Game #4264
Aston Villa
Sunday, 18 April 1993


Won
2nd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Manchester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,108
🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-1

Manchester City

Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 47' | Steve Staunton | 89’ |
🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 18 April 1993
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Niall Quinn
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester City
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-1, Dean Saunders, Assist by Tony Daley
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 2-1, Garry Parker (pen)
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Garry Parker, Sub on, Bryan Small
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-1, Ray Houghton, Assist by Steve Staunton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Manchester City
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 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 18 April 1993
Villa, trailing at half time, are subject to Ron’s riot act at half time and hit three second half goals to keep the title race alive into the final three games of the campaign.
Villa face moneybags Blackburn next as United have relegation threatened Palace.
Manchester United are one point ahead and on a superior goal difference.
Despite the eventual storm to victory the game was most noticeable for a bizarre banner in the away end then positioned in the bottom tier of the North Stand. The Manchester City fans - long time strangers to even moderate success - had taken time to produce a large banner supporting Villa’s title run against their local revivals and signed it from the “City of Manchester”. A small club mentality that shocked even the most battle wearied spectators.
Villa won the game so presumably both sets of fans left happy but Villa’s brave fight had all but come to the end and these would prove to be the last points the club would earn this season.
Garry Parker scores his first goal and first goal involvement for 15 games to make it 74 Appearances, W34 D21 L19, 11 Goals and 3 Assists.
🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

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


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1992-93 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Sunday, 18 April 1993
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🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Kick off: 1.30pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 99 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 27 🟥 26 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 October 1992, League Cup, Villa 1-0 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Incidents: 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 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Shaun Teale drops out as Garry Parker returns in the only change from the side that beat Arsenal last time out.
Starting XI Average Age | 26.84 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 33.39 |
Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 21.28 |
🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Peter Reid | 🏴 |

Manchester City
GK Tony Coton | 🏴 |
LB Terry Phelan | 🇮🇪 |
CB Keith Curle | 🏴 |
CB Michel Vonk | 🇳🇱 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴 |
M Peter Reid | 🏴 |
M Fitzroy Simpson | 🇯🇲 |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 |
W David White | 🏴 |
W Rick Holden | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 LB Bryan Small | 🏴 | for M Garry Parker | 🏴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Rick Holden | 🏴 | (CB David Brightwell | 🏴 |)

🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Martyn Margetson | 🏴 |
M Kare Ingebrigtsen | 🇳🇴 |
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 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 | | 27 | 5* | 0 | 1 | 14* | 6 | 7 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 18 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 18 Apr 1993, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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