1993–94 Aston Villa F.C. season

Second City Derby
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	← 1988–89 2002–03 →

Aston Villa
1993–94 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Ron Atkinson
Stadium	Villa Park
Premier League	10th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Dean Saunders (9); All: Atkinson /; Saunders (15)
Highest home attendance	45,347 vs. Liverpool ; (7 May 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	16,180 vs. Southampton; (24 Nov 1993, Premier League)
Average home league attendance	29,065
File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Home colours	File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Away colours
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 season was Aston Villa's 119th professional season, their 83rd season in the top flight and their 6th consecutive season in the top tier of English football (the second in the Premier League). The Kit Supplier was Asics and the shirt sponsors were Müller. Aston Villa were never anywhere near the title race that they had looked likely to win for much of the previous season, as they finished 10th in the table a year after coming second. The slump was largely due to a shortage of goals. But their compensation for this shortcoming was victory in the League Cup final against Manchester United - a 3–1 scoreline ending the opposition's hope of becoming the first English team to win all three major domestic trophies in the same season. Villa were drawn against Birmingham City in the League Cup second round. The Second City derby would be the only one in a 14-year period from the 1988–89 season, when Viila won all three matches 13–0 in aggregate,^[1] until 2002–03 season There were debuts for Andy Townsend (134), Graham Fenton (30) and Guy Whittingham (25).^[2]

Squad

First Team

The likes of Dean Saunders and Paul McGrath were as consistent and reliable as ever, though a few older players such as Garry Parker, Kevin Richardson and Shaun Teale were starting to look past their best. The pre-season signing of 30-year-old midfielder Andy Townsend from Chelsea was one of the best pieces of business done so far by manager Ron Atkinson, whereas the capture of Guy Whittingham from Portsmouth proved to be a disappointment - the striker never came anywhere near matching the tally of 47 goals he had scored done for the south coast club a season earlier, and he was loaned out to Wolverhampton to gain more first-team chances. Gordon Cowans rejoined the club for his third spell but left the club again after just a few months. Villa fans were given something to look forward to with the emergence of promising young players like Ugo Ehiogu, Graham Fenton and Mark Bosnich.

