Game #4209
Saturday, 28 March 1992
Attendance: 16,985
Won
Division One
9th (+3)
Norwich City
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
Villa Park
Villa score for the first time in six League games and only the third time in thirteen to beat Norwich at Villa Park and climb back to 9th in the first division table.
Aston Villa
1-0
Norwich City
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Steve Staunton, looping cross-shot from the left for Villa's first in 567 minutes.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich City
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Staunton
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Matthias Breitkreutz, Sub on, Ian Olney
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich City
ON THIS DAY
Ron Atkinson's Villa score for the first time in seven games courtesy of Steve Staunton as they win only their second League game in thirteen in 1992.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Norwich City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85
FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 28 March 1992
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Alf Buksh | 🏴 | London, 1983–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alf Buksh | 🏴 | London, 1983–1993
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 24 November 1991, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.
Incidents: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Cyrille Regis replaces Ian Olney.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.06 |
Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 34.15 |
Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 20.41 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
Dave Stringer | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
M Matthias Breitkreutz | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔁 |
Norwich City
GK Mark Walton | 🏴 |
LB Colin Woodthorpe | 🏴 |
LB Mark Bowen | 🏴 |
CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴 |
D Rob Newman | 🏴 |
RB Ian Culverhouse | 🏴 |
RB Daryl Sutch | 🏴 |
M Jeremy Goss | 🏴 |
M Ian Crook | 🏴 |
W Ruel Fox | 🏴 |
CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 66’ |
🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | for M Matthias Breitkreutz | 🇩🇪 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Paul Blades | 🏴 |
M David Smith | 🏴 |
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 paid big money for Dalian and we pay him good money.
“I want to see him start earning it.
“He has been unlucky with injuries this season, but when players are out for a long time, they tend to get soft.”
Ron Atkinson.
“There seems to be a virus going round the club.
“Cyrille had it last week and missed the match with Palace.
“I felt really weak and dizzy on the pitch [asking to come off after 10 minutes] and I didn’t get out of bed until 4.30 yesterday afternoon.
“I still feel under the weather but I want to play.
“I’ve been told that if it [being half a stone over weight] comes off too quickly I will be a lot worse.
“All I want now is to get the season over and start afresh next time.”
Dalian Atkinson.
*Sunday Independent (Dublin)*
Sunday 29 March 1992
ASTON VILLA were only 12 minutes away from setting a club record of six League games without a goal when Steve Staunton snatched a late winner against FA Cup semi-finalists Norwich.
The former Liverpool defender ended a barren run of 567 minutes in League football for Villa with a looping cross-shot from the left.
The ball dipped beyond goalkeeper Mark Walton and was already across the line when Cyrille Regis stooped to apply an unnecessary touch.
Villa had hammered away in the second half but for all the pressure, tested Walton only once - from a 25-yard free kick by German midfielder Matthias Breitkreutz.
