Game #4297
Aston Villa
9-7-6, 34 PTS
Wednesday, 29 December 1993
8th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Kevin Richardson | 🔥 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | 73’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
M Dave Farrell | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Neil Cox, Foul (3)
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
Villa make two changes from the team that lost to Manchester United with Andy Townsend and Ray Houghton returning. Dalian Atkinson and Garry Parker drop out.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.71 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.09 |
Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 21.98 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Ray Houghton | 55’ | Dean Saunders | 58’ |
Assist(s) | Kevin Richardson | 58’ |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Chris Sutton
🕒 | HT Norwich City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Houghton
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 2-1, Dean Saunders, Assist by Kevin Richardson
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Guy Whittingham, Sub on, Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Norwich City 1-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Neil Cox, Foul
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Game | #22 |
Manager Game | #132 |
Wednesday, 29 December 1993
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1989-2002
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1989-2002
Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 50 | 🟩 W23 (46% ) | 🟨 D11 | 🇺(68% ) | 🟥 L16 (32% ) | ⚽ 81 | 🥅 72 | GD 9
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 132 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 36 🟥 36 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Premier League
Norwich City
Carrow Road
Attendance: 20,650
GK Bryan Gunn | 🏴 |
RB Ian Culverhouse | 🏴 |
CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴 | 🔁 |
D Rob Newman | 🏴 |
LB Colin Woodthorpe | 🏴 |
LB Mark Bowen | 🏴 |
M Ian Crook | 🏴 |
M David Smith | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Ruel Fox | 🏴 |
CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 |
Mike Walker | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴 | (M Andy Johnson | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M David Smith | 🏴 | (LB Rob Ullathorne | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Scott Howie | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
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: 1984–85
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
A 3 minute second half brace earns Villa a first win in 7 Premier League games under Ron Atkinson as they climb back to 8th in the table.
Kevin Richardson contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 130th appearance to make it W60 D35 L35, 13 Goals and 12 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Steve Staunton secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 109th appearance to make it W50 D31 L28, 8 Goals, 16 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Dwight Yorke appears for the first time in over 7 months following injury to make it 98 Appearances (73 Starts), W43 D26 L29, 26 Goals, 13 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.51 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
What they Said
"Three minutes later SAUNDERS scored the crucial goal a fierce dipping effort from 20 yards which left Gunn clutching thin air."
A SUPERB second-half strike from Welsh international Dean Saunders gave Villa their first league win at Norwich in 13 years and their first victory in six Premiership games.
Villa were lucky not to be reduced to 10 men as early as the second minute when Neil Cox went in elbow first as Norwich goalkeeper Bryan'Gunn caught a lofted cross from Steve Staunton.
Gunn needed lengthy treatment to a facial injury, but the unsighted referee, David Elleray, let Cox off with nothing more than a stem lecture. In the 26th minute.
Chris SUTTON showed the predator’s touch, seizing on Shaun Teale’s poorly-struck back-pass before rounding Mark Bosnich and firing home from an acute angle.
Villa struck in the 55th minute following a poor back-pass from Norwich sweeper lan Culverhouse.
He put the ball straight into the path of Ray HOUGHTON, who rounded Gunn comfortably before slotting home.
Three minutes later SAUNDERS scored the crucial goal a fierce dipping effort from 20 yards which left Gunn clutching thin air.