Squad

#	Pos	Name	Nat	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Apps	Gls
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Nigel Spink	England	Chelmsford	(1958-08-08)8 August 1958 (aged 34)	Chelmsford City	4 January 1977	£4,000	414	0
13	GK	Mark Bosnich	Australia	Liverpool	(1972-01-13)13 January 1972 (aged 21)	Australia Sydney Croatia	28 February 1992	Free transfer	19	0
30	GK	Michael Oakes	England	Northwich	(1973-10-30)30 October 1973 (aged 19)	Academy	1 July 1991	—	0	0
Defenders
2	RB	Earl Barrett	England	Rochdale	(1967-04-28)28 April 1967 (aged 26)	Oldham Athletic	25 February 1992	£1,700,000	64	1
3	LB	Steve Staunton	Republic of Ireland	Dundalk	(1969-01-19)19 January 1969 (aged 24)	Liverpool	7 August 1991	£1,100,000	94	6
4	CB	Shaun Teale	England	Southport	(1964-03-10)10 March 1964 (aged 29)	Bournemouth	25 July 1991	£300,000	96	3
5	CB	Paul McGrath	Republic of Ireland	England Greenford	(1959-12-04)4 December 1959 (aged 33)	Manchester United	3 August 1989	£400,000	175	7
16	CB	Ugo Ehiogu	England	Hackney	(1972-11-03)3 November 1972 (aged 20)	West Bromwich Albion	12 July 1991	£40,000	14	0
17	CB	Neil Cox	England	Scunthorpe	(1971-10-08)8 October 1971 (aged 21)	Scunthorpe United	12 February 1991	£400,000	27	2
23	LB	Bryan Small	England	Birmingham	(1971-11-15)15 November 1971 (aged 21)	Academy	1 July 1990	—	26	0
24	RB	Dariusz Kubicki	Poland	Kożuchów	(1963-06-06)6 June 1963 (aged 30)	Poland Legia Warsaw	28 August 1991	£200,000	30	0
Midfielders
6	CM	Kevin Richardson (c)	England	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1962-12-04)4 December 1962 (aged 30)	Spain Real Sociedad	6 August 1991	£450,000	100	3
7	CM	Ray Houghton	Republic of Ireland	Scotland Glasgow	(1962-01-09)9 January 1962 (aged 31)	Liverpool	28 July 1992	£900,000	46	4
8	CM	Garry Parker	England	Oxford	(1965-09-07)7 September 1965 (aged 27)	Nottingham Forest	29 November 1991	£650,000	76	11
14	CM	Andy Townsend	Republic of Ireland	EnglandMaidstone	(1963-07-26)26 July 1963 (aged 29)	Chelsea	26 July 1993	£2,100,000	-	-
15	CM	Gordon Cowans	England	West Cornforth	(1958-10-27)27 October 1958 (aged 34)	Blackburn Rovers	5 July 1993	Free transfer	510	59
19	AM	Stefan Beinlich	Germany	East Berlin	(1972-01-13)13 January 1972 (aged 21)	Germany Bergmann-Borsig	1 October 1991	£100,000	9	0
20	AM	Matthias Breitkreutz	Germany	Crivitz	(1971-05-12)12 May 1971 (aged 22)	Germany Bergmann-Borsig	1 October 1991	£100,000	12	0
21	CM	David Farrell	England	Birmingham	(1971-11-11)11 November 1971 (aged 21)	Redditch United	6 January 1992	£45,000	0	0
25	AM	Graham Fenton	England	Whitley Bay	(1974-05-22)22 May 1974 (aged 19)	Academy	1 July 1993	—	-	-
Forwards
9	CF	Dean Saunders	Wales	Swansea	(1964-06-21)21 June 1964 (aged 29)	Liverpool	10 September 1992	£2,300,000	44	17
10	CF	Dalian Atkinson	England	Shrewsbury	(1968-03-21)21 March 1968 (aged 25)	Spain Real Sociedad	11 July 1991	£1,600,000	48	14
11	RW	Tony Daley	England	Birmingham	(1967-10-18)18 October 1967 (aged 25)	Academy	1 January 1986	—	237	34
12	LW	Steve Froggatt	England	Lincoln	(1973-03-05)5 March 1973 (aged 20)	Academy	1 July 1991	—	37	2
18	CF	Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	Canaan	(1971-11-03)3 November 1971 (aged 21)	Trinidad and Tobago Signal Hill	19 December 1989	£120,000	89	26
22	CF	Guy Whittingham	England	Evesham	(1964-11-10)10 November 1964 (aged 28)	Portsmouth	3 August 1993	£1,300,000	-	-

Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 1993.

Transfers

Transferred in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee

5 July 1993	CM	Gordon Cowans	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer
26 July 1993	CM	Republic of Ireland Andy Townsend	Chelsea	£2,100,000
3 August 1993	CF	Guy Whittingham	Portsmouth	1,200,000
				£3,300,000

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee

5 July 1993	CF	Martin Carruthers	Stoke City	£300,000
3 August 1993	CF	Cyrille Regis	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer
5 August 1993	CM	Mark Blake	Portsmouth	£400,000
26 February 1994	CM	Gordon Cowans	Derby County	£80,000
				£780,000

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End

15 October 1993	CB	Chris Boden	Barnsley	15 January 1994
26 November 1993	GK	Michael Oakes	Scarborough Athletic	26 December 1993
10 January 1994	AM	Graham Fenton	West Bromwich Albion	10 February 1994
28 February 1994	CF	Guy Whittingham	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31 May 1994
4 March 1994	RB	Poland Dariusz Kubicki	Sunderland	31 May 1994

