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Game #4376

Aston Villa

Sunday, 14 May 1995

Norwich City

1-1

Aston Villa

Premier League

Norwich City

Carrow Road

Attendance: 19,374

Drew

18th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 7’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Steve Staunton puts Villa ahead at Carrow Road but despite a second half Norwich equaliser Villa's Premier League safety is secured in this most bizarre of seasons during which poor performances can be counted on one hand yet Villa had struggled in the table throughout.

KEY MAN

Steve Staunton, handed Villa an early lead before being pegged back

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MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 14 May 1995

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Staunton, Assist by Andy Townsend
🕒 | HT Norwich City 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Dean Saunders, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), Jeremy Goss
🔁 | 87' Sub off, Graham Fenton, Sub on, Phil King
🕒 | FT Norwich City 1-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Villa finished the season unbeaten in three games, winning once - enough to leave them one place above the relegation places.

Forward Dean Saunders made his final appearance for Villa aged 30 before moving on to Galatasaray S.K. for a fee of £2,350,000. Saunders had played for Villa between 1992-93 and 1994-95 making 144 appearances and scoring 50 goals.

Centre back Shaun Teale made his final appearance for Villa aged 31 before moving on to Tranmere Rovers for a fee of £450,000. Teale had played for Villa between 1991-92 and 1994-95 making 179 appearances and scoring 5 goals.

Left back Phil King made his final Villa appearance aged 26. King was only signed for Villa by Ron Atkinson in August 1994 but wasn’t to be part of Brian Little’s plans and would move on to Swindon Town in March 1997 having made 23 appearances.

Aston Villa

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

Norwich City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #52 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Sunday, 14 May 1995

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 30 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 11 🟥 10 | 1.27

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Matches Officiated: 15
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 April 1995, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.
Cards: None

TEAM NEWS

Nigel Spink comes in for Mark Bosnich as Graham Fenton replaces Ian Taylor

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.03 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 36.79 |

Youngest Player |
F Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.99 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Andy Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jon Newsome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Carl Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Daryl Sutch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Polston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Rob Ullathorne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jeremy Goss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ian Crook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ade Akinbiyi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Ashley Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 | LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | for CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 87’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Ade Akinbiyi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Mike Sheron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Andy Rhodes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Neil Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/14

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

🔴 CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1992-95 | 🕒 144 | 143 (1) | ⚽ 50 | 🔥 8 | 🇺 1 | #690 |
🔴 CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-95 | 🕒 181 | 180 (1) | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 0 | #670 |
🔴 LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-95 | 🕒 23 | 20 (3) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 2 | #695 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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