Game #4351
Aston Villa
Monday, 19 December 1994


Lost
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Southampton
The Dell
Attendance: 13,874
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
Southampton
2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Shaun Teale | 79’ |
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 19 December 1994
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Richard Hall
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Phil King, Sub on, Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 1-1, Ray Houghton, Assist by Shaun Teale
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 1-2, (Southampton), Matt Le Tissier
🕒 | FT Southampton 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Earl Barrett
🟨 | Booking, Garry Parker
🟨 | Booking, Kevin Richardson
🟨 | Booking, Dean Saunders
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
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 19 December 1994
Villa are beaten in injury time by regular foe Matt Le Tissier.
Villa remain in 20th place as they lose in the Premier League for the first time under Brian Little
Villa now have just one win in their last fourteen - Jim Barron's 4-3 victory at Tottenham.
Villa field their oldest team of the season with an average age of 30.65
Midfielder Garry Parker, 29, makes his 119th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (113 Starts) before moving on to Leicester City in February 1995 for a fee of £300,000. Parker played for Villa between 1991-92 and 1994-95 leaving with a record of W49 D32 L38, 14 Goals, 8 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.41 games he played in his Villa career.
Shaun Teale contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 156th appearance (155 Starts) to make it W69 D42 L45, 5 Goals, 1 Assist, 18 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Ray Houghton makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (110 Appearances) to make it W45 D31 L34, 11 Goals and 15 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.23 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Garry Parker | 🏴 | 1991-94 🕒 119 | 113 (6) | ⚽ 14 | 🔥 8 | 🇺 12 | #684 |
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


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Monday, 19 December 1994
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🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 5 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 3 🟥 2 | 0.60
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 17 September 1994, Villa 0-1 West Ham, Upton Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Earl Barrett
🟨 Garry Parker
🟨 Kevin Richardson
🟨 Dean Saunders
CARDS

🟨 Francis Benali
🟨 Neil Heaney
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Paul McGrath comes in after a two game absence in place of Ugo Ehiogu whilst John Fashanu starts for the first time in 19 games alongside the returning Dean Saunders whilst Graham Fenton and Guy Whittingham make way,
Starting XI Average Age
| 30.65 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 36.39 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 | 23.11 |
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 |
LB Phil King | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔴 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Alan Ball | 🏴 |

Southampton
GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 |
CB Richard Hall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Ken Monkou | 🇳🇱 |
LB Francis Benali | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Widdrington | 🏴 |
M Ronnie Ekelund | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
M Jim Magilton | 🇬🇧 |
M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Neil Heaney | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Craig Maskell | 🏴 |
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for LB Phil King | 🏴 | 72’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ronnie Ekelund | 🇩🇰 | (M David Hughes | 🏴 |)

🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Dave Beasant | 🏴 |
M Paul Tisdale | 🏴 |
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
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | | 130 | 39* | 31 | 16 | 52 | 33 | 45* | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | | 26* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
UNAVAILABLE

LB Steve Staunton
CB Ugo Ehiogu
M Andy Townsend
GK Michael Oakes
F Dalian Atkinson
M Nii Lamptey
CF Guy Whittingham
M Dave Farrell
D Chris Boden
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 19 Dec 1994, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell


MATCH REPORTS
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