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Game #4361

Saturday, 4 February 1995

Attendance: 43,795

Lost

Premier League

14th (-2)

Manchester United

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Old Trafford

Villa lose consecutive games in Manchester but for the first time in nine Premier League games after a run of five wins and three draws under Brian Little.

Manchester United

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

John Fashanu, career ending challenge

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MATCH TIMELINE

🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Andrew Cole
🔁 | 44’ Sub off, John Fashanu, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Ray Houghton
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Paul McGrath, Trip
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, John Fashanu, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Steve Staunton, Dissent

ON THIS DAY

Villa lost their first Premier League game in 8 and only their 2nd in 12 under Brian Little winning 4 and drawing 6 but dropped back to 14th place in the table.

Centre forward John Fashanu made his final Villa appearance aged 32 after being injured in a tackle with Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs. Fashanu would never play again. In his sole season with Villa between Fashanu made 16 appearances and scored 3 goals adding a fresh, though unexpected dynamic to the team.

Future Villa boss Steve Bruce and future Villa ‘keeper Peter Schmeichel lined up for Manchester United.

Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Saturday, 4 February 1995

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 9 November 1994, Villa 3-4 Wimbledon, Selhurst Park
Cards: 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Manchester United

🟨

David Elleray

TEAM NEWS

Ugo Ehiogu and Earl Barrett drop out and are replaced by Bryan Small (first start in 10) and Gary Charles for his first Villa start.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.99 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.19 |

Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 23.08 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Alex Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔁 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |

Manchester United

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Ince | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Paul Scholes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Lee Sharpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ryan Giggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andrew Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 44’ |
🔁 | M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 60’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Gary Neville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB David May | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Ryan Giggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (W Andrey Kanchelskis | 🇷🇺 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Gary Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Mark Bosnich was beaten by Cole in the 17th minute but minutes later United had to thank Schmeichel and Pallister for keeping them in front as they blocked shots from Andy Townsend and then lan Taylor."

*The Sunday World*
Sunday, 5 February 1995

Mark Bosnich was beaten by Cole in the 17th minute but minutes later United had to thank Schmeichel and Pallister for keeping them in front as they blocked shots from Andy Townsend and then lan Taylor.

Later a cross from Cole caused mayhem in the Villa box, Mark Bosnich managed only to palm it away and lee Sharpe rattled the rebound off the post from only six yards, little wonder the visiting fans sang "Lee Sharpe is a Villa fan.”

Villa's problems were compounded just before the break when John Fashanu was stretchered off after a collision with Ryan Giggs.