Game #4168
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 August 1991


Won
5th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Arsenal
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,684
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-1

Arsenal

Assist(s) | Paul Mortimer | 53' | Gordon Cowans | 76' |
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park


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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | #676 | £40,000 signing from West Bromwich Albion
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Arsenal


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 24 August 1991
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🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


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: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 3 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 0 🟥 1 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Allison | 🏴 | Lancaster, 1983-1994
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Shaun Teale, Dissent
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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 |
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994

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) | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 RB Chris Price | 🏴 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |
🔁 F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for CF Gary Penrice | 🏴 | 60’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Chris Price | 🏴 | | 141 | 3* | 2 | 4 | 58* | 36 | 47 | - | - | 9 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 24 Aug 1991, Villa 3-1 Arsenal, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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