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Decrease £3,300,000

Income

Increase £780,000

Balance

Decrease £2,520,000

Results

Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Liverpool	42	17	9	16	59	55	+4	60
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	12	14	62	61	+1	60
10	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	46	50	−4	57	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	Coventry City	42	14	14	14	43	45	−2	56
12	Norwich City	42	12	17	13	65	61	+4	53

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Venue	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W
Position	1	6	10	11	10	6	6	3	3	8	7	7	5	3	2	3	5	6	6	8	9	8	10	9	10	8	6	6	7	5	7	7	7	8	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10

Source: Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

14 August 1993 (1993-08-14) 1	Aston Villa	4–1	Queens Park Rangers	Birmingham
15:00	Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Staunton File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Ferdinand File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,994 Referee: Kelvin Morton

18 August 1993 (1993-08-18) 2	Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	Aston Villa	Sheffield
19:45		Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 28,450 Referee: Peter Foakes

21 August 1993 (1993-08-21) 3	Wimbledon	2-2	Aston Villa	London
15:00	Holdsworth File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Fashanu File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report	Richardson File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Staunton File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 7,122 Referee: Jim Borrett

23 August 1993 (1993-08-23) 4	Aston Villa	1–2	Manchester United	Birmingham
20:00	Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	Sharpe File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,624 Referee: David Elleray

28 August 1993 (1993-08-28) 5	Aston Villa	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
15:00	Staunton File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,498 Referee: Keith Cooper

31 August 1993 (1993-08-31) 6	Everton	0-1	Aston Villa	Liverpool
19:30		Report	Whittingham File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 24,022 Referee: Alan Gunn

11 September 1993 (1993-09-11) 7	Aston Villa	0-0	Coventry City	Birmingham
15:00		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,181 Referee: Martin Bodenham

18 September 1993 (1993-09-18) 8	Ipswich Town	1-2	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00	[[ Ian Marshall (English footballer)\|Marshall]] File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'	Report	Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Townsend File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,617 Referee: Roger Dilkes

25 September 1993 (1993-09-25) 9	Oldham Athletic	1-1	Aston Villa	Oldham
15:00	Halle File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'	Report	Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 12,836 Referee: Howard King

2 October 1993 (1993-10-02) 10	Aston Villa	0-2	Newcastle United	Birmingham
15:00		Report	Allen File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' (pen) Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,336 Referee: Paul Durkin

16 October 1993 (1993-10-16) 11	West Ham United	0-0	Aston Villa	London
15:00		Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 20,425 Referee: Stephen Lodge

23 October 1993 (1993-10-23) 12	Aston Villa	1-0	Chelsea	Birmingham
15:00	Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,706 Referee: David Allison

30 October 1993 (1993-10-30) 13	Swindon Town	1-2	Aston Villa	Swindon
15:00	Bodin File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' (pen)	Report	Teale File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 16,530 Referee: Keith Burge

6 November 1993 (1993-11-06) 14	Arsenal	1-2	Aston Villa	London
15:00	Wright File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Report	Whittingham File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Townsend File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 31,773 Referee: Martin Bodenham

20 November 1993 (1993-11-20) 15	Aston Villa	1-0	Sheffield United	Birmingham
15:00	Whittingham File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 24,686 Referee: David Frampton

24 November 1993 (1993-11-24) 16	Aston Villa	0-2	Southampton	Birmingham
19:45		Report	Le Tissier File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 16,180 Referee: Kelvin Morton

28 November 1993 (1993-11-28) 17	Liverpool	2-1	Aston Villa	Liverpool
16:00	Fowler File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Redknapp File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report	Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 38,484 Referee: Alan Wilkie

4 December 1993 (1993-12-04) 18	Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Aston Villa	London
15:00	McGrath File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' (o.g.) Penrice File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Report	Richardson File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Parker File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,915 Referee: Keith Hackett

8 December 1993 (1993-12-08) 19	Aston Villa	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday	Birmingham
19:45	Cox File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (pen)	Report	Bart-Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Teale File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 20,304 Referee: Peter Foakes

