Game #4336

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 5 October 1994

2nd Round

Last 5 | 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Won

3-0

🟩 5 Oct 1994, Villa 3-0 Wigan, Springfield Park

League Cup

Wigan Athletic

Springfield Park

Attendance: 2,633

On This Day

Villa record an 8-0 aggregate victory over Wigan in the League Cup as the mercurial Nii Lamptey hits a brace.
Goalkeeper Michael Oakes, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining as a trainee and signing professional forms in July 1991 to become the 699th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Nii Lamptey scores a brace on his 4th appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) to make it W2 D0 L2, 3 Goals and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.33 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Nii Lamptey, Foul (1)

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: 1993-94

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Ugo Ehiogu, Ray Houghton, Andy Townsend, Earl Barrett and Nigel Spink drop out as Dave Farrell (first start of the season), Shaun Teale, Nii Lamptey, Michael Oakes and Steve Staunton come in.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.82 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.86 |

Youngest Player |
M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | 19.83 |

Debut Appearances

🟢 GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #699 | Youth Team promotion

Final Appearances

None

Starting XI

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

137

✅

136*

⚽

🔥

🟩

62*

🟨

🟥

LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

153

✅

152*

⚽

🔥

🟩

69*

🟨

🟥

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

243

✅

243*

⚽

🔥

🟩

105*

🟨

🟥

M Dave Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

105

✅

102*

⚽

🔥

🟩

46*

🟨

🟥

M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

18*

⚽

🔥

🟩

13*

🟨

🟥

CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

12*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

🕒

121

✅

84*

⚽

🔥

🟩

51*

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

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🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

None

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Sub 1

🟩

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🟥

None

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🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

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🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

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🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

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🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Scorer(s) | Nii Lamptey | 43’ | 85’ | Guy Whittingham | 60’ |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #12 |
Manager Game | #171 |
Wednesday, 5 October 1994

Match Record

Game Record

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loughborough, 1994-2001
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0 (8-0)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loughborough, 1994-2001

Previous 5 vs. Wigan: 🟩 🟩

Head to Head

Total 🕒 3 | 🟩 W3 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 1 | GD 9

Match Stats

Not recorded

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 171 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 44 🟥 51 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

What they Said

GK Simon Farnworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Andy Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Greg Strong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Joe Jakub | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Matt Carragher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Dave Campbell | 🇬🇧 |
M Neill Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Kilford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Pat Gavin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Graham Barrow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | RB Matt Carragher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Neil Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Andy Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Paul Rennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Mark Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table

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1994-95

Playing Squad

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | #688 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Sydney Olympic 🇦🇺 Retired

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #699 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Cardiff City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #611 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Forest Green Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | #663 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #676 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Northwich Victoria 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #677 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #705 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Fleetwood Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #680 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Hednesford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Chris Boden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #700 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Hereford United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #687 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield Wednesday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #703 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

West Ham United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #696 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Bath City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | #675 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | #693 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Dave Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #692 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Stamford AFC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #684 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #701 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Northampton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #674 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Blackpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | #698 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Jomo Cosmos 🇿🇦 Retired

M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | #689 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Stevenage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #704 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 🇺🇸 Retired

CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #671 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC 🇰🇷 Died

CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #691 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Bradford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | #668 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Sunderland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #695 |

Forward

Where are they now?

North Shields 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #694 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Wycombe Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #697 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #702 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Rocester FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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