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Game #4191

Aston Villa

Saturday, 28 December 1991

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Won

6th (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Southampton

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,094

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Southampton

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🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 December 1991

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Cyrille Regis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Kent Nielsen 🔴
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Cyrille Regis
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-1, (Southampton), Alan Shearer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Southampton

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 December 1991

  • Villa win for the 3rd time in 4 Division One games under Ron Atkinson to climb to 6th in the table.

  • Centre back Kent Nielsen, 30, makes his 102nd and final appearance in a Villa shirt before (96 Starts) moving on to Aarhus GF later this month. Kent left with a record of W43 D25 L34, 5 Goals and 7 Assists across his three seasons with Villa.

  • Dwight Yorke contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 45th appearance (30 Starts) to make it W17 D11 L17, 12 Goals, 8 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.25 he has played so far in his Villa career. Yorke’s first 10 goal involvements had come across 33 appearances with his second over just 12 games.

  • Cyrille Regis contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt as he scores his third goal in five games and fifth in twelve to make it 24 Appearances, W11 D5 L8, 6 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.40 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Steve Staunton secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance to make it W10 D5 L7, 2 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 1989-91 🕒 102 | 96 (6) | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 7 | 🇺 7 | #662 |

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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

Aston Villa

Southampton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Southampton

Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 28 December 1991

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🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Mick Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, 1986–1998
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 26 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 5 🟥 9 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mick Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, 1986–1998
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Atkinson names the same line up for the fourth successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.31 |

Oldest Player |
GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.27 |

Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 20.16 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, 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

Ian Branfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Southampton

GK Tim Flowers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Kevin Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jonathan Gittens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Micky Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jason Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
M Stuart Gray (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Iain Dowie | 🇬🇧 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Martin Carruthers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Richard Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/13

SQUAD STATS

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

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

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"It's a dream come true to hit double figures for Villa in my first full season. "But a lot of the praise has to go to old man Cyrille he is a tremendous inspiration to us all and he is always helping us.” I should have scored a couple of minutes before I eventually found the net. “But Tim Flowers made a super save and I thought Southampton were always very tough opponents.” But after Cyrille had scored the first goal and then provided me with the through-pass for the second we deserved our victory.” Dwight Yorke “It wasn’t a vintage performance from us. “But the thing that pleases me most is that the team can make something out of nothing. “There were two smashing goals which would been three of the best in the country had Daley’s been a hit.” "If Ian Olney or Dalian Atkinson had been fit I might have been tempted to give Cyrille a rest. "But I'm glad I didn’t. Paul McGrath also did a magnificent job at the heart of our defence. "But it's easy for him and its far more difficult for centre-forwards like Regis in our current game. "We have to be satisfied to be going into the New Year in fifth place.” Ron Atkinson.
Quotes

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 29 December 1991

Fresh from a Boxing Day success against West Ham, Villa opened up a two-goal lead but were made to sweat after Shearer's close-range header from a 73rd minute corner. Earlier Villa easily overcame the problems of their heavily-sanded pitch against an error-prone defence. Cyrille Regis collected a poor header out and fired home the first goal after 15 minutes and Dwight Yorke profited from a similar mistake on the hour. The West Indian born winger charged down a clearance, took a return pass from Regis and ran through to score his tenth goal of the season.
Reports

🟩 28 December 1991, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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