Game #4428
Aston Villa
0-0-1, 0 PTS
Saturday, 17 August 1996
14th
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
GK Michael Oakes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช |
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 | ๐ฅ |
M Mark Draper | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Scott Murray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ | ๐ด |
M Ian Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CF Tommy Johnson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Dwight Yorke | ๐น๐น |
Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
Substitutes
๐ | CF Julian Joachim | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Scott Murray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 63โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Adam Rachel | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Paul McGrath | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 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: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Villa hand a surprise opening day start to Scott Murray.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.89 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช | 33.09 |
Youngest Player
M Scott Murray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 22.24 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
๐ด M Scott Murray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 1996 ๐ 4 | 4 (0) | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ 12 | #716 |
On This Day
Villa open the campaign with a shock defeat at Hillsborough to a Wednesday side who had finished 11 places below them the previous season.
Midfielder Scott Murray, 22, makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Bristol City for a fee of ยฃ203,000 in December 1997 to make it W0 D1 L3 across his short Villa career.
Tommy Johnson scores his first goal in 10 Premier League games to make it 47 appearances in a Villa shirt (36 Starts), W20 D10 L17, 13 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.13 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Michael Oakes makes his 2nd appearance in a Villa shirt nearly 2 years after his debut under Ron Atkinson to make it W1 D0 L1, 2 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.00 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (50%) so far in his Villa career.
Mark Draper makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W26 D12 L12, 5 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa centre forward Guy Whittingham scores for Wednesday on 84โ.
Starting XI
Substitutes
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 2
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 3
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 4
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 5
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
Scorer(s) | Tommy Johnson | 88โ |
Assist(s) | Alan Wright | 88โ |
Match Timeline
๐ | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Aston Villa
๐ฅ
| 56โ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Ritchie Humphreys
๐ | 63โ Sub off, Scott Murray, Sub on, Julian Joachim
๐ฅ
| 84โ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Guy Whittingham
โฝ | 88โ Goal, 1-2, Tommy Johnson, Assist by Alan Wright
๐ | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #82 |
Saturday, 17 August 1996
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Roger Dilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Mossley, 1984-1997
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Score: ๐ฅ 1-2
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: Roger Dilkes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Mossley, 1984-1997
Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Head to Head
Total ๐ 125 | ๐ฉ W60 (48% ) | ๐จ D16 | ๐บ(61% ) | ๐ฅ L49 (39% ) | โฝ 241 | ๐ฅ 198 | GD 43
Match Stats
Not recorded
Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
๐ 82 | ๐ฉ | 36 ๐จ | 23 ๐ฅ 23 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
โI wasnโt too disheartened.
โBut I do think that our game was a bit long.
โBy that I mean in terms of passing, particularly after they went two up.
โWe resorted to too many balls over the top and that was playing into Des Walkerโs hands.
โHe [Michael Oakes] did well, he had no chance with either of the goals.โ
Brian Little.
Guy Whittingharn, playing against his old club, doubled Wednesday's lead by heading home an 84th minute corner from Regi Blinker and even though Tommy Johnson replied with a close-range header from an Alan Wright cross, Wednesday held on.
Premier League
Sheffield Wednesday
1-0-0, 3 PTS
Hillsborough
Attendance: 26,861
GK Kevin Pressman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Ian Nolan | ๐ฌ๐ง |
CB Des Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Dejan Stefanoviฤ | ๐ท๐ธ |
RB Peter Atherton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Mark Pembridge | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M Wayne Collins | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Ritchie Humphreys | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ |
W Regi Blinker | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
CF Guy Whittingham (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Andy Booth | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
David Pleat | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
๐ | M Mark Pembridge | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | (M Graham Hyde | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐ | M Ritchie Humphreys | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (F Scott Oakes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Matt Clarke | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Steve Nichol | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M John Sheridan | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
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
1996-97
Playing Squad
GK Adam Rachel | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #732 |
GK Mark Bosnich | ๐ฆ๐บ | #688 |
GK Michael Oakes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #699 |
GK Stuart Brock | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Unused Sub |
CB Carl Tiler | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #711 |
CB David Hughes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | #719 |
CB Gareth Southgate | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #708 |
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 ง ๓ ฟ | #705 |
RB Fernando Nรฉlson | ๐ต๐น | #718 |
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 Saลกa ฤurฤiฤ | ๐ท๐ธ | #717 |
M Scott Murray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | #716 |
CF Dwight Yorke | ๐น๐น | #668 |
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 |
