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Game #4318

Aston Villa

Monday, 4 April 1994

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Drew

10th

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

Premier League

Norwich City

Villa Park

Attendance: 25,416

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-0

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Norwich City

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 4 April 1994

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Graham Fenton, Sub on, Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich City

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

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 4 April 1994
  • Villa extend their winless run to six Premier League games as they fail to score for the fifth time.

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

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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: 1993-94

Norwich City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85

FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
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Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #153 |
Monday, 4 April 1994

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🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Looe, 1984-1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 153 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 41 🟥 43 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Looe, 1984-1998

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

In one change to the team that lost to Manchester City last time out, Dalian Atkinson replaces Garry Parker.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.38 |

Oldest Player |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |31.35 |

Youngest Player |
F Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.88 |

Referee

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Deehan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Bryan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ian Culverhouse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Spencer Prior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Woodthorpe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Rob Ullathorne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Bowen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ian Crook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jeremy Goss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Darren Eadie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Chris Sutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M David Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Darren Eadie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Neil Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/14

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

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

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
“If anyone listening can score goals, they should come and join Villa.” Kevin Richardson.
Quotes

🟨 4 Apr 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Tuesday, 5 April 1994
LIKE many a word spoken in jest, the remark had a distinctive ring of truth about it. Kevin Richardson, conducting a post-match radio interview, pleaded: "If anyone listening can score goals, they should come and join Villa!" It was a typical piece of dry humour from Villa's skipper, yet there was undeniably an underlying concern. You can't just pluck goalscorers out of thin air, of course, but Villa desperately need to start hitting the target or their season will fade into a dreadful anti-climax. The wonder of Wembley will sustain supporters for a little while, of course, and with European football already assured, the necessity for a lofty league position has been removed. The blunt fact, though, is that Ron Atkinson's men have now failed to win in six Premiership fixtures either side of the Coca-Cola League Cup final, managing just a single goal an own goal during that dismal run. Against Norwich yesterday, there was little question that they should have broken the sequence, for there was very little wrong with their approach work in difficult windy conditions. keepers like Bryan Gunn are rarely beaten from such distances. At least, there were also a few chances around the six yard box, with Gunn clutching Fenton's lunging header, Dean Saunders' flick being blocked by an lan Culverhouse tackle and substitute Dwight Yorke firing over from Tony Daley's deep cross. Manager Atkinson has intimated he will be giving his younger players a few outings during the final games, and Yorke certainly looks worthy of a run after a season sabotaged by injury problems. Taking over from calf injury victim Fenton at half time, the Calypso kid produced some sparkling runes from midfield and was always on the lookout for a shooting opportunity. If the match provided reasonable Bank Holiday entertainment, though, it was never in the same class as Villa's 2-1 win at Carrow Road at the end of last year. That night, both sides looked good enough for Europe, and Villa, of course, have already booked their UEFA Cup place. But both sides have somehow lost the zest they produced on that occasion, and the Canaries have won only once in 14 league matches since John Deehan took over as manager. For most of yesterday's contest, they were content to sit back and let Villa take the game to them although a couple of breaks might just have left Atkinson staring at another defeat. Goalkeeper Mark Bosnich had to be at his best as £2 million-rated Chris Sutton ghosted through for a low 23rd minute drive. But even the agile Aussie was a mere spectator as Sutton's 86th minute shot crashed against his right-hand post. There would have been no radio wisecracks if that one had gone in.
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