Game #4452
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 1 January 1997
Drew
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Premier League
Manchester United
Attendance: 55,133
Old Trafford
Manchester United
0-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Savo Milošević, Beckham contretemps overshadows improvement
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 1 January 1997
🕒 | HT Manchester United 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🕒 | FT Manchester United 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Savo Milošević
🟨 | Booking, Fernando Nélson
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, Carl Tiler
ON THIS DAY
Future Villa ‘keeper Peter Schmeichel, future Villa centre back Ronny Johnson and future Villa assistant manager Roy Keane line up for Manchester United whilst Savo Milošević gets embroiled in spittle-gate.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester United
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Wednesday, 1 January 1997
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 106 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 30 🟥 29 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Matches Officiated: 18
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 8
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 November 1996, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Villa make one change with Carl Tiler coming in for Riccardo Scimeca.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.47 |
Youngest Player
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 23.35 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🟨 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |
Manchester United
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 |
CB David May | 🏴 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 |
M Nicky Butt | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W David Beckham | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Ryan Giggs | 🏴 |
F Eric Cantona | 🇫🇷 |
CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Nicky Butt | 🏴 | (M Paul Scholes | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 | (CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Raimond Van Der Gouw | 🇳🇱 |
W Karel Poborský | 🇨🇿 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
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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*Evening Herald*
Thursday, 2 January 1997