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)

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

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	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	[[|Isle of Wight]]	Gareth Williams
—	FW	ENG	Mark Parrott
—	FW	ENG	Peter Withe (coach)
—	FW	WAL	David Jones
—	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	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

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	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
—			Adrian Rampton