Game #4261
Aston Villa
Sunday, 4 April 1993
Nottingham Forest
0-1
Aston Villa
Premier League
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
Attendance: 26,742
Won
1st (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Assist(s) | Steve Staunton | 63' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Paul McGrath, best footballing week of his life... for now.
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 4 April 1993
🟨 | 45’ Booking, Shaun Teale, Foul
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 1-0, Paul McGrath, Assist by Steve Staunton
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
A crucial win away at Forest for Ron Atkinson’s Villa took back top spot in the Premier League with just 7 games to play thanks to a strike from the newly crowned PFA Player of the year Paul McGrath.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Nottingham Forest
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1989-90
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1992-93 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #96 |
Sunday, 4 April 1993
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 2.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 96 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 | 26 🟥 26 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 27 January 1993, Villa 3-1 Sheffield United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Villa make one change to the team that lost to Norwich with Dalian Atkinson replacing Cyrille Regis.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age | 27.12 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 33.36 |
Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 21.24 |
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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 | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_f8a2ae7d56be414bb877b2d3061600b0~mv2.gif)
Nottingham Forest
GK Mark Crossley | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 |
CB Steve Chettle | 🏴 |
M Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 |
M Kingsley Black | 🇬🇧 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
F Ian Woan | 🏴 |
CF Robert Rosario | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Gary Bannister | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Robert Rosario | 🏴 | (M Gary Crosby | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Andy Marriott | 🏴 |
M Thorvaldur Örlygsson | 🇮🇸 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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