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Game #4446

Aston Villa

Saturday, 30 November 1996

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Won

6th= (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Premier League

Middlesbrough

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,053

🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Middlesbrough

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🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 November 1996

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough

🟨 | Booking, Savo Milošević
🟨 | Booking, Alan Wright

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 November 1996
  • Villa make it successive Premier League wins under Brian Little for the first time since September as they beat Middlesbrough to climb back to 6th in the table.

  • Former Villa defender Neil Cox lines up for Middlesbrough

🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Middlesbrough

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
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Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #15 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Saturday, 30 November 1996

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🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worthing, 1994–1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 100 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 | 28 🟥 28 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worthing, 1994–1999

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Savo Milošević
🟨 Alan Wright

CARDS
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🟨 Neil Cox
🟨 Curtis Fleming
🟨 Robbie Mustoe

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Savo Milošević returns after a 7 game absence as Julian Joachim drops out whilst Riccardo Scimeca replaces Gareth Southgate.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.74 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.38 |

Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.48 |

Referee

🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Bryan Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Gary Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Neil Cox (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Curtis Fleming | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Chris Morris | 🇮🇪 |
CB Derek Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Juninho Paulista | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Phil Stamp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robbie Mustoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Craig Hignett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mikkel Beck | 🇩🇰 |
CF Fabrizio Ravanelli | 🇮🇹 |

Line Ups

🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Juninho Paulista | 🇧🇷 | (CF Andy Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Ben Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Phil Whelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Craig Liddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jan Aage Fjörtoft | 🇳🇴 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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

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

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"DWIGHT Yorke's spotkick was the fitting decider for a game to forget as Boro's winess Premiership run extended to nine matches."
Quotes

🟩 30 Nov 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 1 December 1996
Boro pay the penalty DWIGHT Yorke's spotkick was the fitting decider for a game to forget as Boro's winess Premiership run extended to nine matches. But the Teessiders were still fuming after Villa Park old boy Neil Cox was adjudged to have brought the Tobagan down for the penalty six minutes before the break. When Savo Milosevic played the ball into Yorke just inside the box there seemed little on. Cox, one of three defenders behind the striker, appeared to grab hold of Yorke's shorts as he turned to the right, but whatever contact there was, was milked to the full as Yorke crumpled to the ground. Yorke picked himself up to calmly sidefoot beyond Gary Walsh for his eight of the campaign. Although Middlesborough were angry, a side that could manage only one real shot in 90 minutes can hardly complain at being beaten. Villa were hardly impressive themselves and just shaded an average game. It had looked likely to be better in the beginning, with the return of Milosevic giving Villa a more familiar look, although Riccardo Scimeca was in for Gareth Southgate. The visitors then started to work off Juninho, although their only move of real quality ended with Fabrizio Ravanelli just failing to get on the end of Mikkel Beck's left-wing cross Yorke and lan Taylor combined to put each other off when Mark Draper’s free kick found them both alone, before Villa were asking for another spot kick when Yorke’s free kick seemed to be batted away by the wall. Milosevic almost marked on his return with a goal when he went close with a curler at the death, but the game would not have deserved that.
Reports

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