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Game #4273

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 31 August 1993

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Won

6th (+4)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Everton

Goodison Park

Attendance: 24,067

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

Everton

0-1

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🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 31 August 1993

⚽ | 32’ Goal, 1-0, Guy Whittingham
🕒 | HT Everton 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 71’ Booking, Earl Barrett, Foul
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Dean Saunders, Sub on, Neil Cox
🕒 | FT Everton 0-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 31 August 1993

  • Villa record successive wins for the first time this season as Guy Whittingham scores on his full debut.

  • Guy Whittingham makes it 2 wins in a row for Villa with his first strike of the season as Villa climb to 6th in the table under Ron Atkinson.

  • Guy Whittingham scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his first start (3 Appearances) to make it W2 D0 L1 so far in his Villa career.

  • Steve Staunton makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W45 D28 L27, 8 Goals, 14 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Dalian Atkinson secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 55th appearance (52 Starts) to make it W25 D18 L12, 17 Goals and 11 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.96 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Dean Saunders makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W26 D14 L10, 17 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Former Villa forward Paul Rideout lines up for Everton.

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison 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

Everton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87

Aston Villa

Everton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #108 |
Tuesday, 31 August 1993

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🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Kick off: 7.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 108 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 29 🟥 30 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Matches Officiated: 13
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 April 1993, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Townsend returns for Ray Houghton and Guy Whittingham replaces Tony Daley

Starting XI Average Age
| 29.87 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 35.09 |

Youngest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 24.63 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

GK Neville Southall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Andy Hinchcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Ablett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Matt Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Ebbrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Graham Stuart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Peter Beagrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 87’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Graham Stuart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Predrag Radosavljević | 🇺🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Stuart Barlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Jason Kearton | 🇦🇺 |

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

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/14

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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

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“[Paul McGrath was] a Colossus." Ron Atkinson. “I really wanted this chance. “The confidence has always been there in my ability and I just had to persuade someone to take me up on it. "I'm well aware that it could have all blown up my face, that's why I'm so pleased with the way it's started." Guy Whittingham on moving from life as a squaddie to becoming a professional footballer.
Quotes

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Evening Herald*
Wednesday, 1 September 1993

McGrath stars as Whittingham strikes Villa's hero was Guy Whittington' who has left more than a few managers cursing their caution after the self-promoting ex-soldier fired a debut winner for Aston Villa at Everton. Ron Atkinson was the only manager to put up money - £1.2 million - to match his curiosity after the 28-year-old wrote to all 22 Premiership managers extolling the virtues which brought him 47 goals with Portsmouth last season. It was a gamble which paid off with a typical, no-frills toe-poke past Neville Southall for all three points at Goodson. “I really wanted this chance. The confidence has always been there In my ability and I just had to persuade someone to take me up on it," said Whittingham. "I'm well aware that it could have all blown up my face, that's why I'm so pleased with the way it's started."
Reports

🟩 31 August 1993, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.

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