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Game #4170

Aston Villa

Saturday, 31 August 1991

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Drew

12th (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

Southampton

The Dell

Attendance: 16,161

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

Southampton

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dalian Atkinson | 2' |

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 31 August 1991

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Dariusz Kubicki
⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Richardson, Assist by Dalian Atkinson
🥅 | 33’ Goal, 1-1, (Southampton), Alan Shearer
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Southampton 1-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Kevin Richardson

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 31 August 1991

  • Kevin Richardson gives Villa the lead after 91 seconds but Villa are pegged back on 32' by Southampton before an end of match fight leaves Barry Horne injured and Richardson booked.

  • Dalian Atkinson contributes his third goal involvement in 2 games in a Villa shirt as he sets up Richardson’s goal.

  • Gordon Cowans makes his 500th appearance in a Villa shirt (483 Starts) to make it W222 D120 L158, 59 Goals and 95 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.25 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Right back Dariusz Kubicki, 28, makes his Villa debut after joining from Legia Warsaw for £200,000 earlier this month to become the 677th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Kevin Richardson scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance to make it W2 D1 L2 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 | #677 | £200,000 from Legia Warsaw

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

Southampton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

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Southampton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Southampton

Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 31 August 1991

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🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 5 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 1 🟥 2 | 1.40

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 1 January 1988, Villa 5-0 Hull, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Kevin Richardson

None

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Steve Staunton, Dalian Atkinson and Dariusz Kubicki replace Gary Penrice, Ugo Ehiogu and Chris Price.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.10 |

Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.58 |

Youngest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 22.63 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 | 🟢 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Ian Branfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Southampton

GK Tim Flowers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jason Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Micky Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Moody | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (LB Francis Benali | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Paul Moody | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Nicky Banger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I could do with a goal because any striker likes to aversion one on three games. “I didn’t really think I would start the season, and I know I will have to carry on working hard to stay in the side. “It was an accident [Barry Horne losing front teeth]. “I went across to sort out the melee [after a confrontation between Barry Horne and Kevin Richardson] and I was just trying to push Horne away. “If I did catch him then I’m very sorry, I certainly didn’t hit him on purpose.” Cyrille Regis. “Cyril simply went over to sort things out. “It was a storm in a teacup.” Ron Atkinson. “I thought it was the red card for me under the new professional foul rules.” Southampton goalkeeper Tim Flowers after handling outside of the area. “It was not deliberate. “It was an instinctive reaction.” Referee Keith Berge on why he did not red card Tim Flowers.
Quotes

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 1 September 1991

Villa left The Dell shaking their heads at the controversial decision by referee Keith Burge which might have changed the result. The Welsh referee amazingly declined to send off Southampton’s goalkeeper Tim Flowers when he deliberately handled the ball outside his own area in the 22nd minute. Under the new FA rules concerning professional fouls the former Wolves keeper should clearly have been given his marching orders. But Burge took no action throwing further confusion into the new law which has caused so much consternation among players and management. Villa were already one up at the time with Kevin Richardson scoring in the first minute after Dalian Atkinson had seen a shot charged down. Flowers twice had to push out 20 yarders from Villa’s speedy winger Tony Daley in rapid succession. Ron Atkinson’s new streamlined team is not yet firing on all cylinders. He has always insisted it would take time for them to settle into a cohesive winning unit. But he was well served by new Polish full-back Dariusz Kubicki a £200,000 signing from Legia Warsaw who showed up well against Southampton’s dangerman Matthew Le Tissier. Dalian Atkinson came through the game well after being absent with a hamstring strain and Cyrille Regis led the attack with great skill. But Villa were found a little wanting in midfield with skipper Gordon Cowans and Richardson closely marshalled. Tempers understandably became a little frayed in the steamy heat and Richardson was eventually shown a yellow card for retaliation. The scuffle also involved Aston Villa's Kevin Richardson, Cyrille Regis and Dalian Atkinson leaving SOUTHAMPTON midfielder Barry Horne was last night receiving emergency dental treatment after three front teeth were knocked out.
Reports

🟨 31 August 1991, Villa 1-1 Southampton, The Dell.

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