Game #4351
Aston Villa
Monday, 19 December 1994
Southampton
2-1
Aston Villa
Premier League
Southampton
The Dell
Attendance: 13,874
Lost
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Assist(s) | Shaun Teale | 79’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Ray Houghton, immaculate touch
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 19 December 1994
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Richard Hall
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Phil King, Sub on, Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Houghton, Assist by Shaun Teale
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 1-2, (Southampton), Matt Le Tissier
🕒 | FT Southampton 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Earl Barrett
🟨 | Booking, Garry Parker
🟨 | Booking, Kevin Richardson
🟨 | Booking, Dean Saunders
ON THIS DAY
As Villa fielded their oldest team of the season with an average age of 30.65, Brian Little’s unbeaten start to his Villa reign came to an abrupt end as they crashed to defeat against Southampton.
Midfielder Garry Parker made his final appearance for Villa aged 29 before moving on to Leicester City in February 1995 for a fee of £300,000. Parker played for Villa between 1991-92 and 1994-95 making 119 appearances and scoring 14 goals.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94
Southampton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Monday, 19 December 1994
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 5 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 3 🟥 2 | 0.60
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 17 September 1994, Villa 0-1 West Ham, Upton Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Paul McGrath comes in after a two game absence in place of Ugo Ehiogu whilst John Fashanu starts for the first time in 19 games alongside the returning Dean Saunders whilst Graham Fenton and Guy Whittingham make way,
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 30.65 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 36.39 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 | 23.11 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 |
LB Phil King | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔴 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Alan Ball | 🏴 |
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Southampton
GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 |
CB Richard Hall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Ken Monkou | 🇳🇱 |
LB Francis Benali | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Widdrington | 🏴 |
M Ronnie Ekelund | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
M Jim Magilton | 🇬🇧 |
M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Neil Heaney | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Craig Maskell | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for LB Phil King | 🏴 | 72’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Ronnie Ekelund | 🇩🇰 | (M David Hughes | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Dave Beasant | 🏴 |
M Paul Tisdale | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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LB Steve Staunton
CB Ugo Ehiogu
M Andy Townsend
GK Michael Oakes
F Dalian Atkinson
M Nii Lamptey
CF Guy Whittingham
M Dave Farrell
D Chris Boden
UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Garry Parker | 🏴 | 1991-94 | 🕒 119 | 113 (6) | ⚽ 14 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 5 | #683 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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