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Villa Matches Refereed by

Ron Groves

🟩 4 April 1992, Villa 5-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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Ron Groves

Scorer(s) | Kevin Richardson | 20’ | Ian Olney | 31’ | Dwight Yorke | 58’ | Tony Daley | 86’ | Cyrille Regis | 89’ |

Assist(s) | Kevin Richardson | 31' | Cyrille Regis | 58' |

Game #4211

Division One

9th (-)

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Tottenham Hotspur

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 7 December 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Matthias Breitkreutz | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Gary Lineker
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Shaun Teale o.g.
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-2, Kevin Richardson
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 2-2, Ian Olney, Assist by Kevin Richardson
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58’ Goal 3-2, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Cyrille Regis
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Matthias Breitkreutz, Sub on, Tony Daley
💥 | 75’ Missed penalty, (Tottenham Hotspur), Gary Lineker
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Neil Cox
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 4-2, Tony Daley
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 5-2, Cyrille Regis
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-5 Aston Villa

Substitutes

🔁 W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for M Matthias Breitkreutz | 🇩🇪 | 68’ |
🔁 RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 79’ |

🟩 7 December 1991, Villa 3-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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Ron Groves

Scorer(s) | Cyrille Regis | 26’ | Dwight Yorke | 40’ | Tony Daley | 70’ |

Assist(s) | Steve Staunton | 26' | Paul McGrath | 40' | Les Sealey | 70' |

Game #4188

Division One

7th (+1)

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Villa Cards

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Manchester City

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Referee Record

Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 April 1991, Villa 1-5 Manchester City, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Cyrille Regis, Assist by Steve Staunton
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Paul McGrath
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester City
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 2-1, (Manchester City), David White
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 3-1, Tony Daley, Assist by Les Sealey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Manchester City

🔁 | Sub off, Mark Blake, Sub on, Ugo Ehiogu

Substitutes

🔁 CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟥 23 April 1991, Villa 1-5 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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Ron Groves

Scorer(s) | David Platt (pen) | 69’ |

Assist(s) | None

Game #4162

Division One

17th (-)

Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-5
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨

Manchester City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 23 August 1989, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park 🆘
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gary Penrice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), David White
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), David White
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Manchester City
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Andy Comyn, Sub on, Tony Cascarino
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-3, (Manchester City) Mark Brennan
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 1-3, David Platt (pen)
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 1-4, (Manchester City), David White
🥅 | 90’+ Goal, 1-5, (Manchester City), David White
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-5 Manchester City

🟨 | Booking, Kent Nielsen, Heavy tackle

Substitutes

🔁 CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 | for CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 54’ |

🟨 23 August 1989, Villa 1-1 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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Ron Groves

Scorer(s) | David Platt | 60' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 60' |

Game #4066

Division One

13th (-4)

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Villa Cards

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Liverpool

🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Comyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Andy Comyn
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), John Barnes
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Nigel Callaghan, Sub on, Ian Olney
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-1, David Platt, Assist by Paul Birch
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Adrian Heath, Sub on, Gareth Williams
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool

Substitutes

🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |
🔁 M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79' |

🟥 12 March 1988, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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Ron Groves

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 80' |

Assist(s) | Garry Thompson | 80' |

Game #4009

Division Two

1st= (-)

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨

Leeds United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Peter Swan
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-2, (Leeds United), Bob Taylor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Leeds United
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Alan McInally
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-2, Alan McInally, Assist by Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Leeds United

🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch, Foul

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63' |

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

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Ron Groves

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3956

Division One

21st (-)

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-5
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Southampton

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 September 1985, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park 🆘
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Phil Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Phil Robinson
🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Gordon Hobson, 70 Seconds
🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Glenn Cockerill
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-3, (Southampton), Colin Clarke
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-4, (Southampton), Colin Clarke
🕒 | HT Southampton 4-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 0-5, (Southampton), Danny Wallace
🕒 | FT Southampton 5-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟨 28 September 1985, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

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Ron Groves

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3871

Division One

12th (-1)

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Villa Cards

🟨 🟨 🟨

Everton

None

Referee Record

Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

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

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton

🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Tackle
🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Darren Bradley, Dissent

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

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