Game #4202
Saturday, 22 February 1992
Attendance: 20,509
Won
Division One
7th (+3)
Oldham Athletic
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Villa Park
Villa record their first victory in seven first division games having drawn two and lost four under Ron Atkinson.
Aston Villa
1-0
Oldham Athletic
Assist(s) | Steve Froggatt | 52' |
KEY MAN
Cyrille Regis, hit Villa's first league goal in 518 minutes.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Oldham Athletic
⚽ | 52' Goal, 1-0, Cyrille Regis, Assist by Steve Froggatt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Oldham Athletic
🟨 | Booking, Garry Parker, Dissent
ON THIS DAY
Ron Atkinson's Villa record their first Division One victory of 1992.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Oldham Athletic
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Oldham: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 22 February 1992
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: John Carter | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1987–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Carter | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1987–1993
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 2 February 1991, Villa 3-2 Derby, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Oldham Athletic
None
TEAM NEWS
Mark Blake (first start in 9), Matthias Breitkreutz (first start) and Martin Carruthers replace Dariusz Kubicki, Tony Daley and Dwight Yorke.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.19 |
Oldest Player |
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 | 34.42 |
Youngest Player |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | 18.97 |
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Joe Royle | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
M Matthias Breitkreutz | 🇩🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Martin Carruthers | 🏴 |
Oldham Athletic
GK John Hallworth | 🏴 |
RB Neil McDonald | 🏴 |
CB Richard Jobson | 🏴 |
CB Craig Fleming | 🏴 |
LB Andy Barlow | 🏴 |
M Nick Henry | 🏴 |
M Paul Bernard | 🏴 |
W Rick Holden | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Graeme Sharp | 🏴 |
CF Roger Palmer | 🏴 |
CF Ian Marshall | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Rick Holden | 🏴 | (M Neil Adams | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 |
M Stefan Beinlich | 🇩🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Mike Milligan | 🇮🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
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 could say we had our fifth choice attack playing with Yorke, Daley, Olney and Atkinson out but after Oldham ran the first half I thought we played very well in the second.
“I didn’t have a clue what my team was going to be at any point this week and I nearly called in all the staff in the morning for a training session and then picked what was left standing after it!”
“That's the quiz question isn’t it. Who’s scored all our League goals in 1992? [Only Cyrille Regis had scored to date.]
“Cyrille has been great He is not going to get tons of goals but he really put away his chance well.
“He [Matthias Breitkreutz] had a difficult marking job but we told him at half time to go out and show his ability and he looked good going forward. He did very very well.
“He [Matthias Breitkreutz] did well on Saturday but then he is and immensely talented young player with a great left foot and like all foresting players has a good technique.
“As an emerging young player he has to get into the English way of playing but without losing that natural ability and he has the advantage of being only 20.
“He [Cyrille Regis] may not be Gary Lineker now in terms of goals but he always makes a contribution and defenders don’t like playing against him.
“If someone comes up for grabs I will ask the board but there is no-one remotely available at present who I feel will benefit us.”
Ron Atkinson.
*Sunday Life*
Sunday, 23 February 1992
Villa took three points from Oldham only 24 hours after paying £1.7 million to the Lancashire club for England defender Earl Barrett.
Barrett, signed too late to play against his old club, watched from the dugout as his new team grabbed their first league win of 1992 and their first league goal in 518 minutes.
Cyrille Regis, their last marksman at Norwich on New Year's Day, was also the man who broke the barren run with a 52nd minute header from Stephen Froggatt's centre.
Les Sealey protected the lead with a superb save from Graeme Sharp and Villa almost added a second late on when Garry Parker's shot rebounded from an upright.
Without Tony Daley and Dwight Yorke, Villa were no threat in the first half when Oldham wasted three clear cut chances in the opening seven minutes.