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Game #4271

Aston Villa

Monday, 23 August 1993

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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

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Manchester United

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Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 44’ |

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

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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

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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

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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

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1992-93

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1989-2002
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 106 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 29 🟥 30 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1989-2002

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Steve Staunton, Dissent
🟨 Garry Parker, Trip

CARDS
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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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 77’ |
🔁 | CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | 80’ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/14

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/14

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

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

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 23 Aug 1993, Villa 1-2 United, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"Villa left the champions in no doubt that they will provide another great challenge for the title this season and the rest of Europe will have watched with anxious fascination."
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Irish Independent*
Tuesday, 24 August 1993
"LEE SHARPE produced a new cutting edge to earn Manchester United victory at Villa Park. The 22-year-old England winger, who managed just one goal in 30 games last season, scored twice to enable United to displace Liverpool at the top of the table. But Sharpe's winner, 16 minutes from time, was a cruel blow for Villa, who had matched United blow for blow and had earlier been denied by the woodwork. Villa left the champions in no doubt that they will provide another great challenge for the title this season and the rest of Europe will have watched with anxious fascination. Both teams produced a fitting tribute of vibrant, attacking football which suggested that either could embellish England's proud European tradition. Sharpe, the unexpected replacement for the suspended Bryan Robson, repaid the gamble with a 17th minute goal, cancelled out just before half-time by Dalian Atkinson's third goal of the season. But Villa were caught napping in the 74th minute. Distracted by Ryan Giggs drifting out to the left, no-one picked up Sharpe as he arrowed through the middle on to Paul Ince's superb through ball and he beat Nigel Spink from 12 yards. Ince was also at the heart of United's first goal, exchanging crisp passes with Giggs before breaking into the Villa area. Shaun Teale's desperate intervention succeeded only in steering the ball across to Sharpe, who finished superbly. Villa brought Bryan Small and Garry Parker into the formation which proved so successful in three unbeaten meetings with Ron Atkinson's old club last season. And they would surely have earned at least a draw if the manager's namesake had had better luck. He should have scored in the ninth minute when Earl Barrett's sweeping cross from the right dropped for him six yards out. But the eagerness of partner Dean Saunders impeded Atkinson's header and prevented a certain goal. Then, four minutes from the interval, Atkinson suffered more agony as his header from Parker's cross stewed just the wrong side of the far post. Steve Bruce missed the chance to tighten United's grip soon afterwards and they paid the price just on the break. This time there was no stopping Atkinson as he took the ball round Bruce some 40 yards out, accelerated away and before Gary Pallister could get to him, he walloped a right-foot shot in off Peter Schmeichel's despairing right hand. The Danish goalkeeper made a brilliant save to palm aside Saunders' volley from the edge of the box in the 50th minute. But he knew nothing about Kevin Richardson's thunderbolt from even further out moments later and was hugely relieved as it smacked against his right hand post and back into play. The excitement carried on unabated, with Spink saving superbly from Andrei Kanchelskis's 61st-minute header. Two minutes later came the most astonishing incident of a fabulous match when Giggs raced clear onto Ince's ball down the right. As Spink came off his line, he hooked the ball past him off the outside of his left boot and held his head in disbelief as it flew back from the inside of the far post."
Reports

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

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