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Game #4382

Saturday, 16 September 1995

Attendance: 26,928

Won

Premier League

3rd (+2)

Wimbledon

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Villa Park

Villa make it three wins from three at Villa Park to leave them in outright third place in the Premier League tables after six games.

Aston Villa

2-0

Wimbledon

Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 7’ | 47’ |

KEY MAN

Mark Draper, opened the scoring

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Draper, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Wimbledon
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 2-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Wimbledon

ON THIS DAY

Future Villa midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen lined up for Wimbledon.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94

Wimbledon

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1987-88

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Wimbledon: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 16 September 1995

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 29 April 1995, Villa 0-1 Leeds, Elland Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

None

Wimbledon

🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Villa name an unchanged line up for the second consecutive game.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.10 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.81 |

Youngest Player |
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.05 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |

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 | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 | 🔥 |

Wimbledon

GK Paul Heald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kenny Cunningham | 🇮🇪 |
CB Alan Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Kimble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Øyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Robbie Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Marcus Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Robbie Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Jon Goodman | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Mick Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Dean Holdsworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Marcus Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Scott Fitzgerald | 🇮🇪 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/14

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Brian Little’s £3.25 million investment in his Leicester midfield general, the second time he's bought him has been instrumental; Draper’s strength and vision complimented by Andy Townsend’s commitment gives Villa a solid heart."

*The Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 17 September 1995

Aston Villa are developing the look of serious championship contenders but the efficient way in which Joe Kinnear’s early season bubble was burst -only Manchester United had previously beating his Dons - confirmed the Midlanders transformation from relegation fodder to title potential.

Brian Little’s £3.25 million investment in his Leicester midfield general, the second time he's bought him has been instrumental; Draper’s strength and vision complimented by Andy Townsend’s commitment gives Villa a solid heart.

The 24-year-old can also finish too, and he launched his new club towards the fourth victory in six with his second goal of the season in the seventh minute.

Goalkeeper Mark Bosnich launched the ball onto the halfway line, Alan Wright hoisted it onto the edge of the penalty area and Dwight Yorke’s flick gave Draper a clear run in to score right-footed from close range.

A well worked second goal in the 47th minute put paid to Wimbledon’s threatened revival. Milošević played in Gary Charles on the right and his low cross was cleverly heeled on by Yorke into the path of Ian Taylor who could not mess with his left foot from 10 yards. Not even the Villa Park downpour could dampen Villa’s spirits as they continue their best start for 15 years.