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Game #4169

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 28 August 1991

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Lost

10th (-5)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

West Ham United

Upton Park

Attendance: 23,644

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

West Ham United

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gary Penrice | 50' |

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 28 August 1991

🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Gary Penrice
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 1-1, (West Ham United), Mike Small
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Chris Price, Sub on, Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-2, (West Ham United), Leroy Rosenior
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 1-3, (West Ham United), Kenny Brown
🕒 | FT West Ham United 1-3 Aston Villa

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

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 28 August 1991

  • Villa take the lead through Tony Daley's second goal in as many games but are hit by a West Ham treble as they lose for the second time in four first division games under new boss Ron Atkinson.

  • Villa lose to newly promoted West Ham to make it two wins and two defeats in the opening four games of the season under Ron Atknson.

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

West Ham United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY

West Ham United

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Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Wednesday, 28 August 1991

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🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1977-1994
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 4 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 0 🟥 2 | 1.50

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 9 January 1991, FA Cup, Villa 0-1 Wimbledon, Plough Lane.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Chris Price replaces Steve Staunton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.40 |

Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.57 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.83 |

Referee

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Billy Bonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Ludek Mikloško | 🇨🇿 |
LB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Kenny Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Parris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Slater | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ian Bishop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Leroy Rosenior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Mike Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Martin Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Matthew Rush | 🇮🇪 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Trevor Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"It was a worrying collapse which will give manager Atkinson plenty to ponder as he continues his quest to mould his expensive individuals into a team capable of challenging for honours."
Quotes

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 29 August 1991

VILLA's roller coaster excursion into the new season took another sudden dip at Upton Park last night, just when they appeared to have applied the break. After the dizzy heights of Saturday's victory over champions Arsenal, Ron Atkinson's men were sent hurtling back to ground level by a West Ham side who had previously collected only two points and scored just once. And the breathtaking plunge, in keeping with a fairground ride came totally unexpectedly. For more than an hour Villa had looked safe and secure. They created better openings than their East Londoners, and deservedly led on 50 minutes when Gary Penrice flicked on Cyrille Regis' pass for Tony Daley to steer a 15-yard shot beyond the reach of Czech goalkeeper Ludek Miklosko. But the Hammers blew Villa apart in the space of three whirlwind minutes. Birmingham-born Mike Small drilled home a blistering left-foot equaliser after 65 minutes and the visitors' discipline simply disintegrated. Atkinson's side had barely recovered from the blow when Tim Breacker's freekick was helped across goal by Small - with his hand, Villa claim - for Leroy Rosenior to run in West Ham's second. Where there had previously been poise and polish, there was suddenly chaos and confusion, with Rosenior quickly having another effort disallowed for offside before on-loan full-back Kenny Brown's stunning 25-yard angled drive settled the issue three minutes from time. It was a worrying collapse which will give manager Atkinson plenty to ponder as he continues his quest to mould his expensive individuals into a team capable of challenging for honours. On the strength of last night's brittle showing, he has a long way to go, although the one quality he has clearly instilled into Villa may yet see them through these early days of uncertainty. Last season, they would have given up the ghost after surrendering the lead in such dramatic fashion. Now, at least, there is a willingness to repair the damage, and Kevin Richardson might easily have had a hat-trick before Brown delivered his late killer blow. The former Everton and Arsenal midfielder saw one shot deflected wide and another cannon off the acrobatic Mikiosko, although he will be unhappy at not converting a 40-yard Gordon Cowans pass which left him clear of the West Ham defence. He was even helped by Miklosko's stumble, but still managed only to shoot straight at the keeper's legs. On the plus side, the back four were solid apart from that nightmare three-minute spell, while Tony Daley pressed his claim for an England call-up.
Reports

🟥 28 Aug 1991, Villa 1-3 West Ham, Upton Park

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