Game #4419
Aston Villa
16-8-8, 56 PTS
Tuesday, 19 March 1996
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
CB Paul Browne | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
Substitutes
🔁 | M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | for M Scott Murray | 🏴 | 86’ |
🔁 | CF Neil Davis | 🏴 | for CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 83’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Paul Browne (1)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Villa make mass changes ahead of the League Cup Final with Steve Staunton and Julian Joachim returning, a first start of the season handed to Lee Hendrie and Neil Davis and debuts for Scott Murray and Paul Browne.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.26 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.32 |
Youngest Player |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 18.85 |
Debut Appearances
🟢 M Scott Murray | 🏴 | #716 | £35,000 signing from Fraserburgh
🟢 CB Paul Browne | 🏴 | #715 | Youth Team promotiion
Final Appearances
None
Drew
0-0
🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Scott Murray, Paul Browne
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Neil Davis
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Scott Murray, Sub on, Gareth Farrelly
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough
🟨 | Booking, Paul Browne
Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Game | #32 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Tuesday, 19 March 1996
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴 | Kent, 1991–2000
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Officials
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴 | Kent, 1991–2000
Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 115 | 🟩 W53 (46% ) | 🟨 D26 | 🇺(69% ) | 🟥 L36 (31% ) | ⚽ 204 | 🥅 151 | GD 53
Match Stats
Not recorded
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 73 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 22 🟥 18 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Premier League
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,933
GK Gary Walsh | 🏴 |
RB Neil Cox (ex) | 🏴 |
RB Curtis Fleming | 🇮🇪 |
CB Derek Whyte | 🏴 |
CB Nigel Pearson | 🏴 |
LB Branco | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Juninho Paulista | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Jamie Pollock | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Nick Barmby | 🏴 |
M Robbie Mustoe | 🏴 |
W John Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Bryan Robson | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | LB Branco | 🇧🇷 | (W Graham Kavanagh | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | M Juninho Paulista | 🇧🇷 | (W Craig Hignett | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
M Alan Moore | 🇮🇪 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Jamie Pollock
🟨 John Hendrie
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa warm up for the League Cup final as Brian Little’s much changed side are held at home by a tediously boring Boro side.
Centre Back Paul Browne, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining Villa as a trainee and signing professional forms in August 1993 to become the 715th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Midfielder Scott Murray, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Fraserburgh FC for a fee of £35,000 in August 1994 to become the 716th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Dwight Yorke records his 50th draw in a Villa shirt on his 196th appearance (156 Starts) to make it W85 D50 L61, 59 Goals, 29 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.23 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Steve Staunton records his 50th draw in a Villa shirt on his 184th appearance (179 Starts) to make it W77 D50 L57, 15 Goals, 23 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Lee Hendrie makes his 2nd appearance in a Villa shirt and 1st start three months after his debut and manages to remain on the pitch to make it W0 D1 L1, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa right back Neil Cox lines up for Middlesbrough.
What they Said
""When we looked at their team, we hoped that this would be the one where we won,” said Robson."
Boring Boro grab a vital point
THE post Christmas decline of Middlesbrough was perfectly encapsulated as they came away from Villa Park with a gratefully-accepted point.
On the face of it having earned just two draws from their previous 12 games, a goalless draw with the side fourth in the Premiership was an achievement in itself. But this was a Villa team without eight first-teamers, through injury and suspension, and with a trio of debutants, and still Bryan Robson’s team rarely looked like finding a way through.
And while Robson did at least indicate his belief that the Teessiders had now turned the corner despite a thigh injury to one Brazilian, Juninho, and the patent lack of fitness of his other, Branco, his reflections were perhaps unintentionally revealing.
"When we looked at their team, we hoped that this would be the one where we won,” said Robson.