Game #4262
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 April 1993
Aston Villa
0-0
Coventry City
Premier League
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,543
Drew
2nd (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Ron Atkinson, heated.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 April 1993
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Coventry City
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Coventry City
ON THIS DAY
A disappointing goalless draw at home cost Villa the opportunity to consolidate top spot in the Premier League with just 6 games to play however the game and result were overshadowed by controversy.
Unlike the Inter Milan scandal of 1991-92 which directly involved Villa this controversy took place around 80 miles away - at Old Trafford to be precise.
Manchester United were heading to defeat against Sheffield Wednesday when the home team were allowed additional time - subsequently coined ‘Fergie time’ - to scramble a 96th minute winner.
The to and fro had just begun and whilst Manchester United could stretch stoppages to justify the additional time, Sheffield Wednesday pointed out that it wasn’t a literal replacement of time but an approximation of time that was added on.
Whatever the justification all that we can know is as the Villa fans were already exiting the Holte End the radio and stadium announcement filtered through about Manchester United’s ‘miraculous’ escape.
Had they dropped the points that looked inevitable at 90 minutes, Villa would have matched the result and remained top of the league.
As it was Villa fell back to second with 5 games to play and never recovered top spot.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1992-93 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 10 April 1993
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 97 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 | 27 🟥 26 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 14 March 1993, Villa 1-1 Manchester United, Old Trafford.
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that beat Forest last time out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age | 27.14 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 33.37 |
Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 21.25 |
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
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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
Bobby Gould | 🏴 |
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Coventry City
GK Jonathan Gould | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
RB Peter Atherton | 🏴 |
CB Phil Babb | 🇮🇪 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴 |
M David Rennie | 🏴 |
M Micky Gynn | 🏴 |
M Lee Hurst | 🏴 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 |
CF Micky Quinn | 🏴 |
CF Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 | (M Leigh Jenkinson | 🏴 )
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴 |
CB David Busst | 🏴 |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
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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