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Game #4281

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 6 October 1993

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Birmingham City

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,856

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Birmingham City

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Assist(s) | Not recorded

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 6 October 1993

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🟥 | 60’ Sending off, (Birmingham City), Paul Tait
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on, Ray Houghton
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City

🟨 | Booking, Kevin Richardson, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 6 October 1993

  • Villa repeat the trick and beat second tier Birmingham yet again however midfielder Paul Tait and manager Terry Cooper take defeat far from well as one is sent off and the other reported to the FA.

  • Villa make it 6 wins in a row against neighbours Birmingham going back to 1987, scoring 17 and conceding 1.

  • Gordon Cowans makes his 500th start in a Villa shirt (522 Appearances) to make it W230 D129 L163, 59 Goals and 95 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.39 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Dean Saunders scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 58th appearance to make it W30 D17 L11, 20 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.52 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa 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

Birmingham City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Wednesday, 6 October 1993

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🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1985–1998
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 2-0
Aggregate 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

🕒 116 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 | 32 🟥 31 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1985–1998
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 12 April 1993, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Highbury.
Cards: 🟥

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Bosnich replaces Nigel Spink as Tony Daley comes in for Guy Whittingham.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.08 |

Oldest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.97 |

Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 21.75 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Terry Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Kevin Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Frain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Dryden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Paul Mardon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Scott Hiley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Louie Donowa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Lyndon Hooper | 🇨🇦 |
M Paul Tait | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
M David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Carl-Steven Shutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 76' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Scott Hiley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Paul Fenwick | 🇨🇦 |)
🔁 | M Louie Donowa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Richard Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Steadman

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

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/14

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/13

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Cooper was also unhappy at Ashby's decision to allow the winning goal scored by Dean Saunders, claiming the Welsh international was in an offside position."
Quotes

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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BIRMINGHAM CITY manager Terry Cooper is being reported to the English FA over an alleged verbal attack on referee Gerald Ashby after Wednesday’s Coca- Cola Cup tie with Aston Villa. Cooper heavily criticised the FIFA official over his decision to send off City midfielder Paul Tait after he reacted to a late challenge by Villa skipper Kevin Richardson. He was also unhappy at Ashby's decision to allow the winning goal scored by Dean Saunders, claiming the Welsh international was in an offside position. Worcester-based Ashby confirmed he would be reporting the Birmingham manager and said: “If Mr Cooper had said 'You had a super match ref I would not be reporting him.” Villa won the match 1-0 and the tie 2-0 on aggregate.
Reports

🟩 6 October 1993, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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