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Game #4438

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 October 1996

Lost

8th= (-)

Last 5 | 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur

Attendance: 32,480

White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose successive Premier League games as they are narrowly beaten at White Hart Lane.

KEY MAN

Mark Bosnich, embarrasses

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 12 October 1996

🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Allan Nielsen
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Carl Tiler
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Bosnich
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor

ON THIS DAY

Future Villa centre back Colin Calderwood lined up for Tottenham as Mark Bosnich decides a mock Nazi salute is the way forward at White Hart Lane.

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1990-91

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Game | #9 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Saturday, 12 October 1996

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Brian Little |
Referee | Peter Jones, Loughborough |
KO | 3.00pm |
HT Score | 0-0 |
FT Score | 0-1 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | DDDLL |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 92 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 28 🟥 25 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loughborough, 1988-2002
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Tottenham Hotspur

🟨

TEAM NEWS

Mark Bosnich makes his first appearance of the season in place of Michael Oakes as Gareth Southgate misses out and Andy Townsend is recalled.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.08 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.25 |

Youngest Player
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 23.13 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Ian Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Stephen Carr | 🇮🇪 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Clive Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Allan Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M David Howells | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Sinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ruel Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Teddy Sheringham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Chris Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 79’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 79’ |
🔁 | CB Carl Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Allan Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | (CB Stuart Nethercott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Andy Sinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (LB Justin Edinburgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Espen Baardsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Dean Austin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Neale Fenn | 🇮🇪 |

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SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16

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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

"I don't suppose too many other people here are interested. It is all about Bosnich isn't it” Gerry Francis

MATCH REPORT

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*Sunday Life*
Sunday, 13 October 1996

ASTON Villa keeper Mark Bosnich could face criminal charges after being accused of giving a Nazi-style salute to Spurs fans. The Australian international was interviewed by police following complaints by Spurs supporters. Bosnich was also booked by referee Peter Jones for "ungentlemanly conduct and the Leicestershire official will report the matter to the FA. They could level a misconduct charge. The referee's attention was drawn to the incident by a linesman and ref Jones said: "I booked the Villa player for ungentlemanly conduct after my assistant referee Mike Tingey spotted his actions and I am reporting this to the FA." A police spokesman at Scotland Yard's press bureau said Bosnich had not been arrested. Bosnich later telephoned BBC Radio 5 Live's Six-o-Six programme to apologise for his actions, which he said were meant as a joke and had been taken out of proportion. Tottenham's winner was scored by Danish star Allan Nielsen his first goal since his arrival from Brondby. Spurs manager Gerry Francis talked about the win but said: "I don't suppose too many other people here are interested. It is all about Bosnich isn't it”

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