Game #4333
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 September 1994


Lost
9th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,694
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood
Blackburn Rovers
3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Kevin Richardson | 90’ |
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 September 1994
🟨 | 5’ Booking, Dwight Yorke, Foul
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers, pen), Alan Shearer
🟨 | 18’ Booking, Earl Barrett, Foul
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Chris Sutton
🟨 | 56’ Booking, Mark Bosnich, Dissent
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Shaun Teale, Sub on, Nii Lamptey
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Steve Staunton, Dissent
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Alan Shearer
🟨 | 78’ Booking, Andy Townsend, Foul
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Nii Lamptey, Sub on, Graham Fenton
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 1-3, Ugo Ehiogu, Assist by Kevin Richardson
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Aston Villa
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 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 September 1994
Villa suffer consecutive Premier League defeats under Ron Atkinson as they succumb to Blackburn at Ewood.
Dalian Atkinson makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (94 Starts) to make it W45 D29 L26, 31 Goals and 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.96 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Ugo Ehiogu scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 43rd appearance (30 Starts) to make it W19 D9 L15, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa boss Tim Sherwood lines up for Blackburn as future Villa centre forward Chris Sutton scores Rovers’ second goal.
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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
Blackburn Rovers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #168 |
Saturday, 24 September 1994
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🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴 | Looe, 1981-1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 168 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 44 🟥 50 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴 | Looe, 1981-1998
Matches Officiated: 14
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 April 1994, Villa 0-0 Norwich, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Dwight Yorke, Foul
🟨 Earl Barrett, Foul
🟨 Mark Bosnich, Dissent
🟨 Steve Staunton, Dissent
🟨 Andy Townsend, Foul
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Steve Staunton returns alongside Paul McGrath and Kevin Richardson as Phil King, Garry Parker and Nii Lamptey make way.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.81 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.83 |
Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 21.90 |
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🟨 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Kenny Dalglish | 🏴 |

Blackburn Rovers
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
RB Henning Berg | 🇳🇴 |
RB Mark Atkins | 🏴 |
CB Tony Gale | 🏴 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴 |
LB Graeme Le Saux | 🏴 |
M Tim Sherwood | 🏴 |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Jason Wilcox | 🏴 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | for CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 | 59’ |
🔁 | CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 | for M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Stuart Ripley | 🏴 | (CB Paul Warhurst | 🏴 |)

🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Bobby Mimms | 🏴 |
CB Ian Pearce | 🏴 |
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
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Nii Lamptey | 🇬🇭 | | 2 | 1* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 64 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/14
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood
UNAVAILABLE

M Ray Houghton
M Garry Parker
F John Fashanu
LB Phil King
GK Michael Oakes
F Guy Whittingham
M Dave Farrell
D Chris Boden
LB Bryan Small
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 24 Sep 1994, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH REPORTS
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