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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

Villa secure a goalless draw in Sweden but Helsingborgs win the tie on away goals to knock Villa out of the UEFA Cup.

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: 🟨
None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Helsingborgs IF

🟨

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🇸🇪 |

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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 | 🇸🇪 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 59’ |
🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 83’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Marcus Lantz | 🇸🇪 | (M Anders Jönsson | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | M Christer Fursth | 🇸🇪 | (M Jesper Ljung | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Magnus Powell | 🇸🇪 | (CF Martin Pringle | 🇸🇪 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Roger Persson | 🇸🇪 |
M Patrik Sundström | 🇸🇪 |

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SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇸🇪 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇸🇪 : 16/16

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 1989-96 | 🕒 324 | 316 (8) | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 8 | 🇺 8 | #662 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

"The match was almost a replica of the first encounter, with Villa dominating for lengthy periods but failing to break down their gallant opponents."

MATCH REPORT

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*The Irish Independent*
Wednesday, 25 September 1996

In the end Peter Wibran’s late goal for Helsingborgs in the 1-1 draw at Villa Park a fortnight ago effectively decided the issue. The match was almost a replica of the first encounter, with Villa dominating for lengthy periods but failing to break down their gallant opponents. Brian Little became increasingly desperate and on the hour decided to change his tactics, pushing central defender Ugo Ehiogu into attack and replacing him at the back with Paul McGrath as Fernando Nelson was substituted.

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