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Game #4441

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 October 1996

Lost

8th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Sunderland

Attendance: 21,032

Roker Park

Sunderland

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose for the third time in four Premier League games as they are beaten at Roker Park to fall back to 8th in the table.

KEY MAN

Savo Milošević, destined for departure but more to come

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 October 1996

🥅 | 25’ Goal, 0-1, (Sunderland), Paul Stewart
🕒 | HT Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Mark Bosnich, Sub on, Michael Oakes
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Saša Ćurčić, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Bosnich

ON THIS DAY

Former Villa defender Dariusz Kubicki lined up for Sunderland.

Aston Villa

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

Sunderland

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Game | #11 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 26 October 1996

MATCH SUMMARY

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

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 95 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 28 🟥 26 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1988–2002
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 24 August 1996, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park.
Incidents: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Sunderland

🟨

TEAM NEWS

Gareth Southgate returns after a three game absence along with Mark Draper as Riccardo Scimeca and Fernando Nélson drop out.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.36 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.28 |

Youngest Player
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.99 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Peter Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Lionel Perez | 🇫🇷 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki (ex) | 🇵🇱 |
CB Richard Ord | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Melville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Michael Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Paul Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Bracewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
CF Michael Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 57’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 61’ |
🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 61’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Michael Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Craig Russell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Philip Naisbett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Lee Howey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Rae | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Martin Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16

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

"That is the worse we have played this season." Brian Little

MATCH REPORT

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*Sunday Life*
Sunday, 27 October 1996

ASTON Villa's proposed £4.2 million transfer of Savo Milosevic to Perugia is expected to be completed next week. The Serb international lost his place in the Villa side a week ago and manager Brian Little spent last night putting the final details to the move. "The deal is in place and I expect it will be completed next week," revealed Little after his side's 1-0 defeat at Sunderland. The Villa manager refused to comment on the possibility of spending the cash on Liverpool striker Stan Collymore. He said: "Anyone who knows me knows I never make a comment about any player who is in contract to another football club it is only right and proper.” Little was more forthcoming, however, on his team's disappointing performance, saying: "That is the worse we have played this season."

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