11 December 1993 (1993-12-11) 20	Aston Villa	0-1	Wimbledon	Birmingham
15:00		Report	Holdsworth File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 17,940 Referee: Alan Gunn

19 December 1993 (1993-12-19) 21	Manchester United	3-1	Aston Villa	Greater Manchester
16:00	Cantona File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' Ince File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Cox File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 44,499 Referee: Joe Worrall

29 December 1993 (1993-12-29) 22	Norwich City	1-2	Aston Villa	Norwich
19:45	Sutton File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	Report	Houghton File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 20,650 Referee: David Elleray

1 January 1994 (1994-01-01) 23	Aston Villa	0-1	Blackburn Rovers	Birmingham
15:00		Report	Shearer File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,903 Referee: Roger Dilkes

15 January 1994 (1994-01-15) 24	Aston Villa	3-1	West Ham United	Birmingham
15:00	Richardson File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Report	Allen File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 28,869 Referee: Stephen Lodge

22 January 1994 (1994-01-22) 25	Chelsea	1-1	Aston Villa	London
15:00	[[Toggle the table of contents Mark Stein (footballer)\|Stein]] File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Report	Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 18,341 Referee: Graham Poll

6 February 1994 (1994-02-06) 26	Aston Villa	1-0	Leeds United	Birmingham
16:00	Townsend File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 26,919 Referee: Jim Borrett

12 February 1994 (1994-02-12) 27	Aston Villa	5-0	Swindon Town	Birmingham
15:00	Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' (pen)File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' (pen) Froggat File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Richardson File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,637 Referee: Robbie Hart

22 February 1994 (1994-02-22) 28	Aston Villa	0-0	Manchester City	Birmingham
19:45		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 19,254 Referee: Martin Bodenham

2 March 1994 (1994-03-02) 29	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Aston Villa	London
19:45	Rosenthal File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	Parker File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 17,452 Referee: Kelvin Morton

6 March 1994 (1994-03-06) 30	Coventry City	0-1	Aston Villa	Coventry
16:00		Report	Daley File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 14,235 Referee: Martin Bodenham

12 March 1994 (1994-03-12) 31	Aston Villa	0-1	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00		Report	[[ Gavin Johnson (footballer)\|Johnson]] File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 23,732 Referee: Alan Wilkie

16 March 1994 (1994-03-16) 32	Leeds United	2-0	Aston Villa	Leeds
19:45	Wallace File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Deane File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 33,120 Referee: David Allison

19 March 1994 (1994-03-19) 33	Aston Villa	1-2	Oldham Athletic	Birmingham
15:00	Redmond File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' (o.g.)	Report	Beckford File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Holden File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 21,214 Referee: Joe Worrall

30 March 1994 (1994-03-30) 34	Aston Villa	0-0	Everton	Birmingham
19:45		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,044 Referee: Rodger Gifford

2 April 1994 (1994-04-02) 35	Manchester City	3-0	Aston Villa	Manchester
15:00	Beagrie File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Walsh File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Rösler File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Report		Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 26,075 Referee: Paul Durkin

4 April 1994 (1994-04-04) 36	Aston Villa	0-0	Norwich City	Birmingham
15:00		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 25,416 Referee: Martin Bodenham

11 April 1994 (1994-04-11) 37	Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Aston Villa	Blackburn
20:00	Shearer File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 19,287 Referee: David Allison

16 April 1994 (1994-04-16) 38	Sheffield United	1-2	Aston Villa	Sheffield
15:00	Littlejohn File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'	Report	Richardson File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Fenton File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 18,402 Referee: Graham Poll

23 April 1994 (1994-04-23) 39	Aston Villa	1-2	Arsenal	Birmingham
15:00	Houghton File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Report	Wright File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,590 Referee: Keith Cooper

27 April 1994 (1994-04-27) 40	Newcastle United	5-1	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Bracewell File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Beardsley File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Sellars File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report	Beinlich File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 32,216 Referee: John Lloyd

