Game #4287
Wednesday, 3 November 1993
Attendance: 26,737
Lost
UEFA Cup 2nd Round
2nd Round
Deportivo La Coruña
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Villa Park
Villa's away goal counts for nothing as they are beaten by a solitary goal in the second leg of the UEFA Cup tie with Deportivo to leave them out of Europe ahead of schedule.
Aston Villa
0-1
Deportivo La Coruña
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Gordon Cowans, caught in possession.
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-1, (Deportivo La Coruña), Manjarín
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Deportivo La Coruña
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Ray Houghton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Deportivo La Coruña
🟨 | Booking, Kevin Richardson, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Despite a creditable away draw Villa fall at home to Deportivo La Coruña in the Second Round of the UEFA Cup.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Deportivo La Coruña
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
La Liga Winners: ❌
Copa del Rey Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Deportivo: 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #20 |
Manager Game | #122 |
Wednesday, 3 November 1993
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber | 🇩🇪 | Essen, 1991-1998
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber | 🇩🇪 | Essen, 1991-1998
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Mark Bosnich returns in goal along with Tony Daley, Dean Saunders, Gordon Cowans and Bryan Small. Nigel Spink, Ray Houghton, Guy Whittingham, Steve Froggatt, Garry Parker and Ugo Ehiogu drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.30 |
Oldest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 35.04 |
Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 21.82 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
Arsenio Iglesias | 🇪🇸 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 |
Deportivo La Coruña
GK Francisco Liaño | 🇪🇸 |
CB Voro | 🇪🇸 |
CB Miroslav Đukić | 🇷🇸 |
D José Luis Ribera | 🇪🇸 |
D Fernando Martinez Perales | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luis López Rekarte | 🇪🇸 |
M Javier Manjarín | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Mauro Silva | 🇧🇷 |
M Francisco Javier González Pérez | 🇪🇸 |
M Donato Gama Da Silva | 🇪🇸 |
CF Bebeto | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 62' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Javier Manjarín | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | (F Pedro Riesco | 🇪🇸 )
🔁 | CF Bebeto | 🇧🇷 | (M Marcos Vales | 🇪🇸 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Alex Sánchez | 🇪🇸 |
RB Mariano Hoyas | 🇪🇸 |
M José Ramón | 🇪🇸 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🇪🇸 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇪🇸 : 13/16
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 can have few complaints after being swamped by the visitors throughout as they inexplicably failed to rise to the occasion."
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 4 November 1993
VILLA’S UEFA Cup hopes were left tatters by slick Spaniards Deportivo La Coruna at Villa Park last night.
Striker Javier Manjarin settled the issue with a 36th-minute strike.
And Villa can have few complaints after being swamped by the visitors throughout as they inexplicably failed to rise to the occasion.
Manjarin headed home after a flowing move had ripped Villa’s defence wide open.
Gordon Cowans, recalled after being rested for two games, was caught in possession in his own half and the Spaniards countered quickly and clinically.
The ball flashed from Bebeto to Fran and then out wide to overlapping full back Nando, whose deep cross to the far post was headed down by MANJARIN and only helped into the roof of the net by Villa defender Paul McGrath.
Bebeto could have added to Deportivo’s advantage three minutes later but skied over from eight yards.
