Game #4297
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 29 December 1993


Won
8th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Norwich City
Carrow Road
Attendance: 20,650
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road
Norwich City
1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Kevin Richardson | 58’ |
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 29 December 1993
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Chris Sutton
🕒 | HT Norwich City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Houghton
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 2-1, Dean Saunders, Assist by Kevin Richardson
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Guy Whittingham, Sub on, Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Norwich City 1-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Neil Cox, Foul
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
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 29 December 1993
A 3 minute second half brace earns Villa a first win in 7 Premier League games under Ron Atkinson as they climb back to 8th in the table.
Kevin Richardson contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 130th appearance to make it W60 D35 L35, 13 Goals and 12 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Steve Staunton secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 109th appearance to make it W50 D31 L28, 8 Goals, 16 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Dwight Yorke appears for the first time in over 7 months following injury to make it 98 Appearances (73 Starts), W43 D26 L29, 26 Goals, 13 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.51 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road

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
Norwich City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Game | #22 |
Manager Game | #132 |
Wednesday, 29 December 1993
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🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 132 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 36 🟥 36 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 August 1993, Villa 1-2 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Neil Cox, Foul
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa make two changes from the team that lost to Manchester United with Andy Townsend and Ray Houghton returning. Dalian Atkinson and Garry Parker drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.71 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.09 |
Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 21.98 |
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Kevin Richardson | 🔥 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Mike Walker | 🏴 |

Norwich City
GK Bryan Gunn | 🏴 |
RB Ian Culverhouse | 🏴 |
CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴 | 🔁 |
D Rob Newman | 🏴 |
LB Colin Woodthorpe | 🏴 |
LB Mark Bowen | 🏴 |
M Ian Crook | 🏴 |
M David Smith | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Ruel Fox | 🏴 |
CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 |
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 | 73’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴 | (M Andy Johnson | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M David Smith | 🏴 | (LB Rob Ullathorne | 🏴 |)

🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
M Dave Farrell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Scott Howie | 🏴 |
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
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | | 98 | 25* | 26 | 13 | 43* | 26 | 29 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 36 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/14
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 29 Dec 1993, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road


MATCH REPORTS
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