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Game #4457

Aston Villa

Saturday, 25 January 1997

Lost

4th Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

FA Cup 4th Round

Attendance: 17,977

Derby County

Baseball Ground

Villa play their FA Cup fourth round tie three days after their third round win losing to Derby at the Baseball Ground.

Derby County

3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Mark Bosnich, left no chance by Derby.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 January 1997

🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Robin van der Laan
🥅 | 40’ Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), Dean Sturridge
🕒 | HT Derby County 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on, Fernando Nélson
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 0-3, (Derby County), Ron Willems
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 1-3, Saša Ćurčić
🕒 | FT Derby County 3-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Villa legend Paul McGrath lined up for Derby who he had joined earlier in the season following his release by Villa.

Saša Ćurčić scored his first and only goal for Villa.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Derby County

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75

FIXTURE HISTORY

Derby County

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #111 |
Saturday, 25 January 1997

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 January 1997, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Derby County

None

Roger Dilkes

TEAM NEWS

Steve Staunton returns and Lee Hendrie makes his first start of the season as Tommy Johnson and Carl Tiler drop out.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.24 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.53 |

Youngest Player
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.70 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

Derby County

GK Russell Hoult | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Chris Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Rowett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Paul McGrath (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
CB Christian Dailly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Robin van der Laan | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
M Paul Trollope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Lee Carsley | 🇮🇪 |
M Aljoša Asanović | 🇭🇷 |
F Ron Willems | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
CF Dean Sturridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Gary Rowett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Marino Rahmberg | 🇸🇪 |
CF Marco Gabbiadini | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/14

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

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"But Jim Smith's side, without a win since November 30, proved worthy winners against a Villa side who have seldom been so poor at the back."

*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 26 January 1997

Villa fall to Derby

DERBY put horrendous injury problems and their poor Premiership form behind to dump Villa out of the FA Cup at the Baseball Ground

The Rams, already without six first team players through injury, lost Jacob Laursen in the pre-match warm-up and then fellow defender Gary Rowett after just 19 minutes with a hamstring injury.

But Jim Smith's side, without a win since November 30, proved worthy winners against a Villa side who have seldom been so poor at the back.

Victory came via two goals in four minutes before the interval.

In the 36th minute Paul Simpson floated a centre into the box which was seized on by Van Der Laan who had time to chest the ball down before firing past Bosnich.

Villa cracked again after a wonderful piece of skill on the left flank by Asanovic which ended with a delightful pass to Sturridge.

He kept his nerve and cut in from the left before firing past an exposed Bosnich.