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Game #4179

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 9 October 1991

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Drew

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

League Cup

Grimsby Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 15,338

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Grimsby Town

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Assist(s) | Steve Staunton | 70' |

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 9 October 1991

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Grimsby Town
🥅 | 52' Goal, 0-1, (Grimsby Town, pen), David Gilbert
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 1-1, Shaun Teale, Assist by Steve Staunton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Grimsby Town

🔁 | Sub off, Paul Mortimer, Sub on, Ian Olney

Match Statistics

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Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 9 October 1991
  • Villa concede a second half penalty to second tier Grimsby after Steve Sherwood makes a string of saves to see Villa out of the League Cup on away goals. 

  • Centre back Shaun Teale’s first goal for the Villa can’t prevent an exit from the League Cup on away goals. Teale scores on his 14th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W4 D5 L5, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Steve Staunton contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance to make it W4 D5 L4, 2 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

  • Paul Mortimer makes his 13th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (12 Starts) just 4 days after scoring his first goal for the club and 4 days after giving the Holte End the bird. No onw is really sure why but his Villa career is over with a record of W4 D5 L5, 1 Goal and 1 Booking.

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Paul Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991 | 🕒 14 | 12 (2) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #672 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Grimsby Town

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Grimsby Town
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Previous 5 vs. Grimsby: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Wednesday, 9 October 1991

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🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: John Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wrexham, 1986-1994
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
AET Result: 🟨 Drew
AET Score: 🟨 1-1 (1-1)
🟥 Grimsby Town win on away goals
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 14 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 5 🟥 5 | 1.21

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wrexham, 1986-1994

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Paul Mortimer replaces Kent Nielsen.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.84 |

Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.68 |

Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 19.95 |

Referee

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 |
M Paul Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Grimsby Town

GK Steve Sherwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Futcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mark Lever | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Shaun Cunnington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Childs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tony Rees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Jim Dobbin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Neil Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mark Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Tony Rees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (CF Murray Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Garry Birtles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/13

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
“If you get three decent appeals for a penalty, you are entitled to one of them. “The last one was unbelievable. “Dwight was about to pull the trigger when he was fouled. “When you go out of a cup it’s normally down to lack of application, but that can’t be levelled at us this time. “Our players walked harder than in any game so far this season - and that makes defeat all the harder to take.” Ron Atkinson.
Quotes

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Irish Independent*
Thursday 10 October 1991
Defeat on the away goals rule will be particularly painful to Atkinson, who led Sheffield Wednesday to victory in the same competition at Wembley last April. The manager could only look on helplessly as his side strove desperately to land a third round place, only to see Grimsby somehow wriggle off the hook. He had warned beforehand that there was a lot of playing to be done if Villa were to capitalise on the goalless draw they achieved on Humberside two weeks ago. The additional period, though, brought nothing more than further frustration, with Sherwood making outstanding saves from Cowans and Dwight Yorke, and Villa having three penalty appeals dismissed by referee John Lloyd. One, a push on Dalian Atkinson, was debatable, but the other two within a minute of each other left Villa fans convinced there had been a miscarriage of justice. Paul Futcher clearly handled Atkinson's cross, while Yorke was unceremoniously bundled over by John McDermott as he prepared to convert Cowans' pass. The man who really denied their passage, though, was Sherwood. In the last 10 minutes of normal time, he twice turned away goalbound shots from Yorke, and gratefully clutched an Atkinson header. Villa's record signing should have done better with that one, but, by then, you had a feeling Sherwood wouldn't be beaten for a second time.
Reports

🟨 9 Oct 1991, Villa 1-1a Grimsby, Villa Park

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