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Game #4275

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 15 September 1993

Drew

1st Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

UEFA Cup 1st Round

Attendance: 10,886

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

Tehelné pole

Villa are held to a second consecutive goalless draw but this time are the victims of a poor refereeing performance as a simple penalty award is refused.

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

Dalian, denied a pen.

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Wednesday, 15 September 1993

🕒 | HT ŠK Slovan Bratislava 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT ŠK Slovan Bratislava 0-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Villa field their oldest side of the season - with an average age of 30.17 - as they record their second successive 0-0 draw to provide them with a platform for progression in the UEFA Cup.

Aston Villa

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

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup Winners: 🏆
Slovak League Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Czechoslovak League Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Slovak Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Czechoslovak Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1991-92

FIXTURE HISTORY

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

Previous 5 vs. Slovan: None

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #110 |
Wednesday, 15 September 1993

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Marcello Nicchi | 🇮🇹 | Gambassi Terme, 1987-1997
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Marcello Nicchi | 🇮🇹 | Gambassi Terme, 1987-1997 🆘
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

None

Marcello Nicchi

TEAM NEWS

Ray Houghton returns as Guy Whittingham drops out.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 30.17 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.13 |

Youngest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 24.67 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Dušan Gális | 🇸🇰 |

Aston Villa

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

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

GK Alexander Vencel | 🇸🇰 |
RB Tomas Stúpala | 🇸🇰 |
CB Marian Zeman | 🇸🇰 |
CB Dusan Tittel | 🇸🇰 |
CB Vladimir Kinder | 🇸🇰 |
D Ludovit Lancz | 🇸🇰 | 🔁 |
M Robert Tomaschek | 🇸🇰 |
M Fabio Nigro | 🇦🇷 |
M Ondrej Krištofík | 🇸🇰 |
CF Stefan Maixner | 🇸🇰 |
CF Jaroslav Timko | 🇸🇰 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | D Ludovit Lancz | 🇸🇰 | (RB Ladislav Pecko | 🇸🇰 |)
🔁 | CF Jaroslav Timko | 🇸🇰 | (F Pavel Gostič | 🇸🇰 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

D Miroslav Chvila | 🇸🇰 |
F Erik Chytil | 🇸🇰 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🇸🇰 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇸🇰 : 14/15

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

"It was a penalty, no doubt about it.

“The only person who didn't think so was one who counts, the referee.

"I suppose he might have had a problem if he had given it because it could have meant him sending off the goalkeeper, too.

“Perhaps that had something to do with it."

Ron Atkinson.

*The Irish Independent*
Thursday, 16 September 1993

Villa denied by ref

VILLA manager Ron Atkinson claimed yesterday his side were robbed of a UEFA Cup victory by Italian referee Marcello Nicchi.

Villa played out a goalless draw with Slovan Bratislava in Slovakia but were denied what appeared to be a blatant penalty in the 55th minute when Dalian Atkinson was sent sprawling by goalkeeper Alexander Vencel as he made a mess of attempting to clear a back pass.

Atkinson said: "It was a penalty, no doubt about it. The only person who didn't think so was one who counts. the referee.

"I suppose he might have had a problem if he had given it because it could have meant him sending off the goalkeeper, too. Perhaps that had something to do with it."

Despite the disappointment Villa still came away with an encouraging result against a side that competed in the European Cup last season.

However, the day was marred when Villa's team coach was attacked with bricks en route to the match. One brick shattered a glass window alongside goalkeeper Nigel Spink and captain Kevin Richardson.

Fortunately the glass only shattered and did not break. Neither player was hurt.