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Game #4320

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 16 April 1994

9th

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Stefan Beinlich | 🇩🇪 |
M Dave Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994
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Substitutes:

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Dave Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 80’ |

Unused Substitutes:

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Ugo Ehiogu, Foul
🟨 Shaun Teale, Foul

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Villa recall Nigel Spink in place of Mark Bosnich as part of four changes from the team that lost to Blackburn last time out. Also returning are Ray Houghton, Stefan Beinlich and Dave Farrell whilst dropping out are Dean Saunders, Tony Daley and Dalian Atkinson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.14 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.71 |

Youngest Player |
F Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.92 |

  • Villa score twice in a Premier League game for the first time since February as the end a run of seven games without a win to beat relegation threatened Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.

Graham Fenton stopped United’s mini-revival and pushed them a step nearer relegation.

The 19-year-old grabbed his first Premiership goal in the 25th minute leaving Dave Bassett's side in deep trouble.

United had gone eight games without defeat but there was no way back once Fenton had struck. Franz Carr missed a first minute opportunity to put United ahead, but they did take the lead in the 17th minute.

Carl Bradshaw's long throw was touched on by Dane Whitehouse with Adrian Littlejohn adding the finishing touch at the far post.

Villa were back on level terms six minutes later, Kevin Richardson drilling a low strike past Simon Tracey from 25 yards after Stefan Beinlich had an earlier shot blocked.

They swept ahead two minutes later, Richardson's through ball finding Fenton who coolly flicked the ball over the advancing Tracey into the empty net.

Ray Houghton had the chance to grab a third minutes before the interval but cracked the ball straight at Tracey.

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Won

2-1

🟩 16 Apr 1994, Villa 2-1 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane
Scorer(s) | Kevin Richardson | 23’ | Graham Fenton | 25’ |

Assist(s) | Kevin Richardson | 25’ |

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield United), Adrian Littlejohn
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-1, Kevin Richardson
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 2-1, Graham Fenton
🕒 | HT Sheffield United 1-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | 62’ Booking, Ugo Ehiogu, Foul
🟨 | 78’ Booking, Shaun Teale, Foul
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, David Farrell, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Sheffield United 1-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #53 |
League Game | #38 |
Manager Game | #155 |
Saturday, 16 April 1994

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006

Previous 5 vs. Sheffield United: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 155 | 🟩 | 70 🟨 | 41 🟥 44 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
437
🟩
174
🟨
3
435*
🟨
120
🟥
0
0
🟥
143
2
🥅
120
555
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
124
🟩
57*
🟨
4
124*
🟨
34
🟥
0
8
🟥
33
16
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
30
🟩
15*
🟨
1*
17*
🟨
6
🟥
0
0
🟥
9
1
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
147
🟩
67*
🟨
17*
146*
🟨
40
🟥
1
5
🟥
40
0
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
112
🟩
52*
🟨
5
112*
🟨
31
🟥
0
2
🟥
29
1
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
85
🟩
40*
🟨
1
77*
🟨
24
🟥
0
8
🟥
21
12
M Dave Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
2*
🟨
0
3*
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
12
🟩
4*
🟨
1
8*
🟨
3
🟥
0
1*
🟥
5
0
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
43
🟩
23*
🟨
3
43*
🟨
10
🟥
0
4
🟥
10
7
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
153
🟩
70*
🟨
9
153*
🟨
40
🟥
0
16*
🟥
43
15
M Stefan Beinlich | 🇩🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
14
🟩
6*
🟨
0
4*
🟨
2
🟥
0
0
🟥
6
0
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
288
🟩
109*
🟨
3
47*
🟨
72
🟥
0
38
🟥
107
31
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Premier League

Sheffield United

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Bramall Lane

Attendance: 18,402

GK Simon Tracey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Tuttle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roger Nilsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Carl Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Dane Whitehouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Paul Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Adrian Littlejohn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jostein Flo | 🇳🇴 |

Dave Bassett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | M John Gannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Glyn Hodges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Adrian Littlejohn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Nathan Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

GK Sal Bibbo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Dane Whitehouse
🟨 Paul Rogers

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1924–25

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

"Ray Houghton had the chance to grab a third minutes before the interval but cracked the ball straight at Tracey."

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

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