Game #4305
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 February 1994


Won
6th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Swindon Town
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,637
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-0

Swindon Town

Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 31’ | Tony Daley | 55’ | Dalian Atkinson | 73' |
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 February 1994
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders, Assist by Andy Townsend
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Swindon Town
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Froggatt, Assist by Tony Daley
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 3-0, Dean Saunders
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 4-0, Kevin Richardson, Assist by Dalian Atkinson
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on Dwight Yorke
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Paul McGrath, Sub on Ugo Ehiogu
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 5-0, Dean Saunders (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Swindon Town
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
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 February 1994
Villa hammer Swindon at Villa Park to make it seven consecutive victories in all competitions under Ron Atkinson as they climb back to 6th in the table in the perfect warm up for the League Cup semi final first leg against second tier Tranmere.
Kevin Richardson scores his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 138th appearance to make it W66 D36 L36, 15 Goals and 12 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Steve Froggatt making his first appearance in three and a half months contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance (31 Starts) to make it W18 D11 L9, 3 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.80 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Andy Townsend contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 32nd appearance to make it W19 D8 L5, 4 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park

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
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #27 |
Manager Game | #140 |
Saturday, 12 February 1994
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🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 140 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 37 🟥 37 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 24 March 1993, Villa 0-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa make two changes from the team that beat Leeds last time out with Steve Froggatt returning after a 18 game absence as well as Neil Cox. Steve Staunton and Shaun Teale drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.48 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.22 |
Youngest Player |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | 20.95 |
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
John Gorman | 🏴 |

Swindon Town
GK Jon Sheffield | 🏴 |
D Shaun Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Adrian Whitbread | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
CB Luc Nijholt | 🇳🇱 |
M Nicky Summerbee | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M John Moncur | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Martin Ling | 🏴 |
M Kevin Horlock | 🇬🇧 |
F Keith Scott | 🏴 |
CF Jan Aage Fjørtoft | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 73’ |
🔁 | CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | for CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Adrian Whitbread | 🏴 | (LB Paul Bodin | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Jan Aage Fjørtoft | 🇳🇴 | (CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 |)

🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
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
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | | 102 | 29* | 27 | 13 | 46* | 26 | 30 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 44 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/14
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 12 Feb 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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