Game #4174
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 18 September 1991


Lost
18th (-2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Division One
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 17,182
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Chelsea
2-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 18 September 1991
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Vinnie Jones
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Andy Townsend
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Kent Nielsen
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Cyrille Regis, Sub on, Gary Penrice
🕒 | FT Chelsea 2-0 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
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 18 September 1991
Villa fall to defeat in the capital for the 3rd time in 3 games under Ron Attkison this season as they don't take their chances as well as having two decent penalty shouts turned down by referee Brian Hill.
Villa now have 2 wins in their last 9 games under Ron Atkinson and have now won in 6, losing 3 and scoring 3 to fall to 18th in the table.
Paul McGrath makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt and makes it W40 D25 L35, 1 Goal, 4 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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
Chelsea


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Wednesday, 18 September 1991
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🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴 | Kettering, 1978-1995
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 9 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 3 🟥 4 | 1.00
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴 | Kettering, 1978-1995
Matches Officiated: 14
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 19 January 1991, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ian Olney and Dwight Yorke replace Dalian Atkinson and Tony Daley.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.62 |
Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 33.63 |
Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 19.89 |
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994

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 | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ian Porterfield | 🏴 |

Chelsea
GK Dave Beasant | 🏴 |
LB Tom Boyd | 🏴 |
LB Graeme Le Saux | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Ken Monkou | 🇳🇱 |
RB Steve Clarke | 🏴 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Allon | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴 |
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 64’ |
🔁 CF Gary Penrice | 🏴 | for CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Joe Allon | 🏴 | (Alan Dickens | 🏴 |)

🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Kevin Wilson | 🇬🇧 |
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
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | | 97 | 5* | 5 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 32* | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 18 Sep 1991, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge


MATCH REPORTS
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