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Game #4422

Aston Villa

Saturday, 6 April 1996

Won

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Premier League

Chelsea

Attendance: 23,530

Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Savo Milošević | 59’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa brush aside Chelsea after their FA Cup shock to consolidate fourth place in the Premier League table.

KEY MAN

Savo Milošević, sunk Chelsea.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 6 April 1996

🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea)
🔁 | 23’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-1, Savo Milošević
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-1, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Savo Milošević
🕒 | FT Chelsea 1-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Chelsea

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Game | #33 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Saturday, 6 April 1996

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 76 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 22 🟥 19 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 Jan 96, Villa 2-1 Tottenham (h)
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Chelsea

🟨

TEAM NEWS

Steve Staunton returns in place of Gareth Southgate.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.81 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.36 |

Youngest Player |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.61 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Kevin Hitchcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dan Petrescu | 🇷🇴 |
CB Michael Duberry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB David Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Andy Myers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Scott Minto | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ruud Gullit | 🇳🇱 |
M Craig Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Paul Furlong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 23’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Dennis Wise | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Craig Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Gavin Peacock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Dmitriy Kharin | 🇷🇺 |

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SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"Wise could have put the Blues 2-0 up had he converted the spot-kick but instead Villa staged a winning comeback at Stamford Bridge."

*The Sunday Life*
Sunday, 7 April 1996

Glenn Hoddle was left to reflect on the Dennis Wise penalty miss that proved the arguable turning point in defeat by Aston Villa.

"It's been the story of our season," Hoddle sighed.

Wise could have put the Blues 2-0 up had he converted the spot-kick but instead Villa staged a winning comeback at Stamford Bridge.

"We've started brightly here so many times, been 1-0 up, but haven't killed teams off," said Hoddle, doubtlessly also casting his mind back to last Sunday's FA Cup semi-final defeat by the same scoreline at the hands of Manchester United.

"We've had penalties missed at 1-0 up, great opportunities and chances gone by. Dennis is disappointed, he's missed the penalty that would have given us a 2.0 cushion."

John Spencer put Chelsea ahead after six minutes but goals from Milosevic 39 mins) and Yorke 59) sunk Chelsea.

"I was concerned how we let the reins of the game go. We had a good grip on it," Hoddle added.

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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