Game #4352
Aston Villa
Monday, 26 December 1994


Drew
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
Premier League
Arsenal
Highbury
Attendance: 34,452
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury
Arsenal
0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 26 December 1994
🟢 | 1' Debut, Ian Taylor
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Andy Townsend
🟥 | 60’ Sending off, Andy Townsend
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Dean Saunders, Sub on, Paul McGrath
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend
🟨 | Booking, Kevin Richardson, Encroachment
🟨 | Booking, Ray Houghton, Dissent
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
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 26 December 1994
Andy Townsend returns from suspension after receiving TWO red cards in a single game from David Elleray against Wimbledon 8 games earlier only to be sent off AGAIN, this time a soft sending off on the hour mark by an overzealous Kelvin Morton.
Despite being reduced to 10 Villa secure a 4th Premier League draw in 5 under Brian Little.
Villa now have 1 win in their last 15 Premier League games and remain 20th in the table.
Midfielder Ian Taylor, 26, and boyhood Villa fan, makes his Villa debut after joining from Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month for £1,000,000 to become the 701st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Andy Townsend is sent off for the 3rd time in a Villa shirt on his 67th appearance and has now received 3 red cards in his last two appearance to make it W30 D14 L23, 5 Goals, 9 Assists, 12 Bookings and 3 Red Cards at a rate of a card every 4.47 games so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa centre back Martin Keown lines up for Arsenal.
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | #701 | £1,350,000 from Wednesday
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
Arsenal


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993–94
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Monday, 26 December 1994
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🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 6 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 4 🟥 2 | 0.67
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Kelvin Morton | 🏴 | Bury St Edmunds, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 26 October 1994, League Cup, Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.
Incidents: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟥 Andy Townsend
🟨 Andy Townsend
🟨 Andy Townsend
🟨 Kevin Richardson, Encroachment
🟨 Ray Houghton, Dissent
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
New signing Ian Taylor makes his debut with Garry Parker making way, Steve Staunton (7 game absence) and Ugo Ehiogu return along with Andy Townsend as Phil King and Bryan Small drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 29.90 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 36.41 |
Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 22.16 |
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
George Graham (ex) | 🏴 |

Arsenal
GK Vince Bartram | 🏴 |
RB Steve Morrow | 🇬🇧 |
RB Lee Dixon | 🏴 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴 |
M Stefan Schwarz | 🇸🇪 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴 |
M Stephen Hughes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Kevin Campbell | 🏴 |
CF Paul Dickov | 🏴 |
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | for CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | 67’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Stephen Hughes | 🏴 | (M Mark Flatts | 🏴 |)

🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

GK Lee Harper | 🏴 |
CB Andy Linighan | 🏴 |
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
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | | 258 | 2* | 8 | 9 | 108 | 67* | 83 | - | - | 10 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | | 27* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/14
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 26 Dec 1994, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH REPORTS
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