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Game #4281

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 6 October 1993

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 76' |

Unused Substitutes

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Kevin Richardson (7)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

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 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

1-0

🟩 6 Oct 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dean Saunders | 82' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🕒 | 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

Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Wednesday, 6 October 1993

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1990–1998
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0 (2-0)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1990–1998

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 106 | 🟩 46 | 🟨 27 | 🟥 33 | ⚽ 171 | 🥅 137 |
League 🕒 96 | 🟩 39 | 🟨 25 | 🟥 32 | ⚽ 150 | 🥅 134 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
League Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 3 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 53 | 🟩 27 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 95 | 🥅 57 |
Away 🕒 53 | 🟩 19 | 🟨 13 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 76 | 🥅 80 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 116 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 | 32 🟥 31 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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League Cup

Birmingham City

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Villa Park

Attendance: 35,856

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Terry Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | RB Scott Hiley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Paul Fenwick | 🇨🇦 |)
🔁 | M Louie Donowa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Richard Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

Steadman

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟥 Paul Tait

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day
  • 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.

  • Villa make it 6 wins in a row against neighbours Birmingham going back to 1987, scoring 17 and conceding 1.

  • Gordon Cowans makes his 500th start in a Villa shirt (522 Appearances) to make it W230 D129 L163, 59 Goals and 95 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.39 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Dean Saunders scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 58th appearance to make it W30 D17 L11, 20 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.52 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Starting XI
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
🕒

22

21*

🔥

0

0

🟩

11*

🟨

5

🟥

6

11*

🥅

15

LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

108

108*

🔥

8

16

🟩

49*

🟨

31

🟥

28

CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

112

112*

🔥

3

0

🟩

51*

🟨

31

🟥

30

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

203

203*

🔥

8

9

🟩

88*

🟨

54

🟥

61

RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

33

18*

🔥

2

2

🟩

19*

🟨

5

🟥

9

M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

11

11*

🔥

2

1

🟩

6*

🟨

4

🟥

1

M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

116

116*

🔥

11

10

🟩

53*

🟨

32

🟥

31

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

523

501

🔥

59

96

🟩

230

🟨

130

🟥

163

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

260

218*

🔥

37

26

🟩

95*

🟨

66

🟥

99

CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

62

59*

🔥

18

11

🟩

29*

🟨

20

🟥

13

CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

58

58*

🔥

20*

3

🟩

30*

🟨

17

🟥

11

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

58

🔁

4*

🔥

4

11

Sub 1

🟩

27*

🟨

19

🟥

12

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
What they Said

"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 a super match ref I would not be reporting him.”

Villa won the match 1-0 and the tie 2-0 on aggregate.

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