๐ฉ 26 Oct 1993, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Roker
Scorer(s) | Dalian Atkinson | 27' | 90' | Kevin Richardson | 33' | Ray Houghton | 75' |
Assist(s) | Kevin Richardson | 27' | Dalian Atkinson | 33' |
Fixture List
On This Day
Tuesday, 26 October 1993
Villa progress to the 4th Round of the League Cup after what seems a resounding victory on Wearside but it took an outstanding goalkeeping performance from Mark Bosnich to get Villa to victory over second tier Sunderland in the League Cup.
Dalian Atkinson scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 66th appearance (63 Starts) to make it W31 D22 L13, 21 Goals and 13 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.94 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Ray Houghton scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 60th appearance to make it W28 D20 L12, 5 Goals and 11 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.75 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Ron Atkinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1991-1994
๐ 120 | ๐ฉ | 55 ๐จ | 34 ๐ฅ 31 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
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Game #4285
Match Record
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #18 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Tuesday, 26 October 1993
Game Record
Manager: Ron Atkinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Alan Flood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Stockport, 1987โ1993
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-0
FT Score: ๐ฉ 4-1
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Total ๐ 151 | ๐ฉ W69 (46% ) | ๐จ D34 | ๐บ(68% ) | ๐ฅ L48 (32% ) | โฝ 264 | ๐ฅ 236 | GD 28
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Sunderland
European Cup / Champions League: โ
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐
League Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1972-73
Squad News
Debut Appearances
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Final Appearances
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Match Timeline
โฝ | 27โ Goal, 1-0, Dalian Atkinson, Assist by Kevin Richardson
โฝ | 33โ Goal, 2-0, Kevin Richardson, Assist by Dalian Atkinson
๐ | HT Sunderland 0-2 Aston Villa
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| 47โ Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland)
๐ | 74โ Sub off, Guy Whittingham, Sub on, Ray Houghton
โฝ | 75โ Goal, 3-1, Ray Houghton
โฝ | 90โ Goal, 4-1, Dalian Atkinson
๐ | FT Sunderland 1-4 Aston Villa
Officials
Referee: Alan Flood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Stockport, 1987โ1993
Officials
Referee Profile
Referee: Alan Flood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Stockport, 1987โ1993
Games: ๐ 3 ๐ฉ W2 (67%) ๐ฅ L0 (0%) Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Cards: ๐จ 0 ๐ฅ 0 | 0.00 per game | Pens: โฝ 2 | ๐ฅ
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VAR Profile (Post 2021)
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Match Stats
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Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Ron Atkinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1991-1994
GK Mark Bosnich | ๐ฆ๐บ |
RB Earl Barrett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Paul McGrath | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Shaun Teale | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Bryan Small | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Garry Parker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Kevin Richardson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
W Tony Daley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ฅ | โฝ |
CF Guy Whittingham | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
Substitutes
๐ | M Ray Houghton | ๐ฎ๐ช | โฝ | for CF Guy Whittingham | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 74' |
Unused Substitutes
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Sunderland
Terry Butcher | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
GK Alec Chamberlain | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
D Richard Ord | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CB Andy Melville | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Armstrong | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gary Owers | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Martin Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M Kevin Ball | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Brian Atkinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Martin Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Phil Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Don Goodman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
๐ | D Richard Ord | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (CB Gary Bennett | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐ | M Martin Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (W Jamie Lawrence | ๐ฏ๐ฒ |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Tony Norman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
Team News
Aston Villa
Not recorded
Paul McGrath, Bryan Small and Garry Parker return as Guy Whittingham, Dean Saunders and Gordon Cowans make way.
Sunderland
Not Recorded
Matchday Squads
Aston Villa
Sunderland
Match Media

What they Said
"At 2-0 up I thought we were on for a 3-3 draw.
"We won 4-1 but we owe that result to our goalkeeper.
โWe took a battering."
Ron Atkinson.
โIโm not the best in the world and it embarrasses me when he says that.
โI wish he would say potentially because I have still got so much to learn.โ
Mark Bosnich.
Mark Bosnich is not easily embarrassed but there is one thing that makes even the brash Aussie bashful.
He cringes every time his Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson hails him as "the best goalkeeper in the world".
But Bosnich lived up to the billing with a brilliant display in Villa's 4-1 Coca-Cola Cup triumph against Sunderland, which earned a standing ovation from the Roker Park crowd.
He was named man-of-the-match after an incredible string of saves to break the hearts of first division Sunderland, who, despite the scoreline, played Villa off the park.
Bosnich goes red when reminded of the manager's words and says: โIโm not the best in the world and it embarrasses me when he says that. I wish he would say potentially because I have still got so much to learn.
While Bosnich was keeping Terry Butcher's side at bay, his team mates were staging an audacious smash-and-grab raid.
Dalian Atkinson put Villa in front from their first attack after 27 minutes and seven minutes later skipper Kevin Richardson made it 2-0.
But such was the Sunderland pressure that Ron Atkinson quipped: "At 2-0 up I thought we were on for a 3-3 draw."
His fears looked like materialising when Phil Gray finally beat Bosnich within minutes of the restart, but he refused to be beaten again and made one incredible save from Martin Smith, as well as denying the ever-dangerous Don Goodman.
Villa substitute Ray Houghton then added insult to injury when he scored with his first touch after 75 minutes, before Dalian Atkinson grabbed his second in the 89th minute.
Ron Atkinson summed it up saying: "We won 4-1 but we owe that result to our goalkeeper. We took a battering."
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