Aston Villa

Sunday, 8 March 1992

1991-92

Quarter Final

Lost

0-1

Liverpool

FA Cup

Anfield

Attendance: 29,109

🟥 8 Mar 1992, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Fixture List

🟩 17 Aug 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Division One

🟥 21 Aug 1991, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

Division One

🟨 31 Aug 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell

Division One

🟥 4 Sep 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 7 Sep 1991, Villa 0-0 Spurs, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 14 Sep 1991, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Anfield

Division One

🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Division One

🟩 21 Sep 1991, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 25 Sep 1991, Villa 0-0 Grimsby, Blundell Park

League Cup

🟥 28 Sep 1991, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Highfield Road

Division One

🟩 5 Oct 1991, Villa 4-0 Luton, Villa Park

Division One

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

League Cup

🟩 19 Oct 1991, Villa 2-0 Everton, Goodison

Division One

🟩 23 Oct 1991, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

Zenith Data Systems Cup

🟩 26 Oct 1991, Villa 2-1 Wimbledon, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 2 Nov 1991, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road

Division One

🟩 16 Nov 1991, Villa 1-0 Notts County, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 19 Nov 1991, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park

Zenith Data Systems Cup

🟥 24 Nov 1991, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 30 Nov 1991, Villa 2-3 Oldham, Boundary Park

Division One

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 14 Dec 1991, Villa 0-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane

Division One

🟩 26 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 28 Dec 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 1 Jan 1992, Villa 1-2 Norwich, Carrow Road

Division One

🟨 5 Jan 1992, Villa 0-0 Spurs, Villa Park

FA Cup

🟨 11 Jan 1992, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury

Division One

🟩 14 Jan 1992, Villa 1-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane

FA Cup

🟥 18 Jan 1992, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 22 Jan 1992, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

Division One

🟨 2 Feb 1992, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 5 Feb 1992, Villa 4-3 Derby, Baseball Ground

FA Cup

🟥 8 Feb 1992, Villa 0-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

Division One

🟩 16 Feb 1992, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground

FA Cup

🟩 22 Feb 1992, Villa 1-0 Oldham, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 29 Feb 1992, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road

Division One

🟨 3 Mar 1992, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Elland Road

Division One

🟥 8 Mar 1992, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Anfield

FA Cup

🟨 10 Mar 1992, Villa 0-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

Division One

🟥 14 Mar 1992, Villa 0-1 QPR, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 21 Mar 1992, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst

Division One

🟩 28 Mar 1992, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 31 Mar 1992, Villa 1-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 4 Apr 1992, Villa 5-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

Division One

🟩 11 Apr 1992, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 18 Apr 1992, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground

Division One

🟩 20 Apr 1992, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 25 Apr 1992, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road

Division One

🟩 2 May 1992, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park

Division One

On This Day

Sunday, 8 March 1992

Villa are knocked out of the FA Cup by a single goal despite a strong performance at Anfield that deserved more as the refereeing performance from Philip Don once again raises major questions of integrity.
Villa fail to score for the third successive game under Ron Atkinson.
Tony Daley makes his 200th start in a Villa shirt (230 Appearances) to make it W83 D57 L90, 33 Goals and 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.11 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 40 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 9 🟥 15 | 1.43

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Game #4205

Match Record

Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #40 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Sunday, 8 March 1992

Game Record

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1987–1995
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

Total 🕒 139 | 🟩 W43 (31% ) | 🟨 D30 | 🇺(53% ) | 🟥 L66 (47% ) | ⚽ 214 | 🥅 250 | GD -36

Trophy Cabinet

Aston Villa

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

Liverpool

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1989-90

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Officials

Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1987–1995

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

🟨 Mark Blake, Foul (5)
🟨 Paul McGrath, Foul (6)

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Bookings

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Match Stats

Not recorded

Line Up & Subs

Aston Villa

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 | for M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |
🔁 W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 73' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Liverpool

Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
RB Rob Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Nicol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Michael Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve McManaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Michael Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Jan Mølby | 🇩🇰 |)
🔁 | W Steve McManaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Ronny Rosenthal | 🇮🇱 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Team News

Aston Villa

Not recorded

Dwight Yorke replaces Earl Barrett (cup tied).

Liverpool

Not Recorded

Matchday Squads

Aston Villa

Liverpool

Match Media

What they Said

"When Whelan cleared from defence in the 67th minute there was no apparent danger to the Villa rearguard until Barnes suddenly accelerated away from the tiring Richardson."

MICHAEL THOMAS has only scored twice at Anfield in his career.

The first goal, three years ago, won the League championship for Arsenal. The second has given Liverpool the chance to win the FA Cup.

After only four days in training, Thomas, who has missed the last nine games with a hamstring injury following his transfer in December, persuaded Graeme Souness to play him in the FA Cup quarter-final against Aston Villa.

The gamble, together with Souness's decision to include Ronnie Whelan and John Barnes, paid off when they combined to provide Thomas with his chance in the 67th minute.

The goal takes Liverpool to a semi-final meeting with giant-killers Portsmouth, probably at Villa Park on April 5, but, with the greatest of respect to Jim Smith's side, the Merseysiders appear to have a clear invitation to reach their fourth FA Cup final in the last six years.

With the exception of a Saunders turn which left the otherwise immaculate McGrath on his backside, Liverpool had struggled to contain a vibrant Villa side.

When Whelan cleared from defence in the 67th minute there was no apparent danger to the Villa rearguard until Barnes suddenly accelerated away from the tiring Richardson.

He saw Thomas making a typically surging run from midfield and managed to thread the ball into his path as the midfielder changed gear and ran clear of substitute Kubicki.

The finish was as assured as the goal that won the title for Arsenal on that memorable night in May 1989.

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

379

✅

378*

⚽

🔥

🟩

144

🟨

102

🟥

133

⛔

100

🥅

501

Defenders

LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

✅

33*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

12*

CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

40*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

15*

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

129

✅

129*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

45*

M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

31*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

12*

Midfielders

M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

40*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

15*

M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

19*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

230

✅

200*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

90*

CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

38*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

14*

Forwards

CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

11*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

🕒

✅

41*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

22*

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 |

🕒

🔁

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

11*

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

1991-92

First Team Squad

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #679 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Bury 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #656 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Scarborough FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #676 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Northwich Victoria 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #655 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Portsmouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #645 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Hull City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Alan McLoughlin | 🇮🇪 | #681 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Forest Green 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #674 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Blackpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Paul Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #672 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Bristol City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #633 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Forest Green 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | #668 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Sunderland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #660 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Scunthorpe United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | #688 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Sydney Olympic 🇦🇺 Retired

CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | #664 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Aarhus GF 🇩🇰 Retired

CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #677 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 | #678 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Darlington 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #669 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Crewe Alexandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #684 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #666 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Kidderminster Harriers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Stefan Beinlich | 🇩🇪 | #682 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Hansa Rostock 🇩🇪 Retired

CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #673 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Chester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #670 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Bristol Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Martin Carruthers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #683 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Basford United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #611 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Forest Green Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | #663 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #680 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Hednesford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #687 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield Wednesday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | #675 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #582 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Matthias Breitkreutz | 🇩🇪 | #686 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

FC Augsburg 🇩🇪 Retired

W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #685 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Coventry City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #671 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC 🇰🇷 Died

CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #657 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Forest Green Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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