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Game #4353

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 28 December 1994

Won

19th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

Premier League

Chelsea

Attendance: 32,901

Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

Chelsea

Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 32’ | Dwight Yorke | 82’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa hammer Chelsea at Villa Park for only their second win in sixteen Premier League games and first under Brian Little to rise one place to 19th in the table.

KEY MAN

Steve Staunton, damage

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 28 December 1994

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Staunton
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Andy Townsend
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Paul McGrath
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 3-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Chelsea

🟨 | Booking, Earl Barrett, Foul

ON THIS DAY

Villa’s first win under new boss Brian Little is a resounding one as Chelsea are dispatched at Villa Park to make it one win in 6 Premier League games under Little having previously drawn 4 and lost 1.

Ian Taylor scores his first goal for Villa since joining from Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month whilst Dwight Yorke score his first league goal since August.

Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Wednesday, 28 December 1994

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 7 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 4 🟥 2 | 1.00

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 9 October 1994, Villa 2-3 Liverpool, Anfield.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Chelsea

🟨

TEAM NEWS

Dwight Yorke comes in for John Fashanu

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 29.08 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 36.41 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.16 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Dmitriy Kharin | 🇷🇺 |
RB Steve Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Erland Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Andy Myers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gavin Peacock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Craig Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Eddie Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Furlong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF John Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 78’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Craig Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Mark Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Kevin Hitchcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

"ANGRY manager Glenn Hoddle blasted Chelsea's rock-bottom performance which gifted new Aston Villa manager Brian Little his first win."

MATCH REPORT

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)

*Daily Mirror*
Thursday, 29 December 1994

ANGRY manager Glenn Hoddle blasted Chelsea's rock-bottom performance which gifted new Aston Villa manager Brian Little his first win. Hoddle's tattered troops were simply pathetic, and £1million signing lan Taylor's 82nd minute goal merely compounded the damage done when Steve Staunton and Dwight Yorke scored before the break. Although substitute Mark Stein hit a post in the closing moments Chelsea's threat was minimal throughout. Villa, with only one previous home success, were allowed to do pretty much as they liked and Little’s men needed no second invitation. If Dean Saunders had not wasted five clear-cut chances it would have been an evening of utter carnage. Villa went in front after nine minutes through Staunton. When his right returned to the left back he whipped in a wicked curling ball aimed at the far post. Dmitri Kharine was already struggling but the keeper was left with no hope of saving when Staunton’s effort flicked off Frank Sinclair. Villa skipper Kevin Richardson somehow missed the target when he took aim with a careful volley from seven yards. But Chelsea's sighs of relief were stifled after 32 minutes when a carefully rehearsed routine saw Andy Townsend head on Staunton's free kick. In came Trinidad striker Yorke, who took over from the injured John Fashanu, to force a lunging close range header through Kharine's grasp with the keeper allowed mere split second to react. The big surprise was that Chelsea somehow avoided further punishment until eight minutes from the end. Then the alert Yorke picked out Taylor with right wing cross for the former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder to plant a firm header wide of Kharine.

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