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Game #4326

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 24 August 1994

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Drew

12th (-4)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

Premier League

Southampton

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,179

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Southampton

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🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 24 August 1994

⚽ | 32’ Goal, Dean Saunders
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, John Fashanu, Sub on, Dalian Atkinson
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Ugo Ehiogu, Late tackle
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Garry Parker, Sub on, Earl Barrett
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 1-1, (Southampton), Matt Le Tissier
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Southampton

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

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 24 August 1994
  • Villa open the season with successive Premier League draws under Ron Atkinson as Dean Saunders scores his second in two games.

  • Including the end of the 1993-94 season, Villa under Ron Atkinson had now won just 2 of their last 14 Premier League games.

  • Earl Barrett makes his first appearance as a substitute following 116 Starts in a Villa shirt.

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, 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

Southampton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY
Southampton
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Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

League 🕒 39 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 13 | ⚽ 49 | 🥅 52 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 6 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 22 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 36 | 🥅 19 |

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

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #161 |
Wednesday, 24 August 1994

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🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1987–1995
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

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

🕒 161 | 🟩 | 71 🟨 | 43 🟥 47 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Philip Don | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesex, 1987–1995

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Ugo Ehiogu, Late tackle

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

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

New signing Phil King replaces Steve Staunton at left back

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.66 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.75 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.82 |

Referee

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

MANAGER

Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Southampton

GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 |
CB Richard Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Francis Benali | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Simon Charlton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Widdrington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Jim Magilton | 🇬🇧 |
M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Neil Maddison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Nicky Banger | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 61’ |
🔁 | RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 71’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Tommy Widdrington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Neil Heaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Dave Beasant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Whiston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa 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

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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GK Michael Oakes
M Nii Lamptey
CB Shaun Teale
F Graham Fenton
CF Guy Whittingham
M Dave Farrell
D Chris Boden
LB Bryan Small

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"One Villa man at least has already felt the benefit of Fash's battering at opposition defences - Dean Saunders has received a new lease of goals as a direct result of the efforts of John Fashanu, sometimes clumsy but always very much for the point."
Quotes

🟨 24 Aug 1994, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 25 August 1994
One Villa man at least has already felt the benefit of Fash's battering at opposition defences - Dean Saunders has received a new lease of goals as a direct result of the efforts of John Fashanu, sometimes clumsy but always very much for the point. Until the last 120 seconds last night, Saunders’ sweeping right-footed shot had seemed sufficient to earn fitful Villa their first victory of the season, although their right to the full spoils become more arguable by the minute. Flashes of the most brilliant plumage almost vanished with the last view of Fashanu’s big red boots after an hour, the turning point of a game that Southampton might've been surprised it was still seriously contesting. Abandoning their three-man central defence upon his departure Saints moved Matthew Le Tissier to central midfield where his destructive influence was immediate and eventually equalising. Villa, defending too deeply, were caught flat-footed when the Channel Islander struck the hammer blow, the ball rising from 25 yards beyond goalkeeper Mark Bosnich’s leap. No stopping such a shot, but preventing it might have been possible had not the home side returned to the habit of the opening 15 minutes in allowing Saints to progress practically unhindered to the edge of the area. Ray Houghton who had an exceptionally productive first half, Andy Townsend, Garry Parker and Dwight Yorke admirably assertive when they barked but defensively they bit with all the snap of a stiff jawbone. Fashanu must love the sweet build ups. The last time Wimbledon passed like Villa can, the real crazy gang was in London's musicals. But how he must hate the midfield tameness, their urgency lasting only so long as a team are on the attack. Other duties were chores and although Paul McGrath Ugo Ehiogu dealt capably with many of those, there was always a chance someone would take advantage. That man was Le Tissier, scorer of 4 goals against Villa last season. Ehiogu was close to celebrating his new four-year contract with a headed goal after 19 minutes and soon afterwards Yorke rapped a shot wide of the far post. Bosnich dived low to stop Nicky Banger’s drive before Saunders, relishing the space created by Fashanu’s presence, was given two chances to turn past beyond Francis Benali before placing a firm right footed shot wide of Bruce Grobbelaar. Twice more Saunders might have added to his two goals in two games and Dalian Atkinson, replacing Fasahnu, later diverted a Saunders’ mistimed shot into the side netting. By then Le Tissier was taking aim. He sent one of Southampton’s dozen free kicks - referee Don award Villa a total of three high - over the bar, then teased Bosnich into an arching catch with a chip shot. The goalkeeper and McGrath flung themselves in the way of attempts by Banger and Neil Maddison conjured up by Le Tissier before he stunned Villa with his goal. Villa’s performance was reminiscent of many last season when they promised the Sun and delivered sunny periods with lots of shower. No doubt will win big matches but two points against sides expected to struggle suggest the Fashanu’s ruthlessness needs to rub off on a number of players.
Reports

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