Game #4286
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 October 1993


Won
5th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Swindon Town
County Ground
Attendance: 16,322
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground
Swindon Town
1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 68’ |
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 October 1993
🟨 | 20’ Booking, Kevin Richardson
🥅 | 33’ Goal, 0-1, (Swindon Town)
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-1, Shaun Teale
🕒 | HT Swindon Town 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Guy Whittingham, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 2-1, Dalian Atkinson, Assist by Andy Townsend
🟨 | 70’ Booking, Andy Townsend
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on, Dariusz Kubicki
🕒 | FT Swindon Town 1-2 Aston Villa
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
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 October 1993
Villa claim their 6th league win of the season under Ron Atkinson but not before surviving a late open goal scare against Swindon.
Villa win consecutive Premier League games for the first time since August and climb to 5th in the table.
Ugo Ehiogu secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W10 D3 L4 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
Dariusz Kubicki makes his first appearance for eleven months and only his second in nineteen months to make it 33 appearances in a Villa shirt (31 Starts), W13 D9 L11, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
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
Swindon Town


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #13 |
Manager Game | #121 |
Saturday, 30 October 1993
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🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 121 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 | 34 🟥 31 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 April 1993, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Kevin Richardson
🟨 Andy Townsend
CARDS

🟨 Kevin Horlock
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Nigel Spink returns for a first start in 6 games. Paul McGrath, Tony Daley and Bryan Small drop out whilst Ugo Ehiogu, Steve Froggatt and Ray Houghton come in. For Froggatt it was his first start in 16 games.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.08 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 35.25 |
Youngest Player |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | 20.66 |
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
John Gorman | 🏴 |

Swindon Town
GK Fraser Digby | 🏴 |
D Shaun Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Luc Nijholt | 🇳🇱 |
LB Paul Bodin | 🏴 |
M Ross MacLaren | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Nicky Summerbee | 🏴 |
M John Moncur | 🏴 |
M Kevin Horlock | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CF Andy Mutch | 🏴 |
CF Jan Aage Fjørtoft | 🇳🇴 |
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 | RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 | (CB Adrian Whitbread | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Ross MacLaren | 🏴 | (M Martin Ling | 🏴 |)

🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nick Hammond | 🏴 |
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
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | | 265 | 43* | 37 | 27 | 98* | 68 | 99 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/14
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 30 Oct 1993, Villa 2-1 Swindon, County Ground


MATCH REPORTS
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