Aston Villa

2-4-4, 10 PTS

Saturday, 15 October 1994

1994-95

16th (-4)

Drew

1-1

Norwich City

4-4-2, 16 PTS

Premier League

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,468

🟨 15 Oct 1994, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | Dean Saunders | 62’ |

Assist(s) | Garry Parker | 62’ |

Fixture List

🟨 20 Aug 1994, Villa 2-2 Everton, Goodison

Premier League

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

Premier League

🟨 27 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park

Premier League

🟩 29 Aug 1994, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

Premier League

🟩 10 Sep 1994, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

Premier League

🟥 15 Sep 1994, Villa 0-1 Inter, San Siro

UEFA Cup

🟥 17 Sep 1994, Villa 0-1 West Ham, Upton Park

Premier League

🟩 21 Sep 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park

League Cup

🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood

Premier League

🟩 29 Sep 1994, Villa p1-0 Inter, Villa Park

UEFA Cup

🟥 1 Oct 1994, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

Premier League

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

League Cup

🟥 8 Oct 1994, Villa 2-3 Liverpool, Anfield

Premier League

🟨 15 Oct 1994, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park

Premier League

🟥 18 Oct 1994, Villa 0-1 Trabzonspor, Hüseyin Avni Aker

UEFA Cup

🟥 22 Oct 1994, Villa 0-2 Forest, Villa Park

Premier League

🟩 26 Oct 1994, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

League Cup

🟥 29 Oct 1994, Villa 0-2 QPR, Loftus Road

Premier League

🟩 1 Nov 1994, Villa 2-1a Trabzonspor, Villa Park

UEFA Cup

🟥 6 Nov 1994, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

Premier League

🟥 9 Nov 1994, Villa 3-4 Wimbledon, Selhurst

Premier League

🟩 19 Nov 1994, Villa 4-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

Premier League

🟨 27 Nov 1994, Villa 1-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

Premier League

🟥 30 Nov 1994, Villa 1-4 Palace, Selhurst

League Cup

🟨 3 Dec 1994, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

Premier League

🟨 10 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park

Premier League

🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

Premier League

🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury

Premier League

🟩 28 Dec 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

Premier League

🟨 31 Dec 1994, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Maine Road

Premier League

🟨 2 Jan 1995, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Villa Park

Premier League

🟩 7 Jan 1995, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

FA Cup

🟩 14 Jan 1995, Villa 2-1 QPR, Villa Park

Premier League

🟩 21 Jan 1995, Villa 2-1 Forest, City Ground

Premier League

🟩 25 Jan 1995, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park

Premier League

🟥 28 Jan 1995, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

FA Cup

🟥 4 Feb 1995, Villa 0-1 United, Old Trafford

Premier League

🟩 11 Feb 1995, Villa 7-1 Wimbledon, Villa Park

Premier League

🟩 18 Feb 1995, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Hillsborough

Premier League

🟨 22 Feb 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park

Premier League

🟥 25 Feb 1995, Villa 1-3 Newcastle, St James'

Premier League

🟥 4 Mar 1995, Villa 0-1 Blackburn, Villa Park

Premier League

🟨 6 Mar 1995, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park

Premier League

🟥 18 Mar 1995, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Villa Park

Premier League

🟩 1 Apr 1995, Villa 1-0 Ipswich, Portman Road

Premier League

🟨 4 Apr 1995, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst

Premier League

🟥 15 Apr 1995, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Premier League

🟥 17 Apr 1995, Villa 0-4 Arsenal, Villa Park

Premier League

🟥 29 Apr 1995, Villa 0-1 Leeds, Elland Road

Premier League

🟨 3 May 1995, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

Premier League

🟩 6 May 1995, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

Premier League

🟨 14 May 1995, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road

Premier League

On This Day

Saturday, 15 October 1994

Villa stop a run of four consecutive Premier League defeats but are held at home by Norwich to leave them without a league win in five as they fall back to 16th in the table.
Garry Parker contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 107th appearance (104 Starts) to make it W46 D29 L32, 13 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.35 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 173 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 45 🟥 52 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Game #4338

Match Record

Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #173 |
Saturday, 15 October 1994

Game Record

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

Total 🕒 52 | 🟩 W23 (44% ) | 🟨 D13 | 🇺(69% ) | 🟥 L16 (31% ) | ⚽ 82 | 🥅 73 | GD 9

Trophy Cabinet

Aston Villa

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

Norwich City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Officials

Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chester-le-Street | 1993-2000

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

🟨 Kevin Richardson (12)

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Bookings

🟨

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Match Stats

Not recorded

Line Up & Subs

Aston Villa

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | for RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72’ |
🔁 | CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Norwich City

John Deehan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Bryan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mark Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Rob Newman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Spencer Prior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Neil Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Carl Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ian Crook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Milligan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
W Darren Eadie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mike Sheron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mark Robins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | RB Carl Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Jon Wright | 🇬🇧 |)
🔁 | CF Mark Robins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Ade Akinbiyi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Andy Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Aston Villa

M Andy Townsend
CF John Fashanu
GK Michael Oakes
M Nii Lamptey
CB Shaun Teale
F Graham Fenton
M Dave Farrell
D Chris Boden
LB Bryan Small

Ray Houghton, Andy Townsend and Guy Whittingham drop out with Dalian Atkinson, Phil King and Kevin Richardson returning,

Norwich City

Not Recorded

Matchday Squads

Aston Villa

Norwich City

Match Media

What they Said

"TOP SCORER Dean Saunders saved Aston Villa from sliding to a fifth successive Premiership defeat after they conceded a goal right out of a "Comedy of Errors""

Saunders saves face for Villa

TOP SCORER Dean Saunders saved Aston Villa from sliding to a fifth successive Premiership defeat after they conceded a goal right out of a "Comedy of Errors".

Saunders struck to net a fifth league goal of the season and salvage a point for Ron Atkinson's side before they embark on a potentially troublesome task against the Turks of Trabzonspor on Tuesday.

The striker's 62 minute equaliser was just the tonic Villa needed before their UEFA Cup journey into the unknown after they had fallen behind to Mike Milligan’s extraordinary effort.

Villa will go all season without conceding a more comical goal than the one that they let in after 50 minutes following a period of pin-ball activity in their penalty area.

Keeper Mark Bosnich, blamed for Liverpool's winner in the defeat at Anfield last week, caused the initial problem when he failed to cut-out a chip by Mark Robin.

The ball fell to Darren Eadie who somehow hit the post with the net gaping. Then Mike Sheron even more amazingly put the follow-up onto the crossbar from practically on the goalline.

Eadie thew saw his second strike kicked off the line by Kevin Richardson, but Villa failed to take advantage of their triple escape as they allowed another cross to come from which Mike Milligan heeded home.

Bosnich atoned for his error when he saved an Eadie shot low down, while Staunton tested Gunn with another long range effort at the other ed.

Then Saunders saw his cross just elude Parker and second-half substitute Guy Whittingbas before rolling inches wide of the post.

Ehiogu nearly matched a dramatic injury-time winner with a header off the post.

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |

🕒

✅

68*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

18*

🟥

⛔

🥅

66*

Defenders

LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

139

✅

138*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

37*

🟥

RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

128

✅

127*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

34*

🟥

CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

34*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

10*

🟥

Midfielders

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

245

✅

245*

⚽

🔥

🟩

105

🟨

64*

🟥

76*

M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

167

✅

167*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

44*

🟥

M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

107

✅

104*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

29*

🟥

CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

102

✅

96*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

30*

🟥

Forwards

CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

🕒

108

✅

107*

⚽

🔥

37*

🟩

🟨

30*

🟥

F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

🕒

123

✅

86*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

33*

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

🔁

10*

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

🟨

28*

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

1994-95

First Team Squad

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | #688 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Sydney Olympic 🇦🇺 Retired

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | #663 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #705 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Fleetwood Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #687 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield Wednesday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | #675 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #684 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | #698 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Jomo Cosmos 🇿🇦 Retired

CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #671 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC 🇰🇷 Died

CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #695 |

Forward

Where are they now?

North Shields 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #702 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Rocester FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #699 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Cardiff City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #676 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Northwich Victoria 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #680 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Hednesford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #703 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

West Ham United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | #693 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #701 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Northampton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | #689 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Stevenage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #691 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Bradford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #694 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Wycombe Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #611 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Forest Green Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #677 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

LB Chris Boden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #700 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Hereford United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #696 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Bath City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Dave Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #692 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Stamford AFC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #674 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Blackpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #704 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 🇺🇸 Retired

CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | #668 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Sunderland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #697 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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