FA Carling Premiership
Saturday, October 30, 1993

Swindon Town Aston Villa
P.Bodin (33' pen)
HT: 1-1 S.Teale (43'), D.Atkinson (68')
Attendance:  16,322   Referee:  K. Burge



 
After the Town take the lead through a Paul Bodin penalty, Villa take advantage of some generous defending to turn the game around - leaving Swindon still looking for their first Premiership win. Afterwards, Alan Hansen rips into the Swindon defence on Match of the Day.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
  Nigel SPINK
1
3
Paul BODIN  
               
  Earl BARRETT
2
6
Shaun TAYLOR
               
Shaun TEALE
4
8
Ross MACLAREN
 79'
              
  Ugo EHIOGU
16
26
Terry FENWICK  
 46'
        27'     
  Kevin RICHARDSON
6
2
Nicky SUMMERBEE
                 
  Ray HOUGHTON
7
16
Kevin HORLOCK  
   39'             
Garry PARKER
8

5
Luc NIJHOLT
                 
Steve FROGGATT
12

7
John MONCUR
           70'    83'
  Andy TOWNSEND
14
9
Jan-Åge FJØRTOFT  
               
Dalian ATKINSON
10
25
Andy MUTCH
                67'
Guy WHITTINGHAM
22
Substitutes
10
Martin LING

79' 
           
67' 
  Tony DALEY
11
14
Adrian WHITBREAD

46' 
           
83' 
  Dariusz KUBICKI
24
23
Nicky HAMMOND
                 
Michael OAKES
30













Results on Saturday, October 30, 1993: League Table

 
  Arsenal 0 - 0 Norwich City  
  Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur  
  Chelsea 0 - 1 Oldham Athletic  
  Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Everton  
  Liverpool 4 - 2 Southampton  
  Manchester United 2 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Newcastle United 4 - 0 Wimbledon  
  Sheffield Wednesday 3 - 3 Leeds United  
  Swindon Town 1 - 2 Aston Villa  

Table as at Saturday, October 30, 1993:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Manchester United 13 11 1 1 27 10 17 34 
2 Norwich City 13 6 5 2 21 12 9 23 
3 Arsenal 13 6 5 2 12 6 6 23 
4 Blackburn Rovers 13 6 5 2 18 13 5 23 
5 Aston Villa 13 6 5 2 15 10 5 23 
6 Leeds United 13 6 4 3 20 16 4 22 
7 Liverpool 13 6 2 5 20 12 8 20 
8 Queens Park Rangers 13 6 2 5 24 21 3 20 
9 Newcastle United 13 5 4 4 21 14 7 19 
10 Tottenham Hotspur 13 5 4 4 19 14 5 19 
11 Everton 13 6 1 6 16 16 0 19 
12 Wimbledon 13 4 5 4 13 19 -6 17 
13 Ipswich Town 13 4 4 5 12 16 -4 16 
14 Coventry City 12 3 6 3 14 16 -2 15 
15 Manchester City 12 3 5 4 11 10 1 14 
16 Chelsea 13 3 4 6 10 12 -2 13 
17 West Ham United 12 3 4 5 6 13 -7 13 
18 Sheffield United 12 2 5 5 16 21 -5 11 
19 Oldham Athletic 13 2 5 6 9 19 -10 11 
20 Sheffield Wednesday 13 1 7 5 17 23 -6 10 
21 Southampton 13 2 2 9 15 24 -9
22 Swindon Town 13 0 5 8 11 30 -19

Key: Champions Relegation