Game #4446
Saturday, 30 November 1996
Attendance: 39,053
Won
Premier League
6th= (+2)
Middlesbrough
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Villa Park
Villa make it successive Premier League wins for the first time since September as they beat Middlesbrough to climb back to 6th in the table.
Aston Villa
1-0
Middlesbrough
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Dwight Yorke, scored from the spot to clinch the points
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MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 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
ON THIS DAY
Former Villa defender Neil Cox lined up for Middlesbrough
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Middlesbrough
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #15 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Saturday, 30 November 1996
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 January 1996, Villa 0-0 Manchester United, Old Trafford.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Savo Milošević returns after a 7 game absence as Julian Joachim drops out whilst Riccardo Scimeca replaces Gareth Southgate.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.74 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.38 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 21.48 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Bryan Robson | 🏴 |
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 | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 |
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 | 🇮🇹 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Juninho Paulista | 🇧🇷 | (CF Andy Campbell | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Ben Roberts | 🏴 |
D Phil Whelan | 🏴 |
CB Craig Liddle | 🏴 |
CF Jan Aage Fjörtoft | 🇳🇴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE

PROGRAMME



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