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Game #4353

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 28 December 1994

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Won

19th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

Premier League

Chelsea

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,901

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-0

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Chelsea

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Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 32’ | Dwight Yorke | 82’ |

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 28 December 1994

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Staunton
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Andy Townsend
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Paul McGrath
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 3-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Chelsea

🟨 | Booking, Earl Barrett, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 28 December 1994

  • Villa hammer Chelsea at Villa Park for only their second win in 16 Premier League games and their first under Brian Little. 

  • Villa, with 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat so far under Brian Little rise one place to 19th in the table.

  • Ian Taylor scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W1 D1 L0 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

  • Andy Townsend contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 68th appearance and make it W31 D14 L23, 5 Goals, 10 Assists, 12 Bookings and 3 Red Cards so far in his Villa career. 

  • Dwight Yorke scores his first league goal since August on his 131st appearance in a Villa shirt (92 Starts) to make it W53 D33 L45, 32 Goals, 17 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.09 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94

Chelsea

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

Aston Villa

Chelsea

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Wednesday, 28 December 1994

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🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 7 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 4 🟥 2 | 1.00

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 9 October 1994, Villa 2-3 Liverpool, Anfield.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Earl Barrett, Foul

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🟨 Paul Furlong

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dwight Yorke comes in for John Fashanu

Starting XI Average Age
| 29.08 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 36.41 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.16 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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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 Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Dmitriy Kharin | 🇷🇺 |
RB Steve Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Erland Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Andy Myers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gavin Peacock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Craig Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Eddie Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Furlong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF John Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 78’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Craig Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Mark Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Kevin Hitchcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/14

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/14

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"ANGRY manager Glenn Hoddle blasted Chelsea's rock-bottom performance which gifted new Aston Villa manager Brian Little his first win."
Quotes

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Daily Mirror*
Thursday, 29 December 1994

ANGRY manager Glenn Hoddle blasted Chelsea's rock-bottom performance which gifted new Aston Villa manager Brian Little his first win. Hoddle's tattered troops were simply pathetic, and £1million signing lan Taylor's 82nd minute goal merely compounded the damage done when Steve Staunton and Dwight Yorke scored before the break. Although substitute Mark Stein hit a post in the closing moments Chelsea's threat was minimal throughout. Villa, with only one previous home success, were allowed to do pretty much as they liked and Little’s men needed no second invitation. If Dean Saunders had not wasted five clear-cut chances it would have been an evening of utter carnage. Villa went in front after nine minutes through Staunton. When his right returned to the left back he whipped in a wicked curling ball aimed at the far post. Dmitri Kharine was already struggling but the keeper was left with no hope of saving when Staunton’s effort flicked off Frank Sinclair. Villa skipper Kevin Richardson somehow missed the target when he took aim with a careful volley from seven yards. But Chelsea's sighs of relief were stifled after 32 minutes when a carefully rehearsed routine saw Andy Townsend head on Staunton's free kick. In came Trinidad striker Yorke, who took over from the injured John Fashanu, to force a lunging close range header through Kharine's grasp with the keeper allowed mere split second to react. The big surprise was that Chelsea somehow avoided further punishment until eight minutes from the end. Then the alert Yorke picked out Taylor with right wing cross for the former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder to plant a firm header wide of Kharine.
Reports

🟩 28 December 1994, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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