Game #4271
Aston Villa
Monday, 23 August 1993


Lost
11th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Manchester United
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,624
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2

Manchester United

Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 44’ |
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 23 August 1993
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Lee Sharpe
🟨 | 25’ Booking, Steve Staunton, Dissent
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-1, Dalian Atkinson, Assist by Paul McGrath
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester United
🟨 | 54’ Booking, Garry Parker, Trip
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Lee Sharpe
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Steve Froggatt
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Ray Houghton, Sub on, Guy Whittingham
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester United
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
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 23 August 1993
Villa lose their three game unbeaten run at the start of the season as they unluckily lose a narrow game against last season’s title rivals Manchester United.
Centre forward Guy Whittingham, 28, makes his Villa debut after joining from Portsmouth for a fee of £1,300,000 to become the 694th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Dalian Atkinson makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (53 Appearances) to make it W23 D18 L12, 17 Goals and 11 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.89 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa boss Steve Bruce, future Villa assistant manager Roy Keane and future Villa ‘keeper Peter Schmeichel line up for Manchester United.
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | #694 | £1,300,000 signing from Portsmouth
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 United


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1992-93
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Game | #4 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Monday, 23 August 1993
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🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 106 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 29 🟥 30 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 7 November 1992, Villa 1-0 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Steve Staunton, Dissent
🟨 Garry Parker, Trip
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gordon Cowans drops out and is replaced by Bryan Small.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.73 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 35.07 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 | 21.79 |
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |

Manchester United
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴 |
RB Paul Parker | 🏴 |
M Paul Ince | 🏴 |
M Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 |
W Lee Sharpe | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Ryan Giggs | 🏴 |
W Andrey Kanchelskis | 🇷🇺 | 🟨 |
CF Mark Hughes | 🏴 |
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 77’ |
🔁 | CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | for M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
M Darren Ferguson | 🏴 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴 |
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
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | | 36 | 7* | 2 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 9* | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | | 16* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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