Game #4231
Aston Villa
5-6-2, 21 PTS
Saturday, 24 October 1992
6th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
Substitutes
🔁 M Dave Farrell | 🏴 | 🟢 | for LB Bryan Small | 🏴 | 75’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Villa make two changes from the team that could only draw with Blackburn with Steve Froggatt and Garry Parker dropping out whilst Dwight Yorke and Bryan Small (first start of the season) come in.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age | 27.34 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 34.24 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 | 20.96 |
Debut Appearances
🟢 M Dave Farrell | 🏴 | #692 | £63,000 signing from Redditch United
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Dalian Atkinson | 81’ |
Assist(s) | Dean Saunders | 81’ |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 19’ Goal, 0-1, (Oldham Athletic), Ian Olney
🕒 | HT Oldham Athletic 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Bryan Small, Sub on, Dave Farrell 🟢
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 1-1, Dalian Atkinson, Assist by Dean Saunders
🕒 | FT Oldham Athletic 1-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1992-93 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #66 |
Saturday, 24 October 1992
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Rodger Gifford | 🏴 | Llanbradach, 1988-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Officials
Referee: Rodger Gifford | 🏴 | Llanbradach, 1988-1995
Previous 5 vs. Oldham: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 32 | 🟩 W20 (63% ) | 🟨 D8 | 🇺(88% ) | 🟥 L4 (13% ) | ⚽ 69 | 🥅 25 | GD 44
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 66 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 18 🟥 20 | 1.55
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Premier League
Oldham Athletic
3-6-4, 15 PTS
Boundary Park
Attendance: 13,457
GK John Hallworth | 🏴 |
LB Neil Pointon | 🏴 |
CB Steve Redmond | 🏴 |
CB Richard Jobson | 🏴 |
RB Gunnar Halle | 🇳🇴 |
M Nick Henry | 🏴 |
M Paul Bernard | 🏴 |
M Mike Milligan | 🇮🇪 |
CF Graeme Sharp | 🏴 |
CF Ian Olney (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Ian Marshall | 🏴 |
Joe Royle | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Ian Olney (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ | (RB Neil McDonald | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK John Keeley | 🏴 |
RB Neil Adams | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa need an 83' equaliser to draw with Oldham as they fall back to 6th in the table under Ron Atkinson.
Villa are now unbeaten in 9, winning 6 under Ron Atkinson.
Midfielder Dave Farrell, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Redditch United in January 1992 for a fee of £45,000 to become the 692nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Dalian Atkinson makes it eight goals in 15 games this season and nine in 32 appearances in a Villa shirt (29 Starts) to make it W13 D12 L7, 9 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career and one for every 1.50 games he has played in 1992-93.
Dwight Yorke makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (70 Appearances) to make it W28 D19 L23, 20 Goals, 10 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.33 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Dean Saunders contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W5 D3 L0, 6 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa forward Ian Olney scores Oldham’s goal.
What they Said
“The boss kept saying we could score at any point in the match and he was proved right.
“We fully deserved at least a point but we could easily have given up after all the chances we had created in the first half.”
Dalian Atkinson.
DALIAN Atkinson’s goal nine minutes from time earned title contenders Aston Villa a point from a stirring encounter at Boundary Park.
A long hopeful cross from Dean Saunders far out on the right for once caught the previously solid Oldham defence flat-footed and it allowed Atkinson to run in unmarked to head home and stretch Villa's unbeaten run to nine games.
Oldham had scored after 19 minutes when Steve Redmond's corner was powered goalwards by Richard Jobson and lan Olney, virtually on the line, used his head to score against his old side.
That prompted Villa to step up a gear, but John Hallworth was equal to the task with saves from Paul McGrath, Dean Saunders, Dalian Atkinson and Dwight Yorke.