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Game #4341

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 26 October 1994

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Middlesbrough

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,254

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

Aston Villa (Holders)

1-0

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Middlesbrough

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Assist(s) | Guy Whittingham | 30' |

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

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 26 October 1994

⚽ | 30' Goal, 1-0, Andy Townsend, Assist by Guy Whittingham
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 82' Sub off, Guy Whittingham, Sub on, Nii Lamptey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough

🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

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

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 26 October 1994
  • Holders Villa gain respite from their difficult League spell under Ron Atkinson to secure a narrow win over Boro in the League Cup.

  • Dean Saunders secures his 50th win on his 111th appearance in a Villa shirt (110 Starts) to make it W50 D30 L31, 37 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.47 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Andy Townsend scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance to make it W29 D13 L20, 5 Goals, 9 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

  • Ugo Ehiogu makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (37 Starts) to make it W21 D10 L19, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Mark Bosnich keeps his 25th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 70th appearance (69 Starts) to make it W30 D18 L22, 66 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.94 goals per game and 25 Clean Sheets (36%) so far in his Villa career.

  • Former Villa defender Neil Cox lines up for Boro.

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

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Middlesbrough

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
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Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #17 |
Manager Game | #176 |
Wednesday, 26 October 1994

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

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bury St Edmunds, 1988–1995
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 176 | 🟩 | 77 🟨 | 45 🟥 54 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bury St Edmunds, 1988–1995

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Mark Bosnich returns in goal as Garry Parker and Guy Whittingham replace Phil King and Graham Fenton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.15 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.92 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.99 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Bryan Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Alan Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Clayton Blackmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Derek Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Vickers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Curtis Fleming | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Neil Cox (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Jamie Pollock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Moore | 🇮🇪 |
W John Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Paul Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | for CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Andy Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Craig Hignett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Ben Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/14

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/14

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 26 Oct 1994, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"ANDY TOWNSEND ended Middleshrough's Coca Cola Cup hopes with a first-half deflected goal at holders Aston Villa last night."
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

*Newcastle Journal*
Thursday, 27 October 1994
ANDY TOWNSEND ended Middleshrough's Coca Cola Cup hopes with a first-half deflected goal at holders Aston Villa last night. The Irish international's 14-yard shot on the half hour seemed to be heading for the right-hand side of goal but took a ricochet off Boro defender Derek Whyte and ended up in the top left-hand corner. It was Townsend's first goal of the season. It eased the mutterings of discontent at Villa Park. Aston Villa have not won a league game since September 10. Boro, without a win themselves in four games, battled hard to try to pull back into the game but lacked the fire power up front. Indeed patience, experience and understanding withstood Boro's early thrusts after which Villa rarely looked like losing their grip on a place in the last 16. Villa always held the upper hand and, but for desperate defending by Boro in the second half, the FA Carling Premiership side would have won by a bigger margin. Villa were lifting their game all the time and broke the deadlock on the half hour. Republic of Ireland international Ray Houghton crossed towards the far post and Boro keeper Alan Miller was unable to get there. Guy Whittingham headed into the middle and Townsend got there first to fire home off the unfortunate White. Boro continued to knock the ball around and had a chance to equalise before the interval but Bosnich made a fine save from Hendrie. Villa gradually began to assert control and the outcome of the game was never in doubt. Striker Dean Saunders should have increased the lead when he was put clear by Earl Barrett, but shot tamely into the crowd. Then Miller prevented Villa breaking through again with fine parrying saves from Saunders and Dwight Yorke.
Reports

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

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