30 April 1994 (1994-04-30) 41	Southampton	4-1	Aston Villa	Southampton
15:00	Le Tissier File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Monkou File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Maddison File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 19,003 Referee: Stephen Lodge

7 May 1994 (1994-05-07) 42	Aston Villa	2-1	Liverpool	Birmingham
15:00	Yorke File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report	Fowler File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 45,347 Referee: Keith Burge

FA Cup

8 January 1994 (1994-01-08) R3	Exeter City	0-1	Aston Villa	Exeter
15:00			Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' (pen)	Stadium: St. James Park Attendance: 10,570 Referee: Keith Cooper

29 January 1994 (1994-01-29) R4	Grimsby Town	1-2	Aston Villa	Grimsby
15:00	Groves File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'		Houghton File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Yorke File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 15,771 Referee: Ian Hemley

23 February 1993 (1993-02-23) R5	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Aston Villa	Bolton
15:00	Stubbs File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'			Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 18,817 Referee: Brian Hill

League Cup

21 September 1993 (1993-09-21) R2 L1	Birmingham City	0-1	Aston Villa	Birmingham
19:45			Richardson File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Attendance: 27,815 Referee: Keren Barratt

6 October 1993 (1993-10-06) R2 L2	Aston Villa	1-0 (2-0 agg.)	Birmingham City	Birmingham
19:45	Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'			Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,856 Referee: Gerald Ashby

26 October 1993 (1993-10-26) R3	Sunderland	1-4	Aston Villa	Sunderland
19:45	Gray File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'		Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Richardson File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Houghton File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 23,692 Referee: Alan Flood

30 November 1993 (1993-11-30) R4	Arsenal	0-1	Aston Villa	London
19:45			Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 26,453 Referee: Roger Gifford

12 January 1994 (1994-01-12) QF	Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	Aston Villa	Birmingham
19:45	Caskey File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'		Houghton File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Barrett File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,408 Referee: Terry Holbrook

16 February 1994 (1994-02-16) SF L1	Tranmere Rovers	3-1	Aston Villa	Birkenhead
19:45	Nolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Hughes File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Aldridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'		Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 17,140 Referee: Roger Milford

27 February 1994 (1994-02-27) SF L2	Aston Villa	3-1 (a.e.t.) (4-4 agg.) (5-4 p)	Tranmere Rovers	Birmingham
19:45	Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Teale File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'		Aldridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' (pen)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,593 Referee: Allan Gunn
	Penalties
	Saunders soccer ball with check mark Teale soccer ball with check mark Fenton soccer ball with check mark Atkinson soccer ball with check mark Ehiogu soccer ball with red X Richardson soccer ball with red X Daley soccer ball with check mark		soccer ball with check mark Irons soccer ball with check mark Thomas soccer ball with red X Brannan soccer ball with check mark Higgins soccer ball with check mark Aldridge soccer ball with red X O'Brien soccer ball with red X Nolan

27 March 1994 (1994-03-27) FINAL	Aston Villa	3-1	Manchester United	London
17:00	Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen)	1994 Football League Cup final	Hughes File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 77,231 Referee: Keith Cooper

UEFA Cup

15 September 1993 (1993-09-15) R1 L1	Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia	0-0	England Aston Villa	Bratislava
15:45				Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 10,886 Referee: Marcello Nicchi

29 September 1993 (1993-09-29) R1 L2	Aston Villa England	2-1 (2-1 agg.)	Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava	Birmingham
19:45	Atkinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Townsend File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'		Dušan Tittel File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 24,461 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen

19 October 1993 (1993-10-19) R2 L1	Deportivo La Coruña Spain	1-1	England Aston Villa	A Coruña
19:45	Riesco File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		Saunders File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 26,800 Referee: Marc Batta

3 November 1993 (1993-11-03) R2 L2	Aston Villa England	0-1 (1-2 agg.)	Spain Deportivo La Coruña	Birmingham
19:45			Manjarín File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 26,737 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber

