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Game #4232

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 28 October 1992

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Manchester United

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,964

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Manchester United

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Assist(s) | Kevin Richardson | 75' |

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 28 October 1992

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders, Assist by Kevin Richardson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 28 October 1992

  • Villa win for the 7th time to extend the unbeaten run to 10 games. 

  • Ron Atkinson’s Villa dump Manchester United out of the League Cup following the spiteful comments of Alex Ferguson about Paul McGrath.

  • Steve Staunton secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 59th appearance to make it W25 D17 L17, 5 Goals, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

Manchester United

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1991-92

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1992-93 |
Matchday | #16 |
Manager Game | #67 |
Wednesday, 28 October 1992

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🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
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

🕒 67 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 18 🟥 20 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 September 1992, Villa 4-2 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Incidents: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Garry Parker returns as Bryan Small drops back to the subs bench.

Starting XI Average Age | 27.91 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.25 |

Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 21.00 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

MANAGER

Alex Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Clayton Blackmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Paul Ince | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ryan Giggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Mark Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 | (W Andrey Kanchelskis | 🇷🇺 |)

Substitutes

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Farrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Neil Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"Paul will be ranked as one of the best centre halves ever to have played for Manchester United. “And judging by his performances for us, he's one of the best to have played for Villa as well. "I thought he provided a perfect answer to recent comments made about him with a mature and top flight display. “I read things saying we are better than this team, better than that team. “I feel when we are playing well we can match anyone in the country; we’re not bad at the moment. “But there’s plenty of football still to be played. “The measure of a good side is when you’ve actually won a pot.” Ron Atkinson.
Quotes

🟩 28 October 1992, Villa 1-0 United, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 29 October 1992

QUIET man Paul McGrath had the last laugh in his war of words with Alex Ferguson last night. But the classy centre back also enjoyed the luck of the Irish as a Dean Saunders goal gave Aston Villa a 1-0 victory against Manchester United in this Coca-Cola Cup tie. For one breathtaking moment late in the game it looked as if McGrath had gifted United a goal when he deflected a Ryan Giggs cross . . . but his header came back off the upright and then Nigel Spink brilliantly saved a Mark Hughes shot from the rebound. "I had intended to turn the ball away for a corner but I had a call in mid-air and I changed my mind." admitted a relieved McGrath afterwards. "Fortunately. Nigel saved my blushes." The 'keeper recalled: "I looked at Mark Hughes and he was just going to blatter it. He must have thought that was it, that he'd got the equaliser. I didn't have time to react, I just made myself as big as I could. "It hit me in the nether regions and I'm feeling very sore. But it's worth it. We had a bit of luck." A late United equaliser would have been especially painful for McGrath. Angry words have flashed between Manchester and Birmingham in the wake of his departure from Old Trafford. Indeed, the Irishman is pursuing a libel action against Ferguson for remarks about him in the Old Trafford manager's autobiography. Inevitabl , last night's game was billed as a grudge match between the two but McGrath calmly sidestepped the controversy. "I always get a buzz playing against United and this game is no exception. I was just relieved Nigel Spink was in such good form." he said with typical restraint. Ron Atkinson pinned his colours to the mast. "Paul will be ranked as one of the best centre halves ever to have played for Manchester United. And judging by his performances for us, he's one of the best to have played for Villa as well." Atkinson, who had signed McGrath for United from St Pat's, added: "I thought he provided a perfect answer to recent comments made about him with a mature and top flight display. "United may feel aggrieved that they are not in the fourth round but we would have been similarly disappointed had we not won." added Atkinson. Saunders pounced more than 15 minutes from time for the most valuable of his seven goals in nine games since his £2.3m move from Anfield. Fatally, United left him loosely marked at the far post for Kevin Richardson's corner and neither Clayton Blackmore nor Paul Ince could stop him heading home. It was only United's second defeat in the competition in 20 matches. The only other time Ferguson has been upstaged was in the 1991 final by Sheffield Wednesday when Atkinson was their manager. In fact. apart from an exit on the away goal rule, the Villa manager has not seen a side of his beaten in open play in this competition since 1989.
Reports

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