Game #4174
Wednesday, 18 September 1991
Attendance: 17,182
Lost
Division One
18th (-2)
Chelsea
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Stamford Bridge
Villa create and don't take their chances as they have two decent penalty shouts turned down by referee Brian Hill as they fall to defeat in the capital for the third time in three games this season.
Chelsea
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Ian Olney, brilliantly wrong-footed Paul Elliott.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Vinnie Jones
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Andy Townsend
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Kent Nielsen
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Cyrille Regis, Sub on, Gary Penrice
🕒 | FT Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Atkinson's Villa now have two wins in nine games and had now failed to win in their last six, losing three and scoring three.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Chelsea
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Wednesday, 18 September 1991
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴 | Kettering, 1978-1995
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴 | Kettering, 1978-1995
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 19 January 1991, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: None
CARDS
Villa
None
Chelsea
None
TEAM NEWS
Ian Olney and Dwight Yorke replace Dalian Atkinson and Tony Daley.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.62 |
Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 33.63 |
Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 19.89 |
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ian Porterfield | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Paul Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
Chelsea
GK Dave Beasant | 🏴 |
LB Tom Boyd | 🏴 |
LB Graeme Le Saux | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Ken Monkou | 🇳🇱 |
RB Steve Clarke | 🏴 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Allon | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 64’ |
🔁 CF Gary Penrice | 🏴 | for CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Joe Allon | 🏴 | (Alan Dickens | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Kevin Wilson | 🇬🇧 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“You might have noticed that we have cut interest rates more times this year than Aston Villa have won home matches.”
Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Governor of the Bank of England.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 19 September 1991
IF football teams could choose the time and place to ply their trade, Aston Villa would surely be sitting pretty in the First Division.
During the course of any campaign, though, you are required to play certain games in midweek and to make a number of visits to London.
For some inexplicable reason, Villa seem incapable of coping with either situation.
Yet at Stamford Bridge last night, Villa could have laid both their phobias to rest in the space of 90 minutes.
Despite a low-key performance, there was certainly no shortage of chances against an ordinary Chelsea side, but not for the first time this term, Villa's finishing left much to be desired.
Even before the infamous Vinny Jones gave Chelsea a 22nd minute lead, lan Olney had marked his recall with a close range shot against the bar when he should really have scored, and sent another drive flashing just beyond the far post.
The England under-21 striker was also unfortunate when he moved on to a 47th minute Cyrille Regis pass, brilliantly wrong-footed former Villa man Paul Elliott, and hit a 35-yard chip which had 6ft 41n goalkeeper Dave Beasant reaching frantically to keep the ball out.
That would have been an exquisite goal, and if you want to stretch the hard luck story to the limit, Atkinson's side had two penalty appeals turned down.
But after that man Jones had gratefully accepted the space afforded him by some appalling marking, it was an uphill struggle for Villa.
Andy Townsend put the issue beyond doubt with a classy second on 58 minutes, and Villa, for all their spending, fell disappointingly short in that department.