Game #4418
Aston Villa
Saturday, 16 March 1996
Lost
4th (-)
Last 5 | 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 22,964
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
Villa suffer a shock defeat at Wednesday as Villa old boy Guy Whittingham scored his equally scarcely believable 13th goal of the season.
Sheffield Wednesday
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Dwight Yorke, out of sorts
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 March 1996
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Guy Whittingham
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Riccardo Scimeca, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday)
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Former Villa centre forward Guy Whittingham scored for Sheffield Wednesday on 58’.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94
Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sheffield Wednesday
Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Game | #31 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 16 March 1996
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Brian Little |
Referee | Peter Jones, Loughborough |
KO | 3.00pm |
HT Score | 0-0 |
FT Score | 0-2 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | LWWWL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 72 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 21 🟥 18 | 1.67
Career Form:
Top 6
Brian Little | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴 | Loughborough, 1988-2002
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 November 1995, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Upton Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Peter Jones
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Sheffield Wednesday
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that beat Forest in the FA Cup.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.88 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.31 |
Youngest Player |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 20.77 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
David Pleat | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
Sheffield Wednesday
GK Chris Woods | 🏴 |
RB Jon Newsome | 🏴 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
CB Steve Nichol | 🏴 |
M Lee Briscoe | 🏴 |
M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Mark Pembridge | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Regi Blinker | 🇳🇱 |
CF Marc Degryse | 🇧🇪 |
CF David Hirst | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Guy Whittingham (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 68’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 | (CF Darko Kovačević | 🇷🇸 |)
🔁 | M Mark Pembridge | 🏴 | (M Graham Hyde | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
D Julian Watts | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Wednesday had to work hard for their reward against a Villa side looking tired after their FA Cup Quarter Final victory over Forest in midweek."
*The Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 17 March 1996
Wednesday upset Villa
TWIN strikers Guy Whittingham and David Hirst combined to ease Sheffield Wednesday’s relegation worries at the expense of an out of sorts Aston Villa.
Villa old boy Whittingham got the goal Wednesday had been threatening all afternoon in the 58th minute and Hirst sealed the points three minuted from time for only their second win in eight Premiership games.
Wednesday had to work hard for their reward against a Villa side looking tired after their FA Cup Quarter Final victory over Forest in midweek.
It was Whittingham, who had a generally quiet game, that put Wednesday ahead. The goal sparked Villa into life and Dwight Yorke, who had been quiet beforehand, came close in the 64th minute before Hirst clinched victory.
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