Game #4439
Aston Villa
4-3-3, 15 PTS

Saturday, 19 October 1996
7th (+1)
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
GK Mark Bosnich | ๐ฆ๐บ |
RB Fernando Nรฉlson | ๐ต๐น |
CB Carl Tiler | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
LB Alan Wright | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐ |
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Saลกa ฤurฤiฤ | ๐ท๐ธ |
M Ian Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Dwight Yorke | ๐น๐น | โฝ | ๐ฅ |
CF Tommy Johnson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | โฝ | ๐ |
Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998

Substitutes
๐ | CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช | 42โ |
๐ | CF Julian Joachim | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CF Tommy Johnson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 82โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Michael Oakes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gareth Farrelly | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Lee Hendrie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ Ugo Ehiogu (18)
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
Tommy Johnson replaces Savo Miloลกeviฤ as Carl Tiler makes his first start of the season in place of Mark Draper.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.40 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช | 33.27 |
Youngest Player
CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 23.98 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa beat Leeds to climb to 7th in the table under Brian Little.
Dwight Yorke makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (215 Appearances) to make it W92 D56 L67, 66 Goals, 33 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.17 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Tommy Johnson scores his first goal in 5 Premier League games to make it 56 appearances in a Villa shirt (40 Starts), W24 D14 L18, 16 Goals, 4 Assists and 8 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.80 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Riccardo Scimeca makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) to make it W15 D5 L5 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Fernando Nรฉlson makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W3 D5 L2 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Starting XI
Substitutes
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) | Dwight Yorke | 58โ | Tommy Johnson | 65โ |
Assist(s) | Tommy Johnson | 58โ | Dwight Yorke | 65โ |
Match Timeline
๐ | 42โ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leeds United
โฝ | 58โ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Tommy Johnson
โฝ | 65โ Goal, 2-0, Tommy Johnson, Assist by Dwight Yorke
๐ | 82โ Sub off, Tommy Johnson, Sub on, Julian Joachim
๐ | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leeds United
๐จ | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #93 |
Saturday, 19 October 1996
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Poll | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Score: ๐ฉ 2-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Graham Poll | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง ๓ ฟ | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006
Match Stats
Not recorded
Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
๐ 93 | ๐ฉ | 40 ๐จ | 28 ๐ฅ 25 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
What they Said
Premier League
Leeds United
3-1-6, 10 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,051
GK Nigel Martyn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Richard Jobson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
CB David Wetherall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
RB Gary Kelly | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Lucas Radebe | ๐ฟ๐ฆ | ๐จ |
M Mark Ford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Carlton Palmer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ | ๐ |
W Lee Sharpe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Rod Wallace | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Mark Hateley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Ian Rush | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
George Graham (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
๐ | CB David Wetherall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (CB Paul Beesley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐ | M Carlton Palmer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (M Andy Couzens | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Mark Beeney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Ian Harte | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CB Mark Jackson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ Richard Jobson
๐จ Carlton Palmer
๐จ Ian Rush
๐จ
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: โ
League Champions: ๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐
League Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1991โ92
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1996-97
Playing Squad





























