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Game #4305

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 February 1994

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Won

6th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Swindon Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,637

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

5-0

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Swindon Town

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Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 31’ | Tony Daley | 55’ | Dalian Atkinson | 73' |

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

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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

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

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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 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, 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

Swindon Town

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1968-69

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Swindon Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Swindon Town

Previous 5 vs. Swindon: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #27 |
Manager Game | #140 |
Saturday, 12 February 1994

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🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 140 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 37 🟥 37 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 73’ |
🔁 | CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 78’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Adrian Whitbread | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (LB Paul Bodin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Jan Aage Fjørtoft | 🇳🇴 | (CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, Villa Park.

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

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MATCH QUOTES

“In the second half we would have taken a lot of sides to the cleaners.” Ron Atkinson.
Quotes

🟩 12 February 1994, Villa 5-0 Swindon, 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 Evening Mail*
Monday, 14 February 1994

At a time when Aston Villa may be tempted to make a grab for instant glory, it’s good to see them investing in a longer term insurance policy. European football is the ultimate target, and two obvious short cuts present themselves over the next six days as Ron Atkinson’s men resume their double Wembley assault. But Cup trails are often littered with pitfalls which claim unsuspecting victims that the longer, more exhausting route to Europe should not be completely by passed. The manner in which Swindon were torn apart on Saturday has left no doubt that a top three placing is still very much on Villa’s agenda. Dean Saunders’ first hat-trick for the club put the gloss on a scintillating showing which would have left most Premiership clubs gasping for breath, let along struggling Swindon. Forget the fact that two of Saunders’ treble came from the penalty spot. That was merely a reflection of the incisive fashion in which Villa ripped through Swindon’s bemused defence in the second half, prompting the rash challenges on both Saunders and substitute Dwight Yorke. And if Saunders’ two second half strikes had to be executed from the 12 yard mark, there was no question about the quality of his opening goal. His single minded run and lethal shot carried all the hallmarks of a striker brim- over with confidence, which is precisely wha Villa need in the forthcoming battles at Tranmere. Not that any member of the side should be lacking confidence right now, not after extending their unbeaten sequence to seven matches and completing their first 'double' of the season. It’s just a pity that Dalian Atkinson could not have put his name on the scoresheet on a day when sharper finishing would have almost doubled Swindon's agony. The enigmatic Atkinson, who claims he is always made the scapegoat when things go wrong, put one header just too high and saw a powerful drive fisted away by Jon Sheffield. But he will be haunted by a dreadful 67th minute miss, when he shot tamely at Swindon's debut 'keeper with the goal at his mercy. Still, you can get away with that sort of thing when your team are leading 3-0 and Holte Enders have already displayed their appreciation of your work rate. As if to atone for his wastefulness, Atkinson's sheer tenacity paved the way for Kevin Richardson's precise shot which produced goal No 4 on 73 minutes and gave the skipper a deserved reward for his perpetual motion midfield contribution. If Saunders was the hero and Richardson the inspiration, however, the most satisfying goal came from a young man who must have wondered if he was confined indefinitely to the treatment room. Stephen Froggatt, troubled all season by a knee injury and sidelined for the last three-and-a-half months, celebrated his surprise recall with a lunging close range header which put the finishing touch to a beautifully crafted Saunders-Tony Daley move. But it wasn't just Froggatt's goal which had manager Atkinson beaming. The young winger, operating on this occasion as a fullback replacement for Steve Staunton, ensured that Villa's balance was maintained in the absence of the Ireland international. He was, admittedly, outpaced by Swindon's most dangerous player Nicky Summerbee on a couple of occasions near the end of the first half, but otherwise Froggatt could not be faulted. Froggatt might just have returned in time to sample a taste of cup fever.
Reports

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