Game #4436
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 24 September 1996
Drew
1st Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
UEFA Cup
Helsingborgs IF
Attendance: 16,000
Olympiastadion
Helsingborgs IF
0-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Ugo Ehiogu, Villa's latest centre forward.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 24 September 1996
🕒 | HT Helsingborgs IF 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Paul McGrath 🔴
🕒 | FT Helsingborgs IF 0-0 Aston Villa
Helsingborgs IF win on away goals
🟨 | Booking, Alan Wright
ON THIS DAY
Legendary Villa centre half Paul McGrath made his final Villa appearance aged 36 before moving on to Derby County in October 1996. McGrath played for Villa between 1989-90 and 1996-97 making 324 appearances and scoring 9 goals. Anyone who had the honour of watching him in a Villa (or Republic of Ireland) shirt will have a tale to tell of McGrath moments, believe them all, he really was that good.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Helsingborgs IF
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Allsvenskan Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Svenska Cupen Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1940-41
FIXTURE HISTORY
Helsingborgs IF
Previous 5 vs. Helsingborgs: 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #9 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Tuesday, 24 September 1996
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Roger Philippi | 🇱🇺 | Luxembourg, 1986-1997
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
AET Result: 🟨 Drew
AET Score: 🟨 0-0
Aggregate Result: 🟨 Drew
Aggregate Score: 🟨 1-1
🟥 Helsingborgs IF won on away goals
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 90 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 28 🟥 23 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Philippi | 🇱🇺 | Luxembourg, 1986-1997
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Ian Taylor returns after a five game absence in place of Saša Ćurčić.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.23 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 28.34 |
Youngest Player
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 | 22.93 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Reine Almqvist | 🇸🇪 |
Helsingborgs IF
GK Sven Andersson | 🇸🇪 |
RB Roland Nilsson | 🇸🇪 |
D Ola Nilsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Andreas Jakobsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Jan Eriksson | 🇸🇪 |
M Peter Wibrån | 🇸🇪 |
M Marcus Lantz | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 |
M Christer Fursth | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Ulrik Jansson | 🇸🇪 |
CF Magnus Powell | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Mattias Jonson | 🇸🇪 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 59’ |
🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Marcus Lantz | 🇸🇪 | (M Anders Jönsson | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | M Christer Fursth | 🇸🇪 | (M Jesper Ljung | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Magnus Powell | 🇸🇪 | (CF Martin Pringle | 🇸🇪 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Roger Persson | 🇸🇪 |
M Patrik Sundström | 🇸🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🇸🇪 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇸🇪 : 16/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
🔴 CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 1989-96 | 🕒 324 | 316 (8) | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 8 | 🇺 8 | #662 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*The Irish Independent*
Wednesday, 25 September 1996