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Game #4449
Aston Villa
Sunday, 22 December 1996
Won
4th (+1)
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Premier League
Wimbledon
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,874
Aston Villa
5-0
Wimbledon
Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 61โ | Saลกa ฤurฤiฤ | 86โ |
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 22 December 1996
โฝ | 38โ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke
โฝ | 42โ Goal, 2-0, Savo Miloลกeviฤ
๐ | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Wimbledon
โฝ | 61โ Goal, 3-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Andy Townsend
๐ | 74โ Sub off, Fernando Nรฉlson, Sub on, Carl Tiler
โฝ | 75โ Goal, 4-0, Savo Miloลกeviฤ
๐ | 79โ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Saลกa ฤurฤiฤ
โฝ | 86โ Goal, 5-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Saลกa ฤurฤiฤ
๐ | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Wimbledon
๐จ | Booking, Saลกa ฤurฤiฤ
Match Statistics
Not recorded
ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 22 December 1996
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Wimbledon
European Cup / Champions League: โ
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: ๐
League Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1987-88
Aston Villa
Wimbledon
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Sunday, 22 December 1996
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Steve Dunn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bristol, 1992-2006
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: ๐ฉ 2-0
FT Score: ๐ฉ 5-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
๐ 103 | ๐ฉ | 47 ๐จ | 28 ๐ฅ 28 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Dunn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bristol, 1992-2006
Matches Officiated: 4
๐ฉ : 2
๐จ : 1
๐ฅ : 1
๐ : 0
Previous 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ
Last Match: ๐จ 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.
Cards: ๐จ ๐จ
CARDS
๐จ Saลกa ฤurฤiฤ
๐จ Alan Kimble
TEAM NEWS
Mark Bosnich replaces Michael Oakes in an otherwise unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.96 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช | 33.44 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 21.54 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | ๐ฆ๐บ |
RB Fernando Nรฉlson | ๐ต๐น | ๐ |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Alan Wright | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Ian Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M Mark Draper | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐ฅ |
CF Dwight Yorke | ๐น๐น | โฝ | โฝ |
CF Savo Miloลกeviฤ | ๐ท๐ธ | โฝ | โฝ |
MANAGER
Joe Kinnear | ๐ฎ๐ช |
Wimbledon
GK Neil Sullivan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
LB Alan Kimble | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
CB Chris Perry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CB Kenny Cunningham | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐ |
CB Dean Blackwell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Neal Ardley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M รyvind Leonhardsen | ๐ณ๐ด |
M Vinnie Jones | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Robbie Earle | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Marcus Gayle | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Efan Ekoku | ๐ณ๐ฌ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | CB Carl Tiler | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for RB Fernando Nรฉlson | ๐ต๐น | 74โ |
๐ | M Saลกa ฤurฤiฤ | ๐ท๐ธ | ๐ฅ | ๐จ | for M Mark Draper | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 79โ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | CB Chris Perry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (RB Brian McAllister | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |)
๐ | CB Kenny Cunningham | ๐ฎ๐ช | (CF Dean Holdsworth | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Tommy Johnson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Julian Joachim | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brendan Murphy | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Peter Fear | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Mick Harford | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Player Positions:
โ
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Halfโจ
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
โ
Match Symbols:
โ
โฝ | Goal
๐ฅ | Assist
๐ | Substitution
๐จ | Booking
๐ฅ | Sending off
๐ | Poor refereeing performance
๐ข : Debut ๐ด : Final Game
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Mark Bosnich | ๐ฆ๐บ | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
---|---|
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 9/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง 8 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 12/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Media & Commentary
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORTS
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