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Game #4257

Wednesday, 10 March 1993

Attendance: 37,727

Drew

Premier League

1st= (-)

Tottenham Hotspur

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Villa Park

Villa miss the opportunity to keep their two point lead at the top of the Premier League table as a poor refereeing performance from Keith Hackett sees a nailed on penalty refused and despite another superlative attacking display Villa draw a blank.

Aston Villa

0-0

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

Keith Hackett, stunned Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🔁 | Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Cyrille Regis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur

ON THIS DAY

Ron Atkinson’s Villa were now unbeaten in 13 of their last 15 games, winning 9 but this scoreless draw together with other clubs playing their game in hand push Villa down to 2nd with 10 left to play.

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1990-91

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1992-93 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Wednesday, 10 March 1993

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994 🆘
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 9 January 1993, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield.
Incidents: 🟨

CARDS

Villa

None

Tottenham Hotspur

🟨

Keith Hackett

TEAM NEWS

Tony Daley comes into the side after a 36 game absence as Garry Parker also returns. Neil Cox and Cyrille Regis drop out.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age | 27.09 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 33.29 |

Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 21.17 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Doug Livermore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

Tottenham Hotspur

GK Erik Thorsveldt | 🇳🇴 |
RB Dean Austin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Justin Edinburgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Gray (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Nayim | 🇪🇸 |
M Steve Sedgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Vinny Samways | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Darren Anderton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Teddy Sheringham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 85’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Andy Gray (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Andy Turner | 🇮🇪 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ian Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat van den Hauwe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/14

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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"But although it looked a penalty. Sheffield referee Keith Hackett simply waved play on to leave Villa Park stunned."

*Irish Independent*
Thursday 11 March 1993

DEAN SAUNDERS will wake up this morning and wonder why Aston Villa are not two points clear at the top of the Premier League and his name in lights.

Saunders ran Tottenham ragged, yet somehow the FA Cup semi-finalists survived, leaving Villa Park's third-biggest crowd of the season feeling frustrated.

For a 20-minute period just before and after halftime, Saunders was unstoppable and twice hit a post, saw a lob cleared off the line by Justin Edinburgh, then watched as Tottenham goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt turned another goal-bound effort around the post.

So Villa had to be content with a goalless draw that leaves them level on points with leaders Manchester United to set up the prospect of a momentous encounter at Old Trafford live on satellite television on Sunday.

But Villa and their 37,727 fans, and there were 1,000 locked out, will feel a sense of injustice that they do not go north two points clear at the top.

The drama started as early as the 14th minute as Villa, looking for an eighth successive home win, pushed forward. Midfielder Garry Parker slipped a superb ball through to the speeding Dwight Yorke, who then went flying in the area from a challenge from Tottenham captain Neil Ruddock.

But although it looked a penalty. Sheffield referee Keith Hackett simply waved play on to leave Villa Park stunned.

Four minutes later Yorke glanced a header, which Thorstvedt just managed to fumble around the post, before the game was plunged into more controversy.

Tottenham rarely threatened and did not manage a single shot on goal throughout, but defended defiantly. if at times desperately. And even the presence of fit-again Tony Daley, making his first appearance since August 25 because of ruptured knee ligaments, could not inspire the home side.

So Villa's third successive crowd of more than 30.000 trooped off feeling dejected with all eyes now on Old Trafford on Sunday as the championship chase reaches a crescendo.