Villa vs.
Deportivo La Coruña
🟥 3 November 1993, Villa 0-1 Deportivo, Villa Park.
Game #4287
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber | 🇩🇪 | Essen, 1991-1998
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #20 |
Manager Game | #122 |
Wednesday, 3 November 1993
Scorer(s) | None |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 62' |
Unused Substitutes
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 |
Starting XI
GK Francisco Liaño | 🇪🇸 |
CB Voro | 🇪🇸 |
CB Miroslav Đukić | 🇷🇸 |
D José Luis Ribera | 🇪🇸 |
D Fernando Martinez Perales | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luis López Rekarte | 🇪🇸 |
M Javier Manjarín | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Mauro Silva | 🇧🇷 |
M Francisco Javier González Pérez | 🇪🇸 |
M Donato Gama Da Silva | 🇪🇸 |
CF Bebeto | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Javier Manjarín | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | (F Pedro Riesco | 🇪🇸 )
🔁 | CF Bebeto | 🇧🇷 | (M Marcos Vales | 🇪🇸 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Alex Sánchez | 🇪🇸 |
RB Mariano Hoyas | 🇪🇸 |
M José Ramón | 🇪🇸 |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-1, (Deportivo La Coruña), Manjarín
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Deportivo La Coruña
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Ray Houghton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Deportivo La Coruña
🟨 | Booking, Kevin Richardson, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend, Foul
On This Day
Villa's away goal counts for nothing as they are beaten by a solitary goal in the second leg of the Second Round of the UEFA Cup tie with Deportivo La Coruña to leave them out of Europe well ahead of schedule.
Gordon Cowans makes his 525th appearance in a Villa shirt (503 Starts) to make it W231 D130 L164, 59 Goals and 95 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.41 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Tony Daley suffers his 100th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 266th appearance (223 Starts) to make it W98 D68 L100, 37 Goals and 27 Assists so far in his Villa career.
🟨 19 October 1993, Villa 1-1 Deportivo, Estadio Municipal de Riazor.
Game #4283
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Marc Batta | 🇫🇷 | Marseille, 1990–1998
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #16 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Tuesday, 19 October 1993
Scorer(s) | Dean Saunders | 78' |
Assist(s) | Dalian Atkinson | 78' |
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴 |
Starting XI
GK Francisco Liaño | 🇪🇸 |
CB Voro | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Miroslav Đukić | 🇷🇸 |
D José Luis Ribera | 🇪🇸 |
D Fernando Martinez Perales | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luis López Rekarte | 🇪🇸 |
M Javier Manjarín | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Mauro Silva | 🇧🇷 |
M Francisco Javier González Pérez | 🇪🇸 |
M Donato Gama Da Silva | 🇪🇸 |
CF Bebeto | 🇧🇷 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CB Voro | 🇪🇸 | (M Marcos Vales | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | M Javier Manjarín | 🇪🇸 | (F Pedro Riesco | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Alex Sánchez | 🇪🇸 |
RB Mariano Hoyas | 🇪🇸 |
M José Ramón | 🇪🇸 |
Match Timeline
💥 | 3’ Missed Penalty, Deportivo La Coruña, Bebeto
🕒 | HT Deportivo La Coruña 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders, Assist by Dalian Atkinson
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 1-1, (Deportivo La Coruña), Riesko
🕒 | FT Deportivo La Coruña 1-1 Aston Villa
On This Day
Villa face Deportivo La Coruña for the first time in competitive football, Deportivo become the 133rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 19th continental European opponents and their third from Spain following Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona in previous campaigns.
Villa score a sublime away goal against Deportivo La Coruña in the Second Round of the UEFA Cup ahead of the home leg.
Mark Bosnich saves a 3rd minute penalty after Paul McGrath's error before taking the lead through Dean Saunders with 12 minutes remaining but a late equaliser leaves the tie all square with a crucial away goal for Villa ahead of the home leg.
Earl Barrett makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W35 D24 L16, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.