Statistics

Total

#	Pos	Nat	Player	Sqd	App	FXI	Sub	Unu	Gls	Ast	O.G.	C.S.	Yellow card	Yellow card Yellow-red card	Red card	upward-facing green arrow	downward-facing red arrow	File:Stopwatch.svg

1	GK	England	Nigel Spink	40	15	14	1	25	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	1	-	1288'
13	GK	Australia	Mark Bosnich	36	28	27	-	8	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	1	2481'
30	GK	England	Michael Oakes	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2	RB	England	Earl Barrett	39	39	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	3510'
3	LB	Republic of Ireland	Steve Staunton	24	24	24	-	-	3	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	2093'
4	CB	England	Shaun Teale	38	37	37	1	-	1	-	1	-	5	-	-	1	1	3310'
5	CB	Republic of Ireland	Paul McGrath	30	30	30	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	2	2645'
16	CB	England	Ugo Ehiogu	23	17	14	3	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	1277'
17	CB	England	Neil Cox	31	20	16	4	11	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	4	1	1489'
23	LB	England	Bryan Small	10	9	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	703'
24	RB	Poland	Dariusz Kubicki	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	69'

6	CM	England	Kevin Richardson	40	40	40	-	-	5	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	3588'
7	CM	Republic of Ireland	Ray Houghton	30	30	25	5	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	2288'
8	CM	England	Garry Parker	21	19	17	2	2	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	1532'
14	CM	Republic of Ireland	Andy Townsend	32	32	32	-	-	3	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	2706'
15	CM	England	Gordon Cowans	12	11	9	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	878'
19	AM	Germany	Stefan Beinlich	9	7	6	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	531'
20	AM	Germany	Matthias Breitkreutz	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	91'
21	CM	England	David Farrell	5	4	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	300'
25	AM	England	Graham Fenton	12	9	8	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	1	842'

9	CF	Wales	Dean Saunders	39	38	37	1	1	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3259'
10	CF	England	Dalian Atkinson	29	29	29	-	-	8	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	2546'
11	RW	England	Tony Daley	27	27	19	8	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	1884'
12	LW	England	Steve Froggatt	9	9	8	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	732'
18	CF	Trinidad and Tobago	Dwight Yorke	15	12	2	10	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	421'
22	CF	England	Guy Whittingham	25	18	13	5	7	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	7	1106'

Premier League

#	Pos	Nat	Player	Sqd	App	FXI	Sub	Unu	Gls	Ast	O.G.	C.S.	Yellow card	Yellow card Yellow-red card	Red card	upward-facing green arrow	downward-facing red arrow	File:Stopwatch.svg

1	GK	England	Nigel Spink	40	15	14	1	25	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	1	-	1288'
13	GK	Australia	Mark Bosnich	36	28	27	-	8	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	1	2481'
30	GK	England	Michael Oakes	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2	RB	England	Earl Barrett	39	39	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	3510'
3	LB	Republic of Ireland	Steve Staunton	24	24	24	-	-	3	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	2093'
4	CB	England	Shaun Teale	38	37	37	1	-	1	-	1	-	5	-	-	1	1	3310'
5	CB	Republic of Ireland	Paul McGrath	30	30	30	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	2	2645'
16	CB	England	Ugo Ehiogu	23	17	14	3	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	1277'
17	CB	England	Neil Cox	31	20	16	4	11	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	4	1	1489'
23	LB	England	Bryan Small	10	9	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	703'
24	RB	Poland	Dariusz Kubicki	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	69'

6	CM	England	Kevin Richardson	40	40	40	-	-	5	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	3588'
7	CM	Republic of Ireland	Ray Houghton	30	30	25	5	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	2288'
8	CM	England	Garry Parker	21	19	17	2	2	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	1532'
14	CM	Republic of Ireland	Andy Townsend	32	32	32	-	-	3	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	2706'
15	CM	England	Gordon Cowans	12	11	9	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	878'
19	AM	Germany	Stefan Beinlich	9	7	6	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	531'
20	AM	Germany	Matthias Breitkreutz	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	91'
21	CM	England	David Farrell	5	4	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	300'
25	AM	England	Graham Fenton	12	9	8	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	1	842'

