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Game #4166

Aston Villa

Saturday, 17 August 1991

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Won

2nd

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

Hillsborough

Attendance: 36,749

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

Sheffield Wednesday

2-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 42' | Cyrille Regis | 52' | Dalian Atkinson | 86' |

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 17 August 1991

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Steve Staunton, Shaun Teale, Paul Mortimer, Kevin Richardson, Dalian Atkinson, Cyrille Regis
🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), David Hirst
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Danny Wilson
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 1-2, Cyrille Regis, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-2, Dalian Atkinson, Assist by Cyrille Regis
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 3-2, Steve Staunton, Assist by Dalian Atkinson
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Dalian Atkinson, Sub on, Gary Penrice
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 17 August 1991

  • New boss Ron Atkinson’s first game in charge comes against the club he left to join Villa and amid an acrimonious atmosphere Villa fall two behind before Atkinson’s new signings inspire a celebrated fight back to claim victory.

  • Left back Steve Staunton, 22, makes a goalscoring debut after joining from Liverpool for a fee of £1,100,000 earlier in the month to become the 670th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Centre back, and another Villa legend to come, Shaun Teale, 27, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after signing from AFC Bournemouth for £300,000 in July 1991 to become the 671st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Midfielder Paul Mortimer, 23, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Charlton Athletic for £350,000 to become the 672nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Midfielder Kevin Richardson, 28, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Real Sociedad for a fee of £450,000 to become the 673rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Centre forward and future Villa legend Dalian Atkinson, 23, makes a goalscoring debut after moving from Real Sociedad for a fee of £1,600,000 to become the 674th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Veteran centre forward Cyrille Regis, 33, made a goalscoring debut after joining from Coventry City on a free transfer in July 1991 to become the 675th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | #670 | £1,100,000 signing from Liverpool
🟢 CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #671 | #300,000 signing from Bournemouth
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #673 | £450,000 signing from Real Sociedad
🟢 M Paul Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1,600,000 signing from Real Sociedad
🟢 CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Sheffield Wednesday

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91

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Sheffield Wednesday

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 17 August 1991

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🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1981-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 1 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 0 🟥 0 | 3.00

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1981-1994
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 13 April 1991, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Atkinson hands debuts to Steve Staunton, Dalian Atkinson, Shaun Teale, Kevin Richardson, Cyrille Regis and Paul Mortimer in his first game in charge.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.75 |

Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.54 |

Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 19.80 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

MANAGER

Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Chris Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
CB Nigel Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Warhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Roland Nilsson | 🇸🇪 |
M Danny Wilson | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 |
CF Paul Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Hirst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Harkes | 🇺🇸 |
F Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/13

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/13

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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MATCH QUOTES

“Coming up here on the coach the manager got a hell of a lot of stick. “At the end of the day who is right we got the result. “Ron has seen and done everything. He was very quiet in the dressing room afterwards with just a little smile but when he gets home and sees his missus he won’t be drinking water.” Dalian Atkinson. “I knew exactly how they were going to play but I hadn’t got a clue what we were going to do. "They were zipping down the hill at us and scored an early goal and made life difficult. “But we showed tremendous character coming back. We scored at just the right time before half-time and that really brought us back into it. “All the talk about death threats and everything was pure fabrication and all that about extra police protection was nonsense.” Ron Atkinson. “With so many making their debuts there was a little bit of nervousness in the first half but in the second-half we came out and grafted. “It meant a lot for us on our debuts, We were psyched up as well as Ron. “I scored four or five goals for Liverpool but none of them from left back “I saw Dalian go down the left and acres of space alongside him and I just galloped into it.” Steve Staunton.
Quotes

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Life*
Sunday 18 August 1991

RON ATKINSON walked smiling into the lion's den at Hillsborough and marched away grinning like a Cheshire cat. Atkinson, who infuriated the Sheffield Wednesday faithful by quitting for Aston Villa in the close season, left them fuming again as his new club came back from 2-0 down to snatch fairy-tale victory. David Hirst put Wednesday in front after just two minutes and Northern Ireland midfielder Danny Wilson added the second in the 35th minute. The writing looked on the wall for Atkinson at that stage but his side were gifted a goal four minutes from half time when Cyrille Regis, making his debut, dived low to head home. Six minutes after the re-start Dalian Atkinson slid in to scoop the ball home against his former club. And with four minutes left Atkinson burst clear on the left before crossing unselfishly to the unmarked Steve Staunton, a £1.1 million buy from Liverpool, who made no mistake. Ron Atkinson ran a gauntlet of abuse in the city that turned against him - and walked away a winner. In a magnificent display of pride and passion, his new charges clawed their way back from two goals down and completely overran Wednesday to give him a dream start. A few short months ago Atkinson crowned a momentous Hillsborough season by putting the Rumbelows Cup in the trophy cabinet along with a return ticket to Division One. Weeks later he was branded 'Judas' for seemingly going back on a pledge to stay. But yesterday those fans who once idolised him were forced to watch in disbelief as their old boss's new-look Villa, clipped the Owls' wings
Reports

🟩 17 August 1991, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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