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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

Villa

None

Sheffield United

None

Neil Midgley

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

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PROGRAMME

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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.