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Game #4430

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 August 1996

Aston Villa

2-0

Derby County

Premier League

Derby County

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,646

Won

3rd= (+7)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Tommy Johnson | 19’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa make it successive wins as they climb to third in the table with victory over Derby.

KEY MAN

Tommy Johnson, "With a bit more luck, could have easily had a hat-trick."

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 August 1996

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Saša Ćurčić
🔁 | 14’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Julian Joachim
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0 Julian Joachim, Assist by Tommy Johnson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Derby County
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 2-0 Tommy Johnson (pen)
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Saša Ćurčić, Sub on, Fernando Nélson 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Derby County

🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend

ON THIS DAY

Midfielder Saša Ćurčić made his Villa debut aged 24 after moving from Bolton Wanderers earlier this month for a fee of £5,400,000.

Right Back Fernando Nélson made his debut for Villa aged 24 after moving from Sporting Lisbon for a fee of £1,750,000 in July.

Aston Villa

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

Derby County

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Derby County

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Game | #3 |
Manager Game | #84 |
Saturday, 24 August 1996

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1988–2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 84 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 23 🟥 23 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1988–2002
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 19 March 1996, Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.
Incidents: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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🟨 🟨 🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Saša Ćurčić makes his debut in place of Julian Joachim.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.12 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.11 |

Youngest Player
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.83 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

GK Russell Hoult | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Chris Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Christian Dailly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Gary Rowett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Igor Štimac | 🇭🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Jacob Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Paul Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Sean Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Daryl Powell | 🇯🇲 | 🟨 |
M Aljoša Asanović | 🇭🇷 |
F Ron Willems | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 14’ |
🔁 | RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🟢 | for M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 79’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Gary Rowett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Robin van der Laan | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | M Robin van der Laan | 🇳🇱 | (CF Marco Gabbiadini | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Ron Willems | 🇳🇱 | (M Paul Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Martin Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Carsley | 🇮🇪 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/15

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

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

🟢 M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
🟢 RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"TOMMY Johnson demonstrated there is still a place for good, old-fashioned virtues of honest sweat and toil as he plunged his old club Derby to their first Premiership defeat of the season "

MATCH REPORT

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*Sunday World*
Sunday, 25 August 1996

RAMS SUNK BY SUB TOMMY Johnson demonstrated there is still a place for good, old-fashioned virtues of honest sweat and toil as he plunged his old club Derby to their first Premiership defeat of the season With a bit more luck, the industrious Johnson could have easily had a hat-trick. An early enforced change did the trick for Brian Little, who lost Dwight Yorke when he stumbled over an early opening created by Johnson. He made way for Joachim in the 14th minute and within an instant the quick, little player had scored, racing through as Johnson flicked on a long clearance, hooking the ball over Russell Hoult as he dashed to the edge of his area. Johnson was within inches of a memorable goal when he traded passes with Wright and hoisted a 20 yarder against the crossbar in the 44th minute. And he picked up where he left off after the break. racing forward to meet Joachim's tempting cross only to be sent sprawling by Jacob Laursen. Johnson dusted himself off and drilled the penalty past a deceived Hoult. Villa finished easy winners. Hoult sweeping one chance off Joachim's toe and then repeated when he shot wide in the 81st minute.

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