Game #4311
Sunday, 6 March 1994
Attendance: 14,323
Won
Premier League
5th
Coventry City
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Highfield Road
Villa beat Coventry at Highfield Road to make it four wins in seven unbeaten Premier League games as the climb to 5th in the table.
Coventry City
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 20’ |
KEY MAN
Tony Daley, first goal of the season the winner.
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MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Andy Townsend
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Game | #30 |
Manager Game | #146 |
Sunday, 6 March 1994
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 December 1993, Villa 2-2 QPR, Loftus Road.
Cards: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Villa make three changes from the team that beat Spurs last time out with Paul McGrath, Dalian Atkinson and Steve Froggatt being replaced by and Andy Townsend, Ugo Ehiogu and Graham Fenton.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.29 |
Oldest Player |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 31.27 |
Youngest Player |
F Graham Fenton | 🏴 | 19.80 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
Phil Neal | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴 |
LB Steve Morgan | 🏴 |
RB Peter Atherton | 🏴 |
CB Phil Babb | 🇮🇪 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
M David Rennie | 🏴 |
M Julian Darby | 🏴 |
M Sean Flynn | 🏴 |
CF Micky Quinn | 🏴 |
CF John Williams | 🏴 |
CF Peter Ndlovu | 🇿🇼 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jonathan Gould | 🏴 |
M Willie Boland | 🇮🇪 |
M Leigh Jenkinson | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/14
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
"For the first one I thought the player was already going down, while the second one hinged on whether there was any intent. I didn't feel it was intentional. I thought he was trying to regain his balance."
Referee Keith Hackett.
"Referees are the most maligned men in the game.
"You have just seen a very sensible display of refereeing.
“He cut out all time wasting and he didn't give the penalties because he knew Mark Bosnich would save them anyway.
“I would not have been surprised if either of them had been given."
Ron Atkinson.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 7 March 1994
FURIOUS Coventry City manager Phil Neal launched a blistering attack on referee Keith Hackett after seeing his side denied two penalties at Highfield Road.
The two incidents occurred in the space of 90 seconds the first after 75 minutes when Peter Ndlovu looked to have been brought down by Neil Cox and the second when Shaun Teale clearly handled the ball.
"We are top of the Fair Play League and I tell my players never to question referee's decisions," said Neal. "But after something like that it makes you wonder if it is to your advantage.
"We try to make the referee's job easier but you just wonder if you should go out and cause mayhem instead."
Hackett said: "For the first one I thought the player was already going down, while the second one hinged on whether there was any intent. I didn't feel it was intentional. I thought he was trying to regain his balance."
Villa manager Ron Atkinson, whose side seem to attract penalty dramas at the moment, commented: "Referees are the most maligned men in the game.
"You have just seen a very sensible display of refereeing. He cut out all time wasting and he didn't give the penalties because he knew Mark Bosnich would save them anyway."
On a more serious note Atkinson admitted: “I would not have been surprised if either of them had been given."
Tony Daley's first goal of the season in the 15th minute was enough to earn victory for Villa.
There was more heartache for City in the 81st minute when David Rennie's shot was blocked by Tony Daley and then Garry Parker cleared Sean Flynn's effort from the rebound off the line.
Bosnich then produced a brilliant save to deny Rennie before Villa raced to the other end where Parker should have settled it but sliced badly wide.