9	CF	Wales	Dean Saunders	39	38	37	1	1	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3259'
10	CF	England	Dalian Atkinson	29	29	29	-	-	8	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	2546'
11	RW	England	Tony Daley	27	27	19	8	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	1884'
12	LW	England	Steve Froggatt	9	9	8	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	732'
18	CF	Trinidad and Tobago	Dwight Yorke	15	12	2	10	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	421'
22	CF	England	Guy Whittingham	25	18	13	5	7	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	7	1106'

FA Cup

#	Pos	Nat	Player	Sqd	App	FXI	Sub	Unu	Gls	Ast	O.G.	C.S.	Yellow card	Yellow card Yellow-red card	Red card	upward-facing green arrow	downward-facing red arrow	File:Stopwatch.svg

1	GK	England	Nigel Spink	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	GK	Australia	Mark Bosnich	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	270'
30	GK	England	Michael Oakes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2	RB	England	Earl Barrett	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	270'
3	LB	Republic of Ireland	Steve Staunton	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	180'
4	CB	England	Shaun Teale	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	113'
5	CB	Republic of Ireland	Paul McGrath	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	180'
16	CB	England	Ugo Ehiogu	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	45'
17	CB	England	Neil Cox	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	246'
23	LB	England	Bryan Small	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	RB	Poland	Dariusz Kubicki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

6	CM	England	Kevin Richardson	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	270'
7	CM	Republic of Ireland	Ray Houghton	3	3	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	270'
8	CM	England	Garry Parker	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90'
14	CM	Republic of Ireland	Andy Townsend	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	270'
15	CM	England	Gordon Cowans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	AM	Germany	Stefan Beinlich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	AM	Germany	Matthias Breitkreutz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	CM	England	David Farrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25	AM	England	Graham Fenton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

9	CF	Wales	Dean Saunders	3	3	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	215'
10	CF	England	Dalian Atkinson	3	3	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	256'
11	RW	England	Tony Daley	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	69'
12	LW	England	Steve Froggatt	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90'
18	CF	Trinidad and Tobago	Dwight Yorke	2	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	145'
22	CF	England	Guy Whittingham	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

League Cup

#	Pos	Nat	Player	Sqd	App	FXI	Sub	Unu	Gls	Ast	O.G.	C.S.	Yellow card	Yellow card Yellow-red card	Red card	upward-facing green arrow	downward-facing red arrow	File:Stopwatch.svg

1	GK	England	Nigel Spink	8	1	1	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	30'
13	GK	Australia	Mark Bosnich	8	8	7	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	720'
30	GK	England	Michael Oakes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2	RB	England	Earl Barrett	7	7	7	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	660'
3	LB	Republic of Ireland	Steve Staunton	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	424'
4	CB	England	Shaun Teale	7	7	7	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	660'
5	CB	Republic of Ireland	Paul McGrath	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	750'
16	CB	England	Ugo Ehiogu	3	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	30'
17	CB	England	Neil Cox	6	5	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	357'
23	LB	England	Bryan Small	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90'
24	RB	Poland	Dariusz Kubicki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

6	CM	England	Kevin Richardson	8	8	8	-	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	750'
7	CM	Republic of Ireland	Ray Houghton	8	6	4	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	441'
8	CM	England	Garry Parker	4	3	3	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	270'
14	CM	Republic of Ireland	Andy Townsend	8	8	8	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	705'
15	CM	England	Gordon Cowans	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	180'
19	AM	Germany	Stefan Beinlich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	AM	Germany	Matthias Breitkreutz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	CM	England	David Farrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25	AM	England	Graham Fenton	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	134'

