Game #4189
Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 December 1991
Lost
8th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 18,401
Sheffield United
Bramall Lane
Villa lose for the third time in four first division games under Ron Atkinson to fall back to eighth in the table,
Sheffield United
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Garry Parker, ferocious effort.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 December 1991
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Mitch Ward
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Ugo Ehiogu
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield United), Paul McGrath o.g,
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Atkinson's Villa lose their third Division One game in four matches.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Sheffield United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield United
Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 14 December 1991
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 23 December 1990, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.
Incidents: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Ron Atkinson names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.27 |
Oldest Player |
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 | 34.23 |
Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 20.13 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
Dave Bassett | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
Sheffield United
GK Simon Tracey | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Brian Gayle | 🏴 |
CB Paul Beesley | 🏴 |
LB Tom Cowan | 🏴 |
M Jamie Hoyland | 🏴 |
M John Gannon | 🏴 |
M Dane Whitehouse | 🏴 |
M Adrian Littlejohn | 🏴 |
M Mitch Ward | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Brian Deane | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | for M Mark Blake | 🏴 | 61’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB John Pemberton | 🏴 |
W Glyn Hodges | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
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
“I don’t remember speaking to you lot after we won at Wednesday.”
Ron Atkinson before refusing post match interviews.
“Let’s not become fair weather players.
“It’s nice playing attractive football against the likes of Manchester United and Tottenham but you have to beat teams like Sheffield United Wimbledon and Notts County if you are going to win the title.
“On the day we were well beaten and it’s no good blaming the conditions because it was the same for both teams.”
Tony Daley.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 16 December 1991
RON Atkinson's return to Sheffield ended in misery as United stopped his championship-chasing side in their tracks.
The former Sheffield Wednesday manager saw United knock the stuffing out of his side with a goal by 20-year old Mitch Ward minutes before the interval.
Dane Whitehouse saw his long-range shot stopped by Les Sealey in the 40th minute before United went ahead. John Gannon touched a free kick to Ward whose long-range shot beat Sealey at the near post.
Whitehouse almost grabbed a second in the 61st minute, controlling a Deane centre before slamming the ball inches wide.
Sheffield increased their lead in the 63rd minute after another Gannon free kick was cleared to the edge of the area. Whitehouse slammed the ball back into the packed goalmouth where Villa defender Paul McGrath deflected it past Sealey.
United keeper Simon Tracey produced the save of the match in the last minute, blocking a ferocious Garry Parker effort as Villa tried to claw their way back into the game.
