Game #4478
Aston Villa
Saturday, 13 September 1997
Won
15th (+5)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Attendance: 18,649
Barnsley
Oakwell
Villa climb off the bottom of the table for the first time this season as they record successive Premier League wins with victory at Oakwell.
Barnsley
0-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Stan Collymore | 50’ | Dwight Yorke | 72’ |
KEY MAN
Ugo Ehiogu, opened the scoring
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 September 1997
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Ugo Ehiogu
🕒 | HT Barnsley 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-0, Mark Draper, Assist by Stan Collymore
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 3-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
🕒 | FT Barnsley 0-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
ON THIS DAY
Successive wins lifted Villa off the bottom to 13th in the Premier League table.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Barnsley
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1911-12
FIXTURE HISTORY
Barnsley
Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #132 |
Saturday, 13 September 1997
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 132 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 | 36 🟥 38 | 1.59
Career Form:
Top 8
Brian Little | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 22 April 1997, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Elland Road.
Cards: 🟨
Graham Barber
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Barnsley
None
TEAM NEWS
Fernando Nélson is recalled as Gary Charles misses out
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.78 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.30 |
Youngest Player
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 24.88 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Danny Wilson | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 |
Barnsley
GK Lars Leese | 🇩🇪 |
RB Nicky Eaden | 🏴 |
CB Adie Moses | 🏴 |
CB Arjan De Zeeuw | 🇳🇱 |
LB Darren Barnard | 🏴 |
M Matty Appleby | 🏴 |
M Neil Redfearn | 🏴 |
M Eric Tinkler | 🇿🇦 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Liddell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Gjorgi Hristov | 🇲🇰 | 🔁 |
CF Ashley Ward | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 76’ |
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Eric Tinkler | 🇿🇦 | (M Darren Sheridan | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Andy Liddell | 🏴 | (M Martin Bullock | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Gjorgi Hristov | 🇲🇰 | (Laurens Ten Heuvel | 🇳🇱 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Tony Bullock | 🏴 |
LB Ales Krizan | 🇸🇮 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
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
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