Game #4332
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 21 September 1994


Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
League Cup
Wigan Athletic
Villa Park
Attendance: 12,433
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.
Aston Villa (Holders)
5-0

Wigan Athletic

Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 85' |
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 21 September 1994
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Nii Lamptey
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 2-0, Dalian Atkinson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Wigan Athletic
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 3-0, Dean Saunders
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on, Graham Fenton
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 4-0, Nii Lamptey
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 5-0, Dalian Atkinson, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Wigan Athletic
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
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 21 September 1994
Holders Villa hammer bottom tier side Wigan in the 2nd round of the League Cup.
Midfielder Nii Lamptey, 19, makes a goalscoring debut in a Villa shirt after joining from RSC Anderlecht in August 1994 to become the 698th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Lamptey, allegedly unable to read or write, had arrived at Villa through the machinations of an errant agent and as a result a very confusing career began.
Dalian Atkinson contributes his 50th goal involvement on his 99th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts) to make it W45 D29 L25, 31 Goals and 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.94 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Dwight Yorke contributes his first assist in 38 games and secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 118th appearance (81 Starts) and make it W50 D32 L36, 31 Goals, 14 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.62 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | #698 | Free transfer from PSV
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
Wigan Athletic


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #167 |
Wednesday, 21 September 1994
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🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴 | Worcester, 1990–1998
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 167 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 44 🟥 49 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴 | Worcester, 1990–1998
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Garry Parker returns to the starting line up after a 5 game absence with Ray Houghton dropping out. Kevin Richardson makes way for debutant Nii Lamptey whilst Phil King replaces Steve Staunton and Dalian Atkinson comes in for John Fashanu.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.28 |
Oldest Player |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 31.19 |
Youngest Player |
M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | 19.79 |
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Phil King | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | ⚽ |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Graham Barrow | 🏴 |

Wigan Athletic
GK Simon Farnworth | 🏴 |
CB Paul Rennie | 🏴 |
CB Greg Strong | 🏴 |
CB John Robertson | 🏴 |
RB Joe Jakub | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Matt Carragher | 🏴 |
M Dave Campbell | 🇬🇧 |
M Neill Rimmer | 🏴 |
M Ian Kilford | 🏴 |
W Neil Morton | 🏴 |
CF Pat Gavin | 🏴 |
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 71' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Joe Jakub | 🏴 | (LB David McKearney | 🏴 |)

🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Statham | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby (ex) | 🏴 |
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
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 | | 15 | 5* | 1 | 0 | 5* | 3 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 63 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/14
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 21 September 1994, Villa 5-0 Wigan, Villa Park.


MATCH REPORTS
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