Game #4415
Aston Villa
15-7-7, 52 PTS
Wednesday, 6 March 1996
4th (-)
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
GK Mark Bosnich | ๐ฆ๐บ |
RB Gary Charles | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Paul McGrath | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Gareth Southgate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Alan Wright | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช | โฝ |
CF Dwight Yorke | ๐น๐น | ๐ฅ |
CF Savo Miloลกeviฤ | ๐ท๐ธ | โฝ | โฝ |
CF Julian Joachim | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
GK Michael Oakes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Lee Hendrie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gareth Farrelly | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1993-94
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Paul McGrath returns along with Julian Joachim as Gareth Farrelly and Steve Staunton drop out.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.58 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | ๐ฎ๐ช | 36.28 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Farrelly | ๐ฎ๐ช | 20.75 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa bounce back from their first defeat in 8 under Brian Little to beat Sheffield Wednesday at Villa Park and remain 4th in the table.
Savo Miloลกeviฤ scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance (37 Starts) to make it W21 D10 L7, 11 Goals, 5 Assists and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.71 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa centre forward Guy Whittingham lines up for Sheffield Wednesday.
Starting XI
Scorer(s) | Savo Miloลกeviฤ | 61โ | 62โ | Andy Townsend | 75โ |
Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 75โ |
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 8โ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Regi Blinker
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
โฝ | 61โ Goal, 1-1, Savo Miloลกeviฤ
โฝ | 62' Goal, 2-1, Savo Miloลกeviฤ
๐ฅ
| 63โ Goal, 2-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Regi Blinker
โฝ | 75โ Goal, 3-2, Andy Townsend, Assist by Dwight Yorke
๐ | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Wednesday, 6 March 1996
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: David Elleray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Harrow, 1989-2002
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Score: ๐ฉ 3-2
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: David Elleray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Harrow, 1989-2002
Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Head to Head
Total ๐ 123 | ๐ฉ W60 (49% ) | ๐จ D16 | ๐บ(62% ) | ๐ฅ L47 (38% ) | โฝ 240 | ๐ฅ 194 | GD 46
Match Stats
Not recorded
Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
๐ 69 | ๐ฉ | 31 ๐จ | 21 ๐ฅ 17 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
"Andy Townsend earned Villa a thrilling victory in a stunning five-goal encounter with struggling Sheffield Wednesday at Villa Park."
Andy Townsend earned Villa a thrilling victory in a stunning five-goal encounter with struggling Sheffield Wednesday at Villa Park.
Townsend's 75th minute strike ended a spell of four goals in the space of just 14 minutes as battling Wednesday were sent tumbling close to the relegation trap door.
The defeat was a bitter blow for Wednesday who had looked set to end a dismal run of five defeats in six games thanks to a stunning debut from their new ยฃ1 million winger Regi Blinker.
The Dutch international struck twice in his first appearance following his move from Feyernoord last week, but his heroics were matched by Villa's own foreign star, Savo Milosevic, who ended his two-month drought with a double second half blast.
But any hopes Wednesday had of picking up at least a point after grabbing their first away goals since December were dashed by Townsend.
The Republic of Ireland international picked up a back heel from Dwight Yorke and gave Woods no chance.
Premier League
Sheffield Wednesday
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,893
GK Chris Woods | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Peter Atherton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Des Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
LB Ian Nolan | ๐ฌ๐ง | ๐ |
M Lee Briscoe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Mark Pembridge | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Graham Hyde | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
W Chris Waddle | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Regi Blinker | ๐ณ๐ฑ | โฝ | โฝ |
CF Darko Kovaฤeviฤ | ๐ท๐ธ | ๐จ | ๐ |
CF Guy Whittingham (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
David Pleat | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
๐ | LB Ian Nolan | ๐ฌ๐ง | (CB Steve Nichol | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |)
๐ | M Graham Hyde | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (CF Marc Degryse | ๐ง๐ช |)
๐ | CF Darko Kovaฤeviฤ | ๐ท๐ธ | (M Ritchie Humphreys | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ Des Walker
๐จ Darko Kovaฤeviฤ
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: โ
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1990โ91
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1995-96
Playing Squad
GK Mark Bosnich | ๐ฆ๐บ | #688 |
GK Michael Oakes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #699 |
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #611 |
CB Carl Tiler | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #711 |
CB Gareth Southgate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #708 |
CB Paul Browne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | #715 |
CB Paul McGrath | ๐ฎ๐ช | #663 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #709 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #677 |
LB Alan Wright | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #705 |
RB Gary Charles | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #703 |
LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช | #675 |
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช | #693 |
M Gareth Farrelly | ๐ฎ๐ช | #710 |
M Ian Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #701 |
M Lee Hendrie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #712 |
M Mark Draper | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #706 |
M Scott Murray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | #716 |
W Franz Carr | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #704 |
CF Dwight Yorke | ๐น๐น | #668 |
CF Graham Fenton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #695 |
CF Julian Joachim | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #713 |
CF Neil Davis | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #714 |
CF Savo Miloลกeviฤ | ๐ท๐ธ | #707 |
CF Tommy Johnson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #702 |