9	CF	Wales	Dean Saunders	7	7	7	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	660'
10	CF	England	Dalian Atkinson	8	8	8	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	750'
11	RW	England	Tony Daley	6	5	4	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	361'
12	LW	England	Steve Froggatt	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	15'
18	CF	Trinidad and Tobago	Dwight Yorke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	CF	England	Guy Whittingham	4	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	165'

UEFA Cup

#	Pos	Nat	Player	Sqd	App	FXI	Sub	Unu	Gls	Ast	O.G.	C.S.	Yellow card	Yellow card Yellow-red card	Red card	upward-facing green arrow	downward-facing red arrow	File:Stopwatch.svg

1	GK	England	Nigel Spink	4	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	180'
13	GK	Australia	Mark Bosnich	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	180'
30	GK	England	Michael Oakes	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2	RB	England	Earl Barrett	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	270'
3	LB	Republic of Ireland	Steve Staunton	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	180'
4	CB	England	Shaun Teale	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	360'
5	CB	Republic of Ireland	Paul McGrath	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	360'
16	CB	England	Ugo Ehiogu	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	CB	England	Neil Cox	3	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90'
23	LB	England	Bryan Small	3	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	180'
24	RB	Poland	Dariusz Kubicki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

6	CM	England	Kevin Richardson	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	270'
7	CM	Republic of Ireland	Ray Houghton	4	2	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	118'
8	CM	England	Garry Parker	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	CM	Republic of Ireland	Andy Townsend	4	4	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	360'
15	CM	England	Gordon Cowans	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	332'
19	AM	Germany	Stefan Beinlich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	AM	Germany	Matthias Breitkreutz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	CM	England	David Farrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25	AM	England	Graham Fenton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

9	CF	Wales	Dean Saunders	4	4	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	360'
10	CF	England	Dalian Atkinson	4	4	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	360'
11	RW	England	Tony Daley	4	2	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	180'
12	LW	England	Steve Froggatt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	CF	Trinidad and Tobago	Dwight Yorke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	CF	England	Guy Whittingham	4	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90'

Goals Involvements

Rank	#	Nat	Player	Pos	Apps	Goal Inv.	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup		Total
Rank	#	Nat	Player	Pos	Apps	Goal Inv.	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists

1	10	England	Dalian Atkinson	CF	44	23	8	5	0	1	6	1	1	1	15	8
2	9	Wales	Dean Saunders	CF	52	21	10	3	1	0	4	1	1	0	17	4
3	6	England	Kevin Richardson	CM	55	14	5	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	7	7
4	14	Republic of Ireland	Andy Townsend	CM	47	11	3	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	7
5	7	Republic of Ireland	Ray Houghton	CM	41	8	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	3
6	11	England	Tony Daley	RW	37	7	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6
7	8	England	Garry Parker	CM	23	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3
8	22	England	Guy Whittingham	CF	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9	18	Trinidad and Tobago	Dwight Yorke	CF	14	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10	17	England	Neil Cox	RB	29	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
11	3	Republic of Ireland	Steve Staunton	LB	32	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
12	4	England	Shaun Teale	CB	51	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
13	19	Germany	Stefan Beinlich	AM	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
14	5	Republic of Ireland	Paul McGrath	CB	44	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
15	12	England	Steve Froggatt	LW	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	25	England	Graham Fenton	AM	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	-	-	Own Goal	-	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	2	England	Earl Barrett	RB	52	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Clean Sheets

Rank	#	Nat	Player	Apps	Conceded	Clean Sheets	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
Rank	#	Nat	Player	Apps	Conceded	Clean Sheets	Con	CS	Con	CS	Con	CS	Con	CS

1	13	Australia	Mark Bosnich	41	40	12	29	9	2	1	7	2	2	0
2	1	England	Nigel Spink	18	22	6	21	4	0	0	0	1	1	1

References

↑ "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
↑ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

External links

Aston Villa official website
avfchistory.co.uk 1993–94 season

[table_note_res_AST0.12179200030947-3] Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

[1] "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[2] "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.

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