1990–91 Aston Villa F.C. season

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.

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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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

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)

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)

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

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

• List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics

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