Aston Villa

Reserves

Wednesday, 26 March 1997

1996-97

Drew

2-2

West Bromwich Albion

Pontins League Premier Division

The Grove, Halesowen Town

🟨 26 Mar 1997 Albion 2-2 Villa

Scorer(s): Neil Davis | 64’ | Julian Joachim | 90’+1 |

Fixture List

🟨 10 Aug 1996 Birmingham 1-1 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟩 17 Aug 1996 Villa 3-0 Coventry

Midland Youth League

🟩 24 Aug 1996 Villa 1-0 Derby

Midland Youth League

🟩 31 Aug 1996 Villa 4-0 Grimsby

Midland Youth League

🟩 13 Sep 1996 Villa 3-0 Albion

Midland Youth League

🟥 16 Sep 1996 Villa 2-4 Millwall

Southern Junior Floodlit Cup 1st Round

🟩 21 Sep 1996 Villa 3-1 Northampton

Midland Youth League

🟩 28 Sep 1996 Notts County 0-1 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟩 2 Oct 1996 Derby 0-3 Villa

Midland Youth Cup 2nd Round

🟥 5 Oct 1996 Villa 0-2 Walsall

Midland Youth League

🟩 12 Oct 1996 Villa 4-2 Peterborough

Midland Youth League Cup 2nd Round

🟥 16 Oct 1996 Villa 0-1 Lincoln

Midland Youth League

🟥 19 Oct 1996 Peterborough 3-1 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟩 26 Oct 1996 Villa 4-3 Port Vale

Midland Youth League

🟩 9 Nov 1996 Villa 3-1 Stoke

Midland Youth League

🟨 12 Nov 1996 Port Vale 1-1 Villa

Midland Youth Cup 3rd Round

🟥 16 Nov 1996 Coventry 1-0 Villa

Midland Youth League Cup 3rd Round

🟩 26 Nov 1996 Villa 3-1 Port Vale

Midland Youth Cup 3rd Round Replay

🟩 30 Nov 1996 Villa 4-1 Mansfield

Midland Youth League

🟥 4 Dec 1996 Coventry 2-1 Villa

FA Youth Cup 2nd Round

🟥 7 Dec 1996 Villa 0-5 Birmingham

Midland Youth League

🟩 18 Jan 1997 Derby 0-1 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟥 25 Jan 1997 Northampton 1-0 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟥 1 Feb 1997 Villa 1-2 Notts County

Midland Youth League

🟨 8 Feb 1997 Forest 1-1 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟩 15 Feb 1997 Port Vale 1-2 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟥 22 Feb 1997 Leicester 2-0 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟩 1 Mar 1997 Villa 5-2 Shrewsbury

Midland Youth League

🟩 7 Mar 1997 Stoke 1-3 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟩 11 Mar 1997 Villa 1-0 Grimsby

Midland Youth Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg

🟩 15 Mar 1997 Albion 0-2 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟩 19 Mar 1997 Coventry 1-2 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟨 22 Mar 1997 Villa 0-0 Peterborough

Midland Youth League

🟩 24 Mar 1997 Grimsby 1-2 Villa

Midland Youth Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg

🟩 29 Mar 1997 Villa 3-1 Wolves

Midland Youth League

🟩 1 Apr 1997 Villa 3-0 Leicester

Midland Youth League

🟥 5 Apr 1997 Wolves 3-0 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟥 12 Apr 1997 Mansfield 2-1 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟩 15 Apr 1997 Shrewsbury 1-4 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟥 19 Apr 1997 Villa 1-3 Forest

Midland Youth League

🟨 23 April 1997 Grimsby 1-1 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟩 26 April 1997 Walsall 0-1 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟨 28 Apr 1997 Villa 1-1 Stoke

Midland Youth Cup Final 1st Leg

🟨 3 May 1997 Lincoln 1-1 Villa

Midland Youth League

🟥 10 May 1997 Stoke 2-0 Villa

Midland Youth Cup Final 2nd Leg

Line Up & Subs

Manager: Malcolm Beard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Line Up & Subs:
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Reuben Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ben Petty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Les Hines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 85’)
RM Alan Kirby | 🇮🇪 |
CF Neil Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Richard Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 80’ 🟨 🟨 🟥)
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Unused:
F Alan Lee | 🇮🇪 |

On This Day

Last 5 Games: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Villa fail to win for the first time in five but extend their unbeaten run to twelve as Julian Joachim scores his twelfth of the season - a 91st-minute equaliser - to save Villa from a surprise defeat, only for a minute later, substitute Darren Byfield to be sent off for a second bookable offence, but Villa held on.

1996-97 Pontins League First Division Appearance & Goal Record
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 7 | ✅ 7 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺2 |
CB Reuben Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺0 |
D Ben Petty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 15 | ✅ 14 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺1 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 17 | ✅ 17 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
M Les Hines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 11 | ✅ 8 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺3 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 15 | ✅ 15 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🇺0 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 15 | ✅ 15 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 4 | 🇺0 |
RM Alan Kirby | 🇮🇪 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 6 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 2 | 🇺3 |
CF Neil Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 10 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 8 | 🇺1 |
CF Richard Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 13 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 3 | 🇺3 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 11 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 12 | 🇺0 |
RB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 3 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺0 |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 14 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 5 | ⚽ 5 | 🇺1 |
F Alan Lee | 🇮🇪 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺2 |
GK Stuart Brock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺5 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 6 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 10 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺1 |
F Lee Burchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 4 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺2 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺1 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🇺0 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺0 |
LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 8 | ✅ 7 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
D Jon Miley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺1 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 5 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺0 |

Match Media

1996-97

Without Club since 1999

RB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #733 |

Full Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Halesowen Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Michael Blackwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Back

Peak Villa:

Premier Reserve League

Where are they now?

Lichfield City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Daragh Sheridan | 🇮🇪 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Bray Wanderers 🇮🇪 Retired

M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #724 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Mark Appleby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

Youth League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1998

F Alan Lee | 🇮🇪 | Unused Sub |

Forward

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Ipswich Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Richard Burgess | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

B'ham Senior Cup

Where are they now?

Bromyard Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

Burke

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Youth League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1997

James Halliday

Peak Villa:

Youth League

Where are they now?

Solihull Borough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #726 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Richard Sinden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

Youth League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1997

David Warren

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Youth League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1997

Scott Matthewman

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Youth League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1997