Game #4445
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 26 November 1996
Lost
4th Round
Last 5 | 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
League Cup
Wimbledon
Attendance: 7,573
Selhurst Park
Wimbledon
1-0
Aston Villa (Holders)
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Mark Draper, "badly off colour" to Villa's detriment.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 26 November 1996
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 0-1, (Wimbledon), Marcus Gayle
🕒 | HT Wimbledon 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Savo Milošević
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Gareth Southgate, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | FT Wimbledon 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Holders Villa surrender the League Cup to Wimbledon in the 4th Round at a sparsely populated temporary home of Selhurst Park.
Future Villa midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen lined up for Wimbledon.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Wimbledon
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1987-88
FIXTURE HISTORY
Wimbledon
Previous 5 vs. Wimbledon: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #18 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Tuesday, 26 November 1996
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Brian Little |
FT Score | 0-1 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | LWLWL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 99 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 28 🟥 28 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴 | Loughborough, 1988-2002
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 12 October 1996, Villa 0-1 Tottenham, White Hart Lane.
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Ian Taylor and Dwight Yorke return as Saša Ćurčić and Tommy Johnson drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.07 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.37 |
Youngest Player
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 22.20 |
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 Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |
Wimbledon
GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴 |
LB Alan Kimble | 🏴 |
CB Chris Perry | 🏴 |
CB Kenny Cunningham | 🇮🇪 |
CB Dean Blackwell | 🏴 |
M Neal Ardley | 🏴 |
M Øyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴 |
M Robbie Earle | 🏴 |
CF Marcus Gayle | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | for F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 66’ |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Marcus Gayle | 🏴 | (CF Mick Harford | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 | (W Andy Clarke | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Peter Fear | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/14
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Thursday, 27 November 1996