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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: Chico Hamilton III on September 01, 2014, 02:54:29 PM
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Whittingham scores on his debut. I seem to remember that the refereee had to change his shirt at half time because his green shirt clashed with our Asics away kit. Did I dream this or did it really happen? I also remember that the ref played the second half in an Everton away shirt.....? the old white away shirt they had.
And, as always at Everton, there was a fantastic atmosphere in the Villa end
Anyone else recall?
Whittingham makes his mark for Villa
31 August 1993
AFPR
Guy Whittingham, Aston Villa's 1.2 million-pound summer buy from Portsmouth, scored on his Premiership debut to send Everton to their third consecutive defeat.
The 28-year-old former serviceman proved he could cope with promotion to the officers' mess when he stunned Goodison Park in the 32nd minute.
Villa boss Ron Atkinson has been cautious about the big striker, limiting him to just 19 minutes on the field. But after it took a penalty to beat Spurs on Saturday, Atkinson dropped made wholesale changes.
The Midlanders' 4-3-3 line-up was blunted for much of the game by the home team's sheer hard work as Everton tried to recapture the form that brought them maximum points from their first three games
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Whittingham scores on his debut. I seem to remember that the refereee had to change his shirt at half time because his green shirt clashed with our Asics away kit. Did I dream this or did it really happen? I also remember that the ref played the second half in an Everton away shirt.....? the old white away shirt they had.
And, as always at Everton, there was a fantastic atmosphere in the Villa end
Anyone else recall?
Whittingham makes his mark for Villa
31 August 1993
AFPR
Guy Whittingham, Aston Villa's 1.2 million-pound summer buy from Portsmouth, scored on his Premiership debut to send Everton to their third consecutive defeat.
The 28-year-old former serviceman proved he could cope with promotion to the officers' mess when he stunned Goodison Park in the 32nd minute.
Villa boss Ron Atkinson has been cautious about the big striker, limiting him to just 19 minutes on the field. But after it took a penalty to beat Spurs on Saturday, Atkinson dropped made wholesale changes.
The Midlanders' 4-3-3 line-up was blunted for much of the game by the home team's sheer hard work as Everton tried to recapture the form that brought them maximum points from their first three games
Remember it well, night game wasn't it? Have a vague recollection of the ref shirt issue too.
Funny, only beating Spurs via a penalty was enough to prompt wholesale changes. Halcyon days.
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It was a night game. Not to be confused with the night game up there when we fielded 7 or 8 black players - a record at the time.
Ironic, given our opposition.
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It was a night game. Not to be confused with the night game up there when we fielded 7 or 8 black players - a record at the time.
Ironic, given our opposition.
The black player game was a Saturday afternoon.
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It was a night game. Not to be confused with the night game up there when we fielded 7 or 8 black players - a record at the time.
Ironic, given our opposition.
The black player game was a Saturday afternoon.
That's my memory for you. What about the ref's shirt?
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It was a night game. Not to be confused with the night game up there when we fielded 7 or 8 black players - a record at the time.
Ironic, given our opposition.
The black player game was a Saturday afternoon.
That's my memory for you. What about the ref's shirt?
No idea.
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It's coming back to me
the ref started the match in the green shirt that officials used to wear at the time. It clashed with our green and black Asics monstrosity so he changed into a black shirt which also clashed with it. I'm sure he ended up in an Everton away shirt
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I remember it being a nice drive up the M6. Them were the days...
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It was Definatly on a Saturday & we won 2-0 I belive
The players I think were Small,McGrath,Daley,Blake,Yorke,Regis & Atkinson & Ehiogu was a sub
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13 mins 35 for the Whittingham goal
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I was there but have absolutely no recollection about the referee having to change his shirt. Although agree that the Asics green/red/black stripes is up there as being one of the worst Villa kits of all time.
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It was Definatly on a Saturday & we won 2-0 I belive
The players I think were Small,McGrath,Daley,Blake,Yorke,Regis & Atkinson & Ehiogu was a sub
http://www.11v11.com/matches/everton-v-aston-villa-19-october-1991-90249/
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Great game, the year before Mo Johnston scored a 90th minute winner against us so this was a fantastic result. The M6 was good that night, home within 2 hours.
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I went to this game, definitely midweek - I went on the coaches, came back and went to the Dome nightclub, and still went to work the next morning.
I was only 21, no way would/could I ever even consider doing anything like that now.
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The ref's shirt incident was at Anfield, not Goodison. He ended up wearing a USA 94 t-shirt inside out.
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The ref's shirt incident was at Anfield, not Goodison. He ended up wearing a USA 94 t-shirt inside out.
The ref's shirt incident was at Anfield, not Goodison. He ended up wearing a USA 94 t-shirt inside out.
Don't think so
Soccer - Villa players in danger of losing their shirts.
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1 September 1993
Reuters News
LBA
Aston Villa could be forced to change the colour of their garish new kit because of claims their players, the referee and his linesmen all look the same.
The English club's recently-launched green-and-black striped away strip was criticised this week by Everton manager Howard Kendall, who said they clashed with the green outfits worn by officials.
Even when referee Alan Gunn changed into a black shirt in the second-half of Tuesday's match, it failed to solve the problem. The Villa players, who play in claret and blue at home, complained afterwards they still thought he was one of their own team.
"One of the problems is that the new referees' shirts are all one colour, whereas in the old days they had white collars and cuffs which helped them stand out," said Gunn.
League spokesman Mike Foster said: "Villa's manufacturers sent us a sample of the cloth in the summer and we could not see any difference, say, with Newcastle's black-and-white strip and the old all-black referee kit. Nobody used to object to that.
"We discussed it with the referees and they were quite happy to accept our view. But we will have to see if it needs another look."
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First time I remember seeing us wear that kit was when we beat Walsall 7-0 (9-0?) in the preseason game. Fashanu was playing anyway.
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First time I remember seeing us wear that kit was when we beat Walsall 7-0 (9-0?) in the preseason game. Fashanu was playing anyway.
Fashanu joined in '94. I'm pretty sure we first had the green kit a year before. I have a a similar recollection as you but it involves Guy Whittingham scoring at Walsall in that shirt in '93.
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First time I remember seeing us wear that kit was when we beat Walsall 7-0 (9-0?) in the preseason game. Fashanu was playing anyway.
Fashanu joined in '94. I'm pretty sure we first had the green kit a year before. I have a a similar recollection as you but it involves Guy Whittingham scoring at Walsall in that shirt in '93.
We had the green one when we beat Yan-ited in 1994 League Cup so must have been the start of that season. i.e. 93-94. I think we had a white away one 92-93 IIRC.
I refuse to cheat on any of these threads as it is Memories not Google.