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Game #4270

Saturday, 21 August 1993

Attendance: 7,564

Drew

Premier League

10th (-4)

Wimbledon

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

Selhurst Park

Villa are held to a second successive draw by regular foes Wimbledon.

Wimbledon

2-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Ray Houghton | 18’ | Steve Staunton | 82' |

KEY MAN

Paul McGrath, got the faintest of touches

PREVIOUS MATCH

NEXT MATCH

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Richardson, Assist by Ray Houghton
🥅 | 40’ Goal, 1-1, (Wimbledon), Dean Holdsworth
🕒 | HT Wimbledon 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 2-1, Paul McGrath, Assist by Steve Staunton
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 2-2, (Wimbledon), John Fashanu
🕒 | FT Wimbledon 2-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Future Villa centre forward John Fashanu scored Wimbledon’s 86’ equaliser as Villa remained unbeaten but had won just once in the first three games on the campaign.

Aston Villa

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

Wimbledon

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1987-88

FIXTURE HISTORY

Wimbledon

Previous 5 vs. Wimbledon: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Game | #3 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Saturday, 21 August 1993

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Jim Borrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norfolk, 1981–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jim Borrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norfolk, 1981–1994
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 21 November 1992, Villa 0-0 Tottenham, White Hart Lane.
Incidents: 🟨

CARDS

Villa

None

Wimbledon

🟨

Jim Borrett

TEAM NEWS

Andy Townsend and Tony Daley drop out and are replaced by Ray Houghton and Gordon Cowans.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 29.23 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.06 |

Youngest Player |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.47 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Wimbledon

GK Hans Segers | 🇳🇱 |
RB Warren Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Scales | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Roger Joseph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Blackwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Kimble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lawrie Sanchez | 🇬🇧 |
M Robbie Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dean Holdsworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Andy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Gerald Dobbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Perry Digweed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Talboys | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Houghton volleyed wide and Saunders had an effort disallowed for handball, before the inevitable goal arrived eight minutes from time."

*The Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 22 August 1993

JOHN Fashanu continued his rampaging start to the season with his third goal in three games as Wimbledon twice came from behind.

Fashanu rose five minutes from time at the far post to bullet home a typical header from Alan Kimble's cross.

It was a goal he thoroughly deserved after an inspirational performance but Villa threw away two points.

The visitors. without Andy Townsend, took control from the start and missed several chances before taking a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute.

Ray Houghton found Kevin Richardson on the edge of the box. and the midfielder swivelled before shooting low passed Hans Seger.

Wimbledon levelled six minutes before the break, when Dean Holdsworth headed home from close range.

Houghton volleyed wide and Saunders had an effort disallowed for handball, before the inevitable goal arrived eight minutes from time. .

Paul McGrath got the faintest of touches at the near post from Steve Staunton's corner to send the ball home.