Game #4273
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 31 August 1993
6th (+4)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
Substitutes:
🔁 RB Neil Cox | 🏴 | for CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | 87’ |
Unused Substitutes:
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
🟨 Earl Barrett, Foul
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Andy Townsend returns for Ray Houghton and Guy Whittingham replaces Tony Daley
Starting XI Average Age
| 29.87 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 35.09 |
Youngest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 24.63 |
Villa record successive wins for the first time this season as Guy Whittingham scores on his full debut.
Guy Whittingham makes it 2 wins in a row for Villa with his first strike of the season as Villa climb to 6th in the table under Ron Atkinson.
Guy Whittingham scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his first start (3 Appearances) to make it W2 D0 L1 so far in his Villa career.
Steve Staunton makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W45 D28 L27, 8 Goals, 14 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Dalian Atkinson secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 55th appearance (52 Starts) to make it W25 D18 L12, 17 Goals and 11 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.96 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Dean Saunders makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W26 D14 L10, 17 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa forward Paul Rideout lines up for Everton.
Scorer(s) | Guy Whittingham | 32’ |
Assist(s) | None
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
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Tuesday, 31 August 1993
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: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 108 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 29 🟥 30 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Premier League
Everton
Goodison Park
Attendance: 24,067
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 | 🏴 |
Howard Kendall | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | M Graham Stuart | 🏴 | (M Predrag Radosavljević | 🇺🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴 | (F Stuart Barlow | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
GK Jason Kearton | 🇦🇺 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
“[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.
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."
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