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Game #4171

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 4 September 1991

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Lost

16th (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Crystal Palace

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,740

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-1

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Crystal Palace

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 4 September 1991

🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace), Ian Wright
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Gary Penrice, Sub on, Ian Ormondroyd 🔴
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 4 September 1991

  • Paul McGrath shines once again but Villa lose at home to Palace as Ian Wright hits a 3' goal before the Eagles survive a Villa onslaught.

  • Villa lose for the third time in six under Ron Atkinson.

  • Centre forward Ian Ormondroyd, 26, makes his 74th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (56 Starts) before moving to Derby County later this month for a fee of £350,000. ‘Sticks’ left with a record of W29 D17 L28, 10 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.63 games he played across his four seasons with Villa.

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1989-91 🕒 74 | 56 (18) | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 6 | 🇺 9 | #658 |

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Aston Villa

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

Crystal Palace

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Crystal Palace

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Crystal Palace

Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Wednesday, 4 September 1991

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🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Tom Fitzharris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1981–1993
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🕒 6 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 1 🟥 3 | 1.17

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tom Fitzharris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1981–1993
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 November 1988, FMC, Villa 1-2 Derby, Baseball Ground.
Incidents: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟨 🟨

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gary Penrice replaces Dalian Atkinson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.47 |

Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.59 |

Youngest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 22.64 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

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 Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Crystal Palace

GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Humphrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Thorn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Lee Sinnot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Gray (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Geoff Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W John Salako | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Eddie McGoldrick | 🇮🇪 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Mark Bright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | for CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Pardew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa 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

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MATCH QUOTES

"Finally, then, to the most encouraging moment of the night. Dariusz Kubicki, making his home debut, was under pressure from Wright's cross to the byline. "Trouble? The Polish international flipped the ball off his hip, twisted away from the line and cleared. Blessed skill."
Quotes

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 5 September 1991

Signs of promise despite Villa loss THESE have been seven harrowing days of discovery for Ron Atkinson and his new-look Villa. And yet in this defeat by probably the most intensely-motivated team in the First Division, there were at least as many positive virtues as in the victory against Arsenal. Except for the goals, of course - although had Gary Penrice retained his poise on three occasions, the scoreline might have looked similar. Even the most sustained pressure seen of Villa's six matches so far this season failed, however, to bring them the equaliser their dynamic second half performance warranted. Palace, wearing the colours of Brazil, played for the opening 20 minutes as though they had been stamped with Pele’s magic. A beguiling move led to lan Wright's scrambled goal after three of them, even if Shaun Teale missed a momentary opportunity to clear the Andy Gray pass that caught the entire Villa defence standing like spectators at mardi gras. Worse, Paul Mortimer was guilty of reckless defending when he flicked at Eddie McGoldrick's cross, sending the ball thumping against the bar and into Wright's path. The Palace music was bound to die, however, and as it did, never fully to revive, so Villa found they could match them in most areas, the assurance of the superb Paul McGrath spreading to his two fullbacks and beyond. For probably the first time this season, Gordon Cowans found the pace of the game and Kevin Richardson, perhaps more confident because of it, began to make decisive runs. Either would surely have triggered Cyrille Regis or Tony Daley to an equaliser had England's Geoff Thomas not bestrode Villa Park like a latterday if quicker Ron Atkinson. As commanding as Palace had been, however, Villa played a hectically exciting 20 minutes to introduce the second half. Regis, already the priceless bargain of the season, out-jumped defenders by clear inches and there were no fewer than six chances before Penrice and Richardson had the best of all after 58 minutes. Cowans struck an inswinging pass to spring the offside trap, but Penrice could only jab the ball at goalkeeper Nigel Martyn in front of him, while Richardson rolled the rebound against the foot of the far post. Again the beating waves of attack had to fade and Villa, unable to make the decisive penetration that might well have led to more, became duly exhausted of ideas. Palace's survival, though, still depended on interventions by Martin as Cowans swept in a low shot and Mortimer leapt to a header. Villa's stunned start had proved costly and confidence is bound to have been shaken by the loss of eight points from the last nine. But Atkinson is unlikely to make hasty changes. Teale is discovering that constant exposure to First Division pace can be wearing, especially against a team which presents it from every angle. He appears to have the character to come through. There was more tidiness, as well as bite, about the midfield in the second half but Palace were well aware that Daley had to be quelled and prevented him from making a single run into their area. Finally, then, to the most encouraging moment of the night. Dariusz Kubicki, making his home debut, was under pressure from Wright's cross to the byline. Trouble? The Polish international flipped the ball off his hip, twisted away from the line and cleared. Blessed skill.
Reports

🟥 4 September 1991, Villa 0-1 Palace, Villa Park.

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