Game #4449
Sunday, 22 December 1996
Attendance: 28,874
Won
Premier League
4th (+1)
Wimbledon
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Villa Park
Villa hammer Wimbledon to extend their winning tune to five Premier League games.
Aston Villa
5-0
Wimbledon
Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 61’ | Saša Ćurčić | 86’ |
KEY MAN
Savo Milošević, destroyed Wimbledon
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MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-0, Savo Milošević
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Wimbledon
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 3-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Andy Townsend
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Carl Tiler
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 4-0, Savo Milošević
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 5-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Saša Ćurčić
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Wimbledon
🟨 | Booking, Saša Ćurčić
ON THIS DAY
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 | #22 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Sunday, 22 December 1996
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
CARDS
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 | 🇮🇪 | 33.44 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 21.54 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
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 | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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 | 🇳🇬 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 🔥 | 🟨 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Chris Perry | 🏴 | (RB Brian McAllister | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CB Kenny Cunningham | 🇮🇪 | (CF Dean Holdsworth | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brendan Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
M Peter Fear | 🏴 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 8 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
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
"Milosevic has been a different player since the collapse of his move to Perugia last month, finally showing the kind of form on a consistent basis that persuaded manager Brian Little to pay £3.5m for his services in the summer of 1995 and warned that the best was still to come from his flourishing partnership with Dwight Yorke."
*Evening Herald*
Monday, 23 December 1996
ASTON VILLA striker Savo Milosevic helped destroy Wimbledon's proud unbeaten run with two goals and then sent a shiver down the spine of the rest of the Premiership title chasers.
Milosevic has been a different player since the collapse of his move to Perugia last month, finally showing the kind of form on a consistent basis that persuaded manager Brian Little to pay £3.5m for his services in the summer of 1995 and warned that the best was still to come from his flourishing partnership with Dwight Yorke.
Many more performances likes this from the Serb and any thoughts Little may have of moving into the market for the likes of Liverpool's Stan Collymore, Celtic's Pierre Van Hooydonk or any other multi-million pound striker may well be rendered redundant.
The Dons' previously mean-machine defence on their travels only seven Premiership goals conceded previously away from home simply could not contain the Milosevic-Yorke combination as Villa powered to a 5-0 win.
While Milosevic rejoiced in finally producing the goods, Yorke is already on a red-hot scoring streak with 11 goals in the last 12 matches and chasing last season's tally of 25.
Milosevic said: "Myself and Dwight have got to know each other over the past 18 months as a partnership and things definitely now look much better for us but I think there is more to come from the both of us.
Milosevic added: ''The good thing for Aston Villa is that we have a hit a winning streak while some of the other leading teams such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle have been losing the odd game recently. We also still have a lot more to come from us as a team."