Game #4276
Saturday, 18 September 1993
Attendance: 16,858
Won
Premier League
3rd (+3)
Ipswich Town
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Portman Road
Villa bounce back from successive goalless draws to win at Portman Road and climb to 3rd in the Premier League table.
Ipswich Town
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Steve Staunton | 19’ | Kevin Richardson | 55’ |
KEY MAN
Steve Staunton, caused trouble all afternoon.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Ian Marshall
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-1, Dean Saunders, Assist by Steve Staunton
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-1, Andy Townsend, Assist by Kevin Richardson
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Guy Whittingham, Sub on, Tony Daley
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Dalian Atkinson, Sub on, Ray Houghton
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa return to winning ways despite falling behind and climb to 3rd in the table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Ipswich Town
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81
FIXTURE HISTORY
Ipswich Town
Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Game | #8 |
Manager Game | #111 |
Saturday, 18 September 1993
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 December 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Guy Whittingham returns in place of Ray Houghton.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 29.92 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 35.14 |
Youngest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 24.68 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
John Lyall | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Ipswich Town
GK Craig Forrest | 🇨🇦 |
D Phil Whelan | 🏴 |
D Neil Thompson | 🏴 |
D Steve Palmer | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB David Linighan | 🏴 |
M Mick Stockwell | 🏴 |
M Paul Mason | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M John Wark | 🏴 |
M Geraint Williams | 🏴 |
F Chris Kiwomya | 🏴 |
CF Ian Marshall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | 61’ |
🔁 | M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | for CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Steve Palmer | 🏴 | (W Steve Whitton | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Paul Mason | 🏴 | (M Boncho Guenchev | 🇧🇬 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Clive Baker | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
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
"Villa equalised in the 19th minute when Steve Staunton. who caused the Ipswich defence problems all day, put in a long, diagonal cross from the left."
*The Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 19 September 1993
Classy Villa take points
Ipswich 1 Aston Villa 2
RON Atkinson’s Aston Villa players suffered no reaction from their midweek excursion into Europe as they became the first side to win at Ipswich this season.
Villa were the classier team and were superior man for man.
lan Marshall, Ipswich's £750,000 signing from Oldham, hardly deserved to finish on the losing side.
He returned after an ankle injury suffered on August 21 and maintained his goal-a-match record.
He scored in the ninth minute from the rebound after Nigel Spink had blocked his first attempt and, four minutes before the interval. Marshall headed an inswinging corner from Neil Thompson against the Villa bar.
They equalised in the 19th minute when Steve Staunton. who caused the Ipswich defence problems all day, put in a long, diagonal cross from the left.
Dean Saunders cut in from the right to beat Craig Forrest with a clinical finish just inside the far post.
Villa needed a bit of luck to absorb Ipswich pressure just before the interval but in the second-half there was only one side in it.
In the 46th minute Andy Townsend fired over an open goal after a drive by Dalian Atkinson had been blocked by Forrest, but the Republic international made amends in the 55th minute, with a scorching left foot drive from 25 yards that flew into the top corner for the winner.
Villa brought on Tony Daley in place of Guy Whittingham after 61 minutes and were content to play a possession game that frustrated Ipswich for the rest of the match.