Game #4281
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 6 October 1993
Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
League Cup 2nd Round
Attendance: 35,856
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Villa repeat the trick and beat second tier Birmingham yet again however midfielder Paul Tait and manager Terry Cooper take defeat far from well as one is sent off and the other reported to the FA.
Aston Villa
1-0
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Dean Saunders, winner.
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NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 6 October 1993
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🟥 | 60’ Sending off, (Birmingham City), Paul Tait
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on, Ray Houghton
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
🟨 | Booking, Kevin Richardson, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Villa make it 6 wins in a row against neighbours Birmingham going back to 1987, scoring 17 and conceding 1.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Birmingham City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Wednesday, 6 October 1993
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴 | Worcester, 1985–1998
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 2-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴 | Worcester, 1985–1998
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 12 April 1993, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Highbury.
Cards: 🟥
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Mark Bosnich replaces Nigel Spink as Tony Daley comes in for Guy Whittingham.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.08 |
Oldest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 34.97 |
Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 21.75 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
Terry Cooper | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 |
Birmingham City
GK Kevin Miller | 🏴 |
LB John Frain | 🏴 |
CB Chris Whyte | 🏴 |
CB Richard Dryden | 🏴 |
D Paul Mardon | 🏴 |
RB Scott Hiley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Louie Donowa | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lyndon Hooper | 🇨🇦 |
M Paul Tait | 🏴 | 🟥 |
M David Smith | 🏴 |
CF Carl-Steven Shutt | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 76' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Scott Hiley | 🏴 | (CB Paul Fenwick | 🇨🇦 |)
🔁 | M Louie Donowa | 🏴 | (M Richard Scott | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Steadman
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
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
"Cooper was also unhappy at Ashby's decision to allow the winning goal scored by Dean Saunders, claiming the Welsh international was in an offside position."
BIRMINGHAM CITY manager Terry Cooper is being reported to the English FA over an alleged verbal attack on referee Gerald Ashby after Wednesday’s Coca- Cola Cup tie with Aston Villa.
Cooper heavily criticised the FIFA official over his decision to send off City midfielder Paul Tait after he reacted to a late challenge by Villa skipper Kevin Richardson.
He was also unhappy at Ashby's decision to allow the winning goal scored by Dean Saunders, claiming the Welsh international was in an offside position.
Worcester-based Ashby confirmed he would be reporting the Birmingham manager and said: “If Mr Cooper had said 'You had super match ref I would not be reporting him.”
Villa won the match 1-0 and the tie 2-0 on aggregate.
