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Game #4223

Saturday, 5 September 1992

Attendance: 17,120

Won

Premier League

10th (+5)

Crystal Palace

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Villa Park

Villa record their second win of the inaugural Premier League season as Palace are well beaten at Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-0

Crystal Palace

Assist(s) | Steve Froggatt | 18’ |

KEY MAN

Ray Houghton. dominated midfield

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Steve Froggatt
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Staunton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 3-0, Steve Froggatt
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Frank McAvennie 🔴
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace

ON THIS DAY

Frank McAvennie made his final appearance for Villa aged 32 before moving on to Celtic in January 1994. Dwight Yorke returned to score after three months out through injury as Ron Atkinson reassures the crowd in unprecedented style that the much anticipated move for Dean Saunders remains alive.

Aston Villa

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

Crystal Palace

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1992-93 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 5 September 1992

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 November 1990, League Cup, Villa 3-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Crystal Palace

None

TEAM NEWS

Villa make one change from the team that lost to Chelsea with Dwight Yorke replacing Cyrille Regis.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age | 26.97 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.10 |

Youngest Player |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.51 |

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Crystal Palace

GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Humphrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Lee Sinnot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Eric Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Simon Osborn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W John Salako | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eddie McGoldrick | 🇮🇪 |
CF Mark Bright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Chris Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Frank McAvennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 79’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | D John Humphrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Chris Coleman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Simon Osborn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Stuart Massey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Paul Heald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/14

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

CF Frank McAvennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“We shall be doing our utmost to bring him here next week."

Ron Atkinson updates the Villa Park crowd on the club’s move for Dean Saunders.

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 7 September 1992

Villa shook off the disappointment of falling to sign Liverpool striker Dean Saunders at least for the time being as they stormed to their first home win of the season.

Dwight Yorke, Steve Staunton and Steve Froggatt grabbed the goals to leave Palace still winless after seven Premier League matches.

Star of the show was Ray Houghton who dominated in midfield and looks to be forming a formidable partnership with the also impressive Garry Parker.

Villa manager Ron Atkinson had appeared on the pitch before the kick-off to squash reports that the Saunders deal was dead and he told supporters:

“We shah be doing our utmost to bring him here next week."

Villa took the lead with a superb goal after 18 minutes in a move started and finished by Yorke, who returned to action after a three-month absence through Injury.

Staunton increased Villa's lead two minutes before the interval in spectacular style. Parker's cross was cleared by Lee Sinnott and the Republic of Ireland International crashed a 30- yard shot past Nigel Martin.

The Palace goalkeeper produced a splendid save to keep out Yorke's close range header after the break before Villa wrapped up the points in the 72nd minute.

Skipper Kevin Richardson's through ball found Houghton whose chip cannoned off the bar back to Froggatt who scored his first league goal for the club.