Game #4381
Saturday, 9 September 1995
Attendance: 27,084
Drew
Premier League
5th (-2)
Blackburn Rovers
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Ewood Park
Villa are held by Blackburn at Ewood Park to leave them with one defeat and three wins in five Premier League games.
Blackburn Rovers
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Savo Milošević, superb strike
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Savo Milošević
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Alan Shearer
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
22 year old centre forward Savo Milošević scored his first goal for the club after joining from Partizan Belgrade in the closed season.
Future Villa boss Tim Sherwood lined up for Blackburn.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94
Blackburn Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994–95
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Saturday, 9 September 1995
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 7 January 1995, Villa 2-0 Barnsley, Oakwell.
Cards: None
CARDS
Villa
None
Blackburn Rovers
None
TEAM NEWS
Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that beat Bolton last time out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.08 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.79 |
Youngest Player |
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.03 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ray Harford | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK Bobby Mimms | 🏴 |
RB Henning Berg | 🇳🇴 |
CB Ian Pearce | 🏴 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴 |
LB Graeme Le Saux | 🏴 |
M David Batty | 🏴 |
M Tim Sherwood | 🏴 |
M Matty Holmes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Mike Newell | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Matty Holmes | 🏴 | (M Lee Makel | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Alan Shearer stopped the Blackburn rot with a goal to salvage a vital point with a magnificent opportunist volley in the 52nd minute."
*The Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 10 September 1995
Alan Shearer stopped the Blackburn rot with a goal to salvage a vital point with a magnificent opportunist volley in the 52nd minute.
Without it, Ray Harford would've been in trouble: few Champions lose more than five games in a season but Rovers were facing a fourth defeat in five games.
A superb strike from Villa’s Savo Milošević threatened to stretch Rovers losing run and his first goal for his new club was worth waiting for: Henning Berg blocked of Dwight Yorke's run and the ball spun to Milošević who struck a left foot curler with pace and accuracy from 20 yards.
If Milošević had taken two other good chances, Blackburn would now already be preparing to remove the title trophy from their cabinet.
