul Browne — DF  WAL Craig Goodwin — MF  ENG — MF  ENG Graham Fenton — MF  ENG Steve Froggatt — MF  ENG — MF  ENG Lee Williams — FW  ENG Martin Carruthers

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ENG — FW  ENG Steven Morgan — FW  ENG — FW  ENG Ian Tyrrell — FW  ENG Stephen Walker —  ENG —  ENG —  ENG —  ENG —  ENG —  ENG —  ENG —  SCO —  NIR —  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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IRL Paul Flynn — DF  ENG — DF  SCO Graeme Williams — MF  ENG —  ENG —  ENG —   —

No. Pos. Nation Player —   Trevor Carter —   —   —   James S. Green —   —   Stuart James —

References[]

External links[]

• Aston Villa official website
• avfchistory.co.uk 1990–91 season