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Game #4188

Aston Villa

Saturday, 7 December 1991

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Won

7th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Manchester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,265

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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Manchester City

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Assist(s) | Steve Staunton | 26' | Paul McGrath | 40' | Les Sealey | 70' |

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 December 1991

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Cyrille Regis, Assist by Steve Staunton
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Paul McGrath
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester City
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 2-1, (Manchester City), David White
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 3-1, Tony Daley, Assist by Les Sealey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Manchester City

🔁 | Sub off, Mark Blake, Sub on, Ugo Ehiogu

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

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 December 1991
  • Villa bounce back from consecutive defeats to beat Manchester City as Tony Daley - playing as a striker in the absence of Dalian Atkinson - hits another screamer to round off the scoring and send Villa 7th.

  • Dwight Yorke, having scored 4 Goals in his first 35 appearances, scores his 7th goal in 10 games to make it 42 Appearances (27 Starts), W15 D11 L16, 10 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.20 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

  • Cyrille Regis scores for the second successive game and for the fourth time in nine appearances to make it 21 Starts, W9 D5 L7, 5 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.63 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Paul McGrath contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 112nd appearance to make it W47 D27 L38, 1 Goal, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

  • Steve Staunton contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance to make it W8 D5 L6, 2 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa 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

Manchester City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

League 🕒 115 | 🟩 45 | 🟨 30 | 🟥 40 | ⚽ 186 | 🥅 173 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 0 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |

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

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Saturday, 7 December 1991

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🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 23 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 5 🟥 8 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tony Daley replaces Dalian Atkinson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.26 |

Oldest Player |
GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.21 |

Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 20.11 |

Referee

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Peter Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Tony Coton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Pointon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Curle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Brightwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Andy Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Michael Hughes | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Adrian Heath (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Mike Sheron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Michael Hughes | 🇬🇧 | (M Michael Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/13

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

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

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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F Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ankle

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
“We are back in the championship race. “We didn’t play well against Leeds United in our last game at home but it was great to come back with a win against Manchester City who have been going so well in the League. “This win will set us up for better things to come.” Cyrille Regis. "It was a satisfying display. “We showed our character and commitment to beat a good team. “It was a very good performance and scored three cracking goals. “They were all good goals although I wasn’t too happy with the one we conceded. Ron Atkinson.
Quotes

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 9 December 1991
CYRILLE Regis and Dwight Yorke scored cracking Villa goals. Then Tony Daley beat them both with a superb volley from 20 yards. David White raised City hopes with a 65th minute header but they were soon swept away again. Ron Atkinson, Villa boss, said: "It was a satisfying display. We showed our character and commitment to beat a good team." Daley struck Villa's third goal after 70 minutes. Playing as a striker in the absence of the injured Dalian Atkinson, Daley lashed in a left foot volley from just inside the penalty area. Villa took charge after Cyrille Regis had headed in a cross from Steve Staunton after 26 minutes. Winger Dwight Yorke added their second five minutes before half-time, heading in his sixth goal in seven games.
Reports

🟩 7 Dec 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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