Game #4340
Aston Villa
2-4-5, 10 PTS
Saturday, 22 October 1994
16th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Phil King | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
Substitutes
🔁 | M Garry Parker | 🏴 | for CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | for LB Phil King | 🏴 | 72’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Steve Staunton, Foul (9)
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
GK Mark Bosnich
M Kevin Richardson
CF John Fashanu
CF Dalian Atkinson
M Nii Lamptey
CB Shaun Teale
F Graham Fenton
M Dave Farrell
D Chris Boden
LB Bryan Small
Team News
Kevin Richardson and Guy Whittingham drop out as Dwight Yorke and Graham Fenton come in.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.28 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 36.23 |
Youngest Player |
F Graham Fenton | 🏴 | 20.43 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest, pen), Stuart Pearce, 71 seconds
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Nottingham Forest
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Graham Fenton, Sub on, Garry Parker
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Steve Stone
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Phil King, Sub on, Guy Whittingham
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Nottingham Forest
🟨 | Booking, Steve Staunton, Foul
Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #175 |
Saturday, 22 October 1994
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1985-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1985-1996
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 114 | 🟩 W53 (46% ) | 🟨 D24 | 🇺(68% ) | 🟥 L37 (32% ) | ⚽ 197 | 🥅 166 | GD 31
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 175 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 45 🟥 54 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Premier League
Nottingham Forest
8-3-0, 27 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,217
GK Mark Crossley | 🏴 |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Steve Chettle | 🏴 |
M David Phillips | 🏴 |
M Alf-Inge Håland | 🇳🇴 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Lars Bohinen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
M Ian Woan | 🏴 |
W Bryan Roy | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 |
Frank Clark | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | W Bryan Roy | 🇳🇱 | (CF Jason Lee | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Malcolm Rigby | 🏴 |
M Kingsley Black | 🇬🇧 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨
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: 1989-90
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa concede in the second minute and never recover as they fall to their fifth defeat in six winless Premier League games as they remain in sixteenth but Ron Atkinson remains optimistic that having played "some of our best football ever" the results will start to flow.
Ray Houghton makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (90 Start) to make it W42 D28 L30, 10 Goals and 14 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.17 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa winger Steve Stone scores for Forest in the 70’ minute to condemn Villa to defeat whilst future Villa centre forward Stan Collymore also lines up for Forest.
What they Said
"NOTTINGHAM Forest maintained the pressure on Premiership leaders Newcastle and sent Aston Villa tumbling towards the relegation zone with their eighth win in 11 league games."
NOTTINGHAM Forest maintained the pressure on Premiership leaders Newcastle and sent Aston Villa tumbling towards the relegation zone with their eighth win in 11 league games.
Brittle Villa never recovered from the blow of conceding a first minute penalty, converted by Stuart Pearce, and Steve Stone confirmed Forest's fourth away win with a 70th minute second goal.
Manager Ron Atkinson used his programme notes to assure Villa fans his team are not preoccupied with Coca-Cola and UEFA Cup commitments.
Atkinson insisted it would only be a matter of time before Villa made home advantage count in the League as the goals finally arrived to reward what he described as "some of our best football ever".
It was a game that failed to live up to expectations but kept unbeaten Forest in the hunt for the Premiership title while increasing Villa's anxiety at the bottom.