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Game #4306

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 16 February 1994

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Lost

Semi Final

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

League Cup

Tranmere Rovers

Prenton Park

Attendance: 17,140

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

Tranmere Rovers

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 90' |

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 16 February 1994

🥅 | 5’ Goal, 0-1, (Tranmere Rovers), Ian Nolan
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 0-2, (Tranmere Rovers), Mark Hughes
🕒 | HT Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Steve Froggatt
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 0-3, (Tranmere Rovers), John Aldridge
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 1-3, Dalian Atkinson, Assist by Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Tranmere Rovers 3-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 16 February 1994

  • Villa get the shock of their lives as First Division side Tranmere take a 3-0 lead in the League Cup Semi Final first leg before a much improved Villa performance delivers a crucial injury time strike.

  • Paul McGrath makes his 225th appearance in a Villa shirt and makes it W98 D59 L68, 8 Goals, 9 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton 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

Tranmere Rovers

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Tranmere Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tranmere Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Tranmere: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #39 |
Manager Game | #141 |
Wednesday, 16 February 1994

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🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1981-1994
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
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

🕒 141 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 37 🟥 38 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1981-1994
Matches Officiated: 13
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 20 March 1993, Villa 2-0 Wednesday, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa make one change for the League Cup Semi with Steve Staunton replacing Steve Froggatt.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.87 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.23 |

Youngest Player |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 22.11 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

John King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tranmere Rovers

GK Eric Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Nolan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CB John McGreal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Shaun Garnett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam O'Brien | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Kenny Irons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ged Brannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Chris Malkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Subsitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Danny Coyne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Steve Mungall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W John Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“It will take a superhuman effort to turn the tie around in the second leg.” Ron Atkinson. “I told him it was offside and it was [John Aldridge for the third goal. “He didn’t show me the red card but he asked me to leave, so I did.” Villa assistant manager Jim Barron.
Quotes

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton 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*
Thursday, 17 February 1994

THE long corridor to Wembley has suddenly become dark and narrow, just when Villa thought they were in sight of the twin towers. Ron Atkinson's men endured a Nightmare on Merseyside last night to leave themselves a daunting uphill battle when Tranmere come to Villa Park for the second leg a week on Sunday. No doubt Big Ron will stress frequently between now and then just how difficult the task is going to be, and he will be absolutely right. It would, in fact, have been Mission Impossible but for a last-gasp Dalian Atkinson goal which was as unlikely at the time as this result had seemed before kick-off. When skipper Kevin Richardson lofted his injury-time free-kick into Tranmere's penalty area, most of Villa's players were looking for a hole to climb into to escape their humiliation. But Tony Daley headed the ball back into Dalian Atkinson's path, and the enigmatic striker volleyed in his 13th goal of the season from 12 yards. It most certainly wasn't his luckiest, but with away goals counting double if the tie finishes all square over two legs, it might yet prove to be his most important. If Atkinson's quality strike threw Villa a lifeline, though, let's not kid ourselves it was one they deserved. As manager Ron Atkinson pointed out, only a few seconds earlier his team had looked dead and buried, apparently needing a four-goal second leg margin to reach the final. Half that amount will now be enough if Tranmere fail to reply at Villa Park, but don't bank on John King's men surrendering. Tranmere, who currently overshadow their more illustrious neighbours Liverpool and Everton, are an accomplished side. While Villa enjoyed greater territorial superiority, the home side made much better use of their share of the action, delighting a capacity crowd with their sharp, slick passing and superb movement off the ball. Those qualities left Atkinson's men baffled, bemused and, sadly, completely bereft of ideas on how to carve out counter attacks. Even during their long periods of second half possession, they were little more than predictable plodders, accurate enough moving sideways but badly lacking imagination when an incisive forward pass was required. Perhaps it might have been a different story had Ray Houghton's fourth minute snap shot from Tony Daley's low cross hit the target instead of creeping agonisingly past the far post. Two minutes later, however, Villa were on the slippery slope to only their third away defeat of the season as they fell behind to a superbly engineered goal. Liam O'Brien, Chris Malkin and the eel-like Pat Nevin linked sweetly down the right, with Nevin's reverse pass deflected by Steve Staunton into the path of lan Nolan. The full-back smashed an angled drive past Mark Bosnich and in off the underside of the bar, and Villa found themselves trailing for the first time in eight domestic cup-ties this season. Staunton's 35-yard free-kick and subsequent inswinging corner created problems for home goalkeeper Eric Nixon, but it was no real surprise when Tranmere increased their lead on 25 minutes. Pat Nevin, revelling in the chance to mix it with top flight opposition again, drilled in a corner which Richardson only partially cleared, and central defender Mark Hughes stuck out a foot to direct the ball into the top corner. Villa didn't create another opening before half-time, but at least they forced the pace in the second half, with the lively Tony Daley and Dean Saunders both close to scoring before Tranmere broke away to score again. The arguments will continue for some time about whether John Aldridge was offside when he ran on to Kenny Irons' 78th minute through ball, but there was no question about the of the striker's finish. His first shot smacked against the advancing Bosnich's left-hand post, and before Villa defenders could recover, the rebound had been despatched into the net. Villa were down, and almost out but Deadly Dalian's late consolation effort gave the semifinal a whole new complexion. The second leg will be tough, but Wembley is not yet beyond reach.
Reports

🟥 16 February 1994, Villa 1-3 Tranmere, Prenton Park.

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