Game #4305
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 February 1994
Won
6th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Swindon Town
Attendance: 27,637
Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-0
Swindon Town
Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 31’ | Tony Daley | 55’ | Dalian Atkinson | 73' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Dean Saunders, first hat-trick for the club.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 February 1994
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders, Assist by Andy Townsend
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Swindon Town
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Froggatt, Assist by Tony Daley
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 3-0, Dean Saunders
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 4-0, Kevin Richardson, Assist by Dalian Atkinson
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on Dwight Yorke
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Paul McGrath, Sub on Ugo Ehiogu
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 5-0, Dean Saunders (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Swindon Town
ON THIS DAY
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Swindon Town
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69
FIXTURE HISTORY
Swindon Town
Previous 5 vs. Swindon: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #27 |
Manager Game | #140 |
Saturday, 12 February 1994
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 140 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 37 🟥 37 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 24 March 1993, Villa 0-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Villa make two changes from the team that beat Leeds last time out with Steve Froggatt returning after a 18 game absence as well as Neil Cox. Steve Staunton and Shaun Teale drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.48 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.22 |
Youngest Player |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | 20.95 |
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
John Gorman | 🏴 |
Swindon Town
GK Jon Sheffield | 🏴 |
D Shaun Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Adrian Whitbread | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
CB Luc Nijholt | 🇳🇱 |
M Nicky Summerbee | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M John Moncur | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Martin Ling | 🏴 |
M Kevin Horlock | 🇬🇧 |
F Keith Scott | 🏴 |
CF Jan Aage Fjørtoft | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 73’ |
🔁 | CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | for CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Adrian Whitbread | 🏴 | (LB Paul Bodin | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Jan Aage Fjørtoft | 🇳🇴 | (CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nick Hammond | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 14 February 1994