Game #4352
Aston Villa
Monday, 26 December 1994
Drew
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
Premier League
Arsenal
Attendance: 34,452
Highbury
Arsenal
0-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Andy Townsend, sent off after six game suspension
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 26 December 1994
🟢 | 1' Debut, Ian Taylor
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Andy Townsend
🟥 | 60’ Sending off, Andy Townsend
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Dean Saunders, Sub on, Paul McGrath
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend
🟨 | Booking, Kevin Richardson, Encroachment
🟨 | Booking, Ray Houghton, Dissent
ON THIS DAY
Midfielder Ian Taylor made his Villa debut aged 26 after joining from Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month for £1,000,000.
Former Villa centre back Martin Keown lined up for Arsenal.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94
Arsenal
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993–94
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Monday, 26 December 1994
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 6 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 4 🟥 2 | 0.67
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 26 October 1994, League Cup, Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.
Incidents: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
New signing Ian Taylor makes his debut with Garry Parker making way, Steve Staunton (7 game absence) and Ugo Ehiogu return along with Andy Townsend as Phil King and Bryan Small drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 29.90 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 36.41 |
Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 22.16 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
George Graham (ex) | 🏴 |
Arsenal
GK Vince Bartram | 🏴 |
RB Steve Morrow | 🇬🇧 |
RB Lee Dixon | 🏴 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴 |
M Stefan Schwarz | 🇸🇪 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴 |
M Stephen Hughes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Kevin Campbell | 🏴 |
CF Paul Dickov | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | for CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | 67’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Stephen Hughes | 🏴 | (M Mark Flatts | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Lee Harper | 🏴 |
CB Andy Linighan | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Tuesday, 27 December 1994