Game #4281
Aston Villa
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
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)
None
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
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
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: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
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
League Cup
Birmingham City
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 | 🏴 |
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)
None
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
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
Substitutes
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Sub 2
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⚽
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Sub 3
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⚽
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Sub 4
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Sub 5
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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.