Game #4273
Tuesday, 31 August 1993
Attendance: 24,067
Won
Premier League
6th (+4)
Everton
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Goodison Park
Villa record successive wins for the first time this season as Guy Whittingham scores on his full debut.
Everton
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Guy Whittingham, debut goal.
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MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 1-0, Guy Whittingham
🕒 | HT Everton 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 71’ Booking, Earl Barrett, Foul
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Dean Saunders, Sub on, Neil Cox
🕒 | FT Everton 0-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Guy Whittingham made it two wins in a row for Villa with his first strike of the season.
Former Villa forward Paul Rideout lined up for Everton.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Everton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Tuesday, 31 August 1993
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Kick off: 7.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 April 1993, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Andy Townsend returns for Ray Houghton and Guy Whittingham replaces Tony Daley
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 29.87 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 35.09 |
Youngest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 24.63 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
Howard Kendall | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Everton
GK Neville Southall | 🏴 |
LB Andy Hinchcliffe | 🏴 |
LB Mark Ward | 🏴 |
CB Gary Ablett | 🏴 |
CB Matt Jackson | 🏴 |
M John Ebbrell | 🏴 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴 |
M Graham Stuart | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Peter Beagrie | 🏴 |
CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Neil Cox | 🏴 | for CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Graham Stuart | 🏴 | (M Predrag Radosavljević | 🇺🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴 | (F Stuart Barlow | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jason Kearton | 🇦🇺 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/14
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
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“[Paul McGrath was] a Colossus."
Ron Atkinson.
“I really wanted this chance.
“The confidence has always been there in my ability and I just had to persuade someone to take me up on it.
"I'm well aware that it could have all blown up my face, that's why I'm so pleased with the way it's started."
Guy Whittingham on moving from life as a squaddie to becoming a professional footballer.
*The Evening Herald*
Wednesday, 1 September 1993
McGrath stars as Whittingham strikes
Villa's hero was Guy Whittington' who has left more than a few managers cursing their caution after the self-promoting ex-soldier fired a debut winner for Aston Villa at Everton.
Ron Atkinson was the only manager to put up money - £1.2 million - to match his curiosity after the 28-year-old wrote to all 22 Premiership managers extolling the virtues which brought him 47 goals with Portsmouth last season.
It was a gamble which paid off with a typical, no-frills toe-poke past Neville Southall for all three points at Goodson.
“I really wanted this chance. The confidence has always been there In my ability and I just had to persuade someone to take me up on it," said Whittingham. "I'm well aware that it could have all blown up my face, that's why I'm so pleased with the way it's started."
