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Game #4388

Aston Villa

Saturday, 21 October 1995

Lost

7th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Premier League

Attendance: 38,271

Arsenal

Highbury

Villa make it successive defeats as they lost at Highbury.

Arsenal

2-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

Mark Bosnich, blundered

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 October 1995

🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Paul Merson
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Savo Milošević
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal)
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Paul McGrath, Sub on, Graham Fenton 🔴
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Paul McGrath

ON THIS DAY

Forward Graham Fenton made his final appearance for Villa aged 21 before moving on to Blackburn Rovers in November 1995 for a fee of £1,500,000. Fenton played for Villa between 1993-94 and 1995-96 making 39 appearances and scoring 3 goals.

Future Villa midfielder Paul Merson gave Arsenal the lead in the 47’ as former Villa defender Martin Keown lined up for the Gunners.

Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993–94

FIXTURE HISTORY

Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #42 |
Saturday, 21 October 1995

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 August 1995, Villa 3-1 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Arsenal

🟨

Robbie Hart

TEAM NEWS

Andy Townsend returns in place of Savo Milošević.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.62 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.90 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.98 |

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

Arsenal

GK David Seaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Lee Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Glenn Helder | 🇳🇱 |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 61’ |
🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 61’ |
🔁 | CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | for CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 83’ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Vince Bartram | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Jensen | 🇩🇰 |
CF John Hartson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

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

🔴 CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Bosnich who had done so well, dropped a right clanger and it got a bit silly after that.

“We lost concentration right from start of the second half and it was very disappointing.

“We had come here to be strong and make it hard work for Arsenal but I don't see any need to apologise for that.”

Brian Little.

*The Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 22 October 1995

Mark Bosnich blundered to send Arsenal on their way to victory at Highbury, handing Paul Merson a tap in goal shortly after the break.

The luckless Villa keeper had performed miracles to keep Arsenal out before the interval but two minutes into the second half, Bosnich failed to hold the winger’s low cross and Merson was presented with an open goal six yards out.

In the 78th minute, Ian Wright doubled their lead but even then, however, Wright’s mishit shot went in off the diving Bosnich’s body.

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