Game #4435
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 September 1996
Drew
6th= (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Premier League
Attendance: 39,339
Manchester United
Villa Park
Villa make it six games unbeaten in the Premier League but draw for the third successive match as they are held by Manchester United at Villa Park.
Aston Villa
0-0
Manchester United
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Dwight Yorke & Savo Milošević tormented United before Yorke has Villa's winner disallowed
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 September 1996
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, M Saša Ćurčić, Sub on, M Ian Taylor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
🟨 | Booking, Saša Ćurčić
ON THIS DAY
Future Villa centre back Ronny Johnsen and future Villa assistant manager Roy Keane lined up for Manchester United.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester United
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
Previous 5 vs. United: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Game | #7 |
Manager Game | #89 |
Saturday, 21 September 1996
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 89 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 27 🟥 23 | 1.62
Career Form:
Top 6
Brian Little | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001 🆘
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 February 1996, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Steve Lodge
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Manchester United
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Villa name an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.99 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.19 |
Youngest Player
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 | 22.91 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
Manchester United
GK Raimond Van Der Gouw | 🇳🇱 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 |
M Jordi Cruyff | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
W David Beckham | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Ryan Giggs | 🏴 |
F Eric Cantona | 🇫🇷 |
CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | for M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Jordi Cruyff | 🇳🇱 | (W Karel Poborský | 🇨🇿 |)
🔁 | CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 | (CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Michael Appleton | 🏴 |
M Paul Scholes | 🏴 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
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
"United could easily have lost to an Aston Villa side deploying the 3-5-2 system to great effect."
*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 22 September 1996
United could easily have lost to an Aston Villa side deploying the 3-5-2 system to great effect.
Sara Curcic drilled wide of each post after good work by Dwight Yorke.
The deadlock exploded in the 38th minute, when Beckham reacted angrily to Staunton’s challenge from behind, swinging round and throwing a punch.
Beckham was lucky that referee Steve Lodge failed to produce the red card the offence merited.
It was Villa who were supercharged, pouring forward as Savo Milosevic’s shot on the run just wide and another header from the Serb. Ferguson’s heart must have been in his mouth when Yorke then found the United net 8 minutes later only for the effort to be ruled out by an errant offside flag.
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