Aston Villa

Reserves

Monday, 21 April 1997

1996-97

Won

4-1

🟩 21 Apr 1997 Villa 4-1 Sheffield United

Sheffield United

Reserves

Pontins League Premier Division

Bescot Stadium

Last 5 Games: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Reserve & Youth Squad

1996-97

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #732 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Solihull Moors 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | #688 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Sydney Olympic 🇦🇺 Retired

GK Matthew George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa

FA Youth Cup

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Matthew Ghent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Rushall Olympic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #699 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Cardiff City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

GK Michael Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2000

GK Philip Elias | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1997

GK Stuart Brock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Hednesford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

D Ben Petty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Defender

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Redditch United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

D Bradley Blackburn | 🇿🇦 |

Defender

Peak Villa

FA Youth Cup

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1998

CB Carl Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #711 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Portsmouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #719 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Cardiff City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

CB Guy Hadland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Barwell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

D John Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defender

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Bromsgrove Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

D Jon Miley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defender

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1997

D Martin Ridley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defender

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1999

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | #663 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

D Phil Tongue | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defender

Peak Villa

Youth League

Where are they now?

Stafford Rangers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Reuben Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Shewsbury Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #709 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Cardiff City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

RB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #733 |

Full Back

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Halesowen Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Dominic Reece | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Back

Peak Villa

FA Youth Cup

Where are they now?

Rugby Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #703 |

Full Back

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

West Ham United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

FB Jlloyd Samuel | 🇹🇹 | #741 |

Full Back

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Egerton FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

LB Lee Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Full Back

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Hinckley United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Michael Blackwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Back

Peak Villa

Premier Reserve League

Where are they now?

Lichfield City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Phil King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #696 |

Full Back

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Bath City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #730 |

Full Back

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Wellingborough Whitworth FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RM Alan Kirby | 🇮🇪 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Longford Town 🇮🇪 Retired

M Alex Meredith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

FA Youth Cup

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1999

M Brian Mulholland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

FA Youth Cup

Where are they now?

Without Club since 2000

M Daragh Sheridan | 🇮🇪 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Bray Wanderers 🇮🇪 Retired

M Darren Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Chasetown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M David Harding | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

Premier Reserve League

Where are they now?

Tamworth FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #724 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | #710 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Cork City FC 🇮🇪 Retired

M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #701 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Northampton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Jamie Kearns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

Premier Reserve League

Where are they now?

Brackley Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Lee Burchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1997

M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #712 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Basford United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Les Hines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

Central League

Where are they now?

Brackley Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Luke Prince | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

Premier Reserve League

Where are they now?

Salisbury City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Mark Appleby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

Youth League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1998

M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #706 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Nathan Pulisciano | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

Youth League

Where are they now?

Solihull Borough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #716 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Clevedon Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Stuart Thornley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Midfield

Peak Villa

Premier Reserve League

Where are they now?

Cefn Druids A.F.C. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #704 |

Winger

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 🇺🇸 Retired

F Alan Lee | 🇮🇪 | Unused Sub |

Forward

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Ipswich Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #726 |

Forward

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #722 |

Forward

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Redditch United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #713 |

Forward

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Bourne Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Justin Keegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Centre Forward

Peak Villa

Youth League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1997

CF Neil Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #714 |

Forward

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Newport County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

F Richard Burgess | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward

Peak Villa

B'ham Senior Cup

Where are they now?

Bromyard Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Richard Sinden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward

Peak Villa

Youth League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1997

CF Richard Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #723 |

Forward

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Solihull Moors 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Stephen Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward

Peak Villa

Premier Reserve League

Where are they now?

Crawley Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #702 |

Forward

Peak Villa

First Team

Where are they now?

Rocester FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

Burke

Unknown

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

Harris

Unknown

Peak Villa

Youth League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1997

James Halliday

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

Manager: Malcolm Beard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Scorer(s): Neil Davis | 6’ | Julian Joachim | 22’ | 65’ | Richard Walker | 35’ |

Assist(s): Gareth Farrelly | 6’ | 22’ | 35’ | 65’ |

Line Up & Subs:
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ben Petty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Richard Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 23’)
M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77’)
M Les Hines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
CF Neil Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Unused:
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Villa make it twelve wins in sixteen Pontins League First Division games.
Gary Charles returns 12 months after his sickening injury in the first team match against West Ham.
Julian Joachim scores his sixteenth goal in fifteen games; meanwhile, Gareth Farrelly provides assists for all four of Villa’s goals.

1996-97 Pontins League First Division Appearance & Goal Record
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 11 | ✅ 11 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺2 |
LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 9 | ✅ 8 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺2 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 13 | ✅ 12 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺1 |
D Ben Petty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 19 | ✅ 18 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺1 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 12 | ✅ 12 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺1 |
RB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 6 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺1 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 21 | ✅ 21 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺0 |
M Les Hines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 15 | ✅ 12 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺3 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 18 | ✅ 18 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🇺0 |
CF Neil Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 14 | ✅ 14 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🇺1 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 15 | ✅ 14 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 16 | 🇺0 |
CF Richard Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 17 | ✅ 12 | 🔁 5 | ⚽ 6 | 🇺3 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺0 |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 17 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 7 | ⚽ 5 | 🇺2 |
RM Alan Kirby | 🇮🇪 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 8 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 3 | 🇺4 |
CB Reuben Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 5 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺0 |
D John Hickman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺1 |
F Alan Lee | 🇮🇪 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺3 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 15 | ✅ 15 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 4 | 🇺0 |
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 |
F Lee Burchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1996-97 PLD1 🕒 4 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🇺2 |
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 |
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 |