Game #4268
Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 August 1993
Won
1st=
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Queens Park Rangers
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,994
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-1
Queens Park Rangers
Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 38’ | Dalian Atkinson | 61’ |
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 August 1993
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Andy Townsend
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Dalian Atkinson, Assist by Andy Townsend
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-1, (QPR), Les Ferdinand
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 QPR
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Ray Houghton, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-1, Dean Saunders, Assist by Dalian Atkinson
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-1, Dalian Atkinson
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 4-1, Steve Staunton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 QPR
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
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 14 August 1993
Villa open the 1993-94 with a stylish and comprehensive win over QPR as Andy Townsend made his debut.
Gordon Cowans, 34, makes his first appearance in a Villa shirt after rejoining the club from Blackburn Rovers in July 1993 on a free transfer. Cowans, the 582nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football, had left Villa for the second time in November 1991 as Ron Atkinson moved him on but the Villa boss would mend his error, bringing Cowans back to his spiritual home 18 months later to make his 511 Appearance (490 Starts), W225 D124 L162, 59 Goals and 95 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.32 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Andy Townsend, 30, contributes an assist on his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Chelsea in July 1993 for a fee of £2,100,000 to become the 693rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Dalian Atkinson makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W23 D16 L11, 16 Goals and 11 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Dean Saunders contributes his 20th goal involvement on his 45th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W24 D12 L9, 17 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.25 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Steve Staunton contributes his 20th goal involvement on his 95th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W43 D26 L26, 7 Goals, 13 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | #582 | Free Transfer signing from Blackburn
🟢 M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | #693 | £2.100,000 signing from Chelsea
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
Queens Park Rangers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Saturday, 14 August 1993
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🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 103 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 27 🟥 29 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 23 August 1992, Villa 1-1 Southampton, 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
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Andy Townsend makes his first start for Villa as Gordon Cowans makes his latest debut for the club he has served with such style.
Starting XI Average Age
| 29.27 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 35.04 |
Youngest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 24.58 |
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Gerry Francis | 🏴 |
Queens Park Rangers
GK Tony Roberts | 🏴 |
CB Tony Witter | 🏴 |
CB Darren Peacock | 🏴 |
CB Karl Ready | 🏴 |
LB Clive Wilson | 🏴 |
M Simon Barker | 🏴 |
M Ian Holloway | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Andy Impey | 🏴 |
M Ray Wilkins | 🏴 |
CF Bradley Allen | 🏴 |
CF Les Ferdinand | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | for M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | 59’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ian Holloway | 🏴 | (F Devon White | 🏴 |)
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jan Stejskal | 🇨🇿 |
LB Rufus Brevett | 🏴 |
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
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | | 512 | 21* | 59 | 95 | 225* | 124 | 162 | - | - | 6 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/14
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 14 Aug 1993, Villa 4-1 QPR, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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