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Game #4168

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 August 1991

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Won

5th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,684

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

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Arsenal

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🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 August 1991

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ugo Ehiogu
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Staunton (pen)
🥅 | 45’+ Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Alan Smith
🟨 | 45’+ Booking, Shaun Teale, Dissent
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Arsenal
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Chris Price
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 2-1, Gary Penrice, Assist by Paul Mortimer
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Gary Penrice, Sub on, Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 3-1, Tony Daley, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 August 1991

  • Villa survive an equaliser on the stroke of half time and the loss of Steve Staunton at the interval to hit back and beat the reigning Champions for their second win of the first division season as Tony Daley hits a 30 yard right foot shot that rockets into the net and Gary Penrice scores his first for the club.

  • Villa bounce back from defeat to Manchester United to win for the second time in three games under Ron Atkinson.

  • 18 year old centre back Ugo Ehiogu makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving joining from West Bromwich Albion in July 1991 for a fee of £40,000 to become the 676th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Dwight Yorke makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (12 Starts) to make it W7 D7 L11, 2 Goals, and 3 Assist at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Centre forward Gary Penrice scores his first goal for Villa on his 15th appearance after his £1 million move in 1991 (11 Starts) to make it W5 D3 L7, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #676 | £40,000 signing from West Bromwich Albion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

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

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 24 August 1991

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🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: David Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1980-1997
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
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

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 0 🟥 1 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1980-1997
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 November 1990, Villa 1-1 Forest, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ugo Ehiogu (debut) and Tony Daley (first start of the season) replace Derek Mountfield and Dwight Yorke.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.59 |

Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.56 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.82 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

George Graham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK David Seaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lee Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Linighan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Anders Limpar | 🇸🇪 |
CF Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |
🔁 F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Michael Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Perry Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“The gaffer gees you up. He makes you know if you aren’t playing well there’s someone waiting on the bench to replace you. “You think… I’ll show him.” Tony Daley. “I’ve never had to compete for a place before. “It just didn’t happen at Watford and Bristol Rovers. “They say it’s healthy, but it isn’t healthy if you’re not in the team.” Gary Penrice.
Quotes

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 25 August 1991

FLYING winger Tony Daley put the seal on Arsenal's fall from power with a one-man show for Aston Villa that made a mockery of the champions' pre-season illusions of security. After two consecutive crushing defeats and just one point from their opening three games, it will take some talking from manager George Graham to restore his side to credibility. A defence that was beaten only 18 times in 38 games last season has now already leaked seen goals and was run ragged by the 23-year-old England B winger, having his first game of the season. Graham drafted in Andy Linighan to shore up the cracks but to no avail. Arsenal had already been in trouble several times, notably when Paul Davis almost turned Daley's low cross into his own net, before winger stepped on the accelerator to devastating effect in the 40th minute. He tried to squeeze through a diminishing gap between Nigel Winterbum and David O'Leary on the angle of the penalty area and referee David Allison had no hesitation in pointing to the spot when he went down under Winterburn's challenge. Steve Staunton drove his left foot penalty beyond Seaman's outstretched left arm for his second goal since leaving Liverpool. Arsenal, to whom trailing is becoming a habit, almost levelled immediately through Anders Limpar but Nigel Spink saved superbly. However, the little Swede won a free kick in first half injury-time that earned the impressive Shaun Teale a booking for dissent and from the kick Limpar engineered the left wing cross from which Alan Smith headed the equaliser. That should have been the perfect boost for the champions, especially with Villa losing Staunton at half time. But Ron Atkinson's expensively rebuilt side is coming together quickly and they ran riot in the second half. Gary Pearice scored his first goal since his £800,000 move from Watford last season to put them back in control after 53 minutes. He accelerated onto Paul Mortimer's inch=perfect pass down the left and left O'Leary and Adams gazing at each other in bewilderment as he nipped between their inept combined challenge to tuck the ball low inside the near post. Spink had to produce another first-class save from Smith in the 73rd minute before Daley put the result beyond doubt four minutes later with a spectacular goal. Taking a pass from Gordon Cowans, he moved across Rocastle before unleashing a right-foot effort from 30 yards that rocketed into Seaman's bottom right-hand corner before the England keeper could move.
Reports

🟩 24 August 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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