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Villa vs.

Exeter City

🟩 8 January 1994, Villa 1-0 Exeter, St James' Park.

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Game #4299

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #134 |
Saturday, 8 January 1994

Scorer(s) | Dean Saunders | (pen) | 60' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Peter Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jason Minett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Scott Daniels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Whiston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jon Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Storer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Simon Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Russell Coughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Steve Wigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Michael Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Steve Wigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Martin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Kenny Veysey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Toby Redwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Exeter City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders (pen)
🕒 | FT Exeter City 0-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend, Foul

On This Day

  • Villa need a Dean Saunders penalty to beat 3rd division Exeter in the third round of the FA Cup as Paul McGrath's absence dominates the headlines.

  • Mark Bosnich keeps his 16th clean sheet but it is his first in 7 games - his longest period without one since coming into the side - as his strong start to his career continues with 39 appearances, 38 Starts, W18 D9 L12, 33 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.85 goals per game and 16 Clean Sheets (41%) so far in his Villa career.

🟩 9 October 1985, Villa 8-1 Exeter, Villa Park.

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Game #3873

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Peter Tyldesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1979–1991
HT Score 🟩 6-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 8-1
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 12-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Wednesday, 9 October 1985

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 16' | 19' | Simon Stainrod | 29' | Brendan Ormsby | 35' | 84' | Paul Birch | 58' | Gary Williams | 36' | 42' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 36' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 75' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK John Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Graeme Kirkup | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Keith Viney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim McNichol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Impey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Nicky Marker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Ling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Alan Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ray Pratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Kellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Gary Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Steve Harrower | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray
⚽ | 19' Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray
⚽ | 29' Goal, 3-0, Simon Stainrod
⚽ | 35' Goal, 4-0, Brendan Ormsby
⚽ | 36' Goal, 5-0, Gary Williams, Assist by Paul Birch
⚽ | 42' Goal, 6-0, Gary Williams
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 6-0 Exeter City
🥅 | 49' Goal, 6-1, (Exeter City), Alan Crawford
⚽ | 58' Goal, 7-1, Paul Birch
🔁 | 75' Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 84' Goal, 8-1, Brendan Ormsby
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 8-1 Exeter City

On This Day

Graham Turner’s Villa beat Fourth Division side Exeter City in the second leg of the League Cup second round as Andy Gray scores his first goals for the club since his return.

🟩 25 September 1985, Villa 4-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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Game #3870

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Peter Tyldesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1979–1991
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Wednesday, 25 September 1985

Scorer(s) | Simon Stainrod | 11' | 16' | 55' | 71' |

Assist(s) | Allan Evans | 11' | Paul Birch | 16' | Tony Dorigo | 55' | Brendan Ormsby | 71' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

Not recorded

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Starting XI

Not Recorded

Substitutes

Not Recorded

Unused Substitutes

Not Recorded

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Simon Stainrod
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Allan Evans
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 2-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Exeter City 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Exeter City), Tony Kellow
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 3-1, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Tony Dorigo
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 4-1, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Brendan Ormsby
🟥 | 84' Sending off, Darren Bradley
🟥 | 84' Sending off, (Exeter City), Darren Gale
🕒 | FT Exeter City 1-4 Aston Villa

On This Day

Graham Turner’s Villa beat Fourth Division side Exeter City in the first leg of the League Cup second round as Simon Stainrod, 26, scores all four Villa goals on debut after moving from Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month for a fee of £250,000.

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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Game #3445

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #163 |
Wednesday, 31 August 1977

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 22' | 57' | 89' |

Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 22' | Brian Little | 57' | Dennis Mortimer | 89' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK John Baugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Templeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Hore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Saxton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Hatch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Weeks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Bobby Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nicky Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tony Kellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Bowker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Beer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Graham Weeks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Lammie Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Alex Cropley
🕒 | HT Exeter City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 2-1, (Exeter City, pen), Lammie Robertson
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Exeter City 1-3 Aston Villa

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa take respite from their league toils to beat third division Exeter courtesy of an Andy Gray hat-trick.

🟩 9 Jan 1915, Villa 2-0 Exeter, Villa Park

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Game #1006

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-0 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WLDLW |

Season | 1914-15 |
Matchday | #22 |
Manager Game | #980 |
Saturday, 9 January 1915

Scorer(s) | Clem Stephenson | Joe Bache |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Sam Hardy |
CB Jim Harrop |
FB Tom Lyons |
FB William Littlewood |
M Andy Ducat |
M Arthur Dobson |
W Charlie Wallace |
W Harold Edgley |
CF Harry Hampton |
F Clem Stephenson |
F Joe Bache |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

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On This Day

Villa face non-league Exeter in the FA Cup for the second successive season to progress to the second round.

🟩 31 Jan 1914, Villa 2-1 Exeter, St James' Park

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Game #967

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | DWWWW |

Season | 1913-14 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #941 |
Saturday, 31 January 1914

Scorer(s) | Harry Hampton | Harry Hampton |

Assist(s) | Not recorded

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Sam Hardy |
CB Jim Harrop |
FB Tom Lyons |
LB Tommy Weston |
M Jimmy Leach |
M Tommy Barber |
W Harold Edgley |
W Charlie Wallace |
CF Harry Hampton |
F Clem Stephenson |
F Joe Bache |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Match Timeline

On This Day

  • Villa face Exeter City for the first time in competitive football, Exeter become the 65th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football. 

  • Holders Villa record four successive victories for the first time this season as they beat Exeter in the second round of the FA Cup.

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