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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

Villa draw for the second successive game as they are held by Manchester United at Old Trafford.

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

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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: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Manchester United

🟨 🟨

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 85’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Nicky Butt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Scholes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 | (CF Andrew Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Raimond Van Der Gouw | 🇳🇱 |
W Karel Poborský | 🇨🇿 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

"I don't know what went on. just that the referee booked both players [Savo Milošević and David Beckham]. "But if Savo did spit then I will take some action internally. that's for sure. "If he has done it then I would obviously look at that as something to be dealt with. “I’ll take a look at it and take some action if need be.” Brian Little.

MATCH REPORT

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*Evening Herald*
Thursday, 2 January 1997

SAVO MILOSEVIC will feel the full force of Brian Little's discipline when the Aston Villa boss examines the video nasty in which his Yugoslav striker played the starring role. Little was surprised to hear that Milosevic is had been captured on camera as he showered Manchester United midfielder David Beckham with a volley of spittle during last night's goalless draw at Old TralTord. But he left no-one in any doubt about what the outcome will be if he arrives at the same conclusion reached by Beckham and the watching millions that the former Partizan Belgrade forward was guilty of a despicable act punishable by far more than the yellow card brandished at both players by referee David Elleray. "I don't know what went on. just that the referee booked both players." was Little's post-match confession. "But if Savo did spit then I will take some action internally. that's for sure. "If he has done it then I would obviously look at that as something to be dealt with. I'll take a look at it and take some action if need be.” There was no doubt that Milosevic was fouled by Beckham two minutes before the break, but his reaction was unforgivable and it snapped the temper of the usually mild-mannered England starlet as well as sparking a melee in which players from both sides became embroiled.

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