Aston Villa
12-7-8, 43 PTS
Saturday, 22 February 1997
1996-97
6th (-1)
Drew
0-0
Nottingham Forest
5-10-13, 25 PTS
Premier League
City Ground
Attendance: 25,239
๐จ 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Fixture List
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Saturday, 22 February 1997
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Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
๐ 115 | ๐ฉ | 50 ๐จ | 33 ๐ฅ 32 | 1.59
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Game #4461
Match Record
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Game | #27 |
Manager Game | #115 |
Saturday, 22 February 1997
Game Record
Manager: Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Barber | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Forest: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Total ๐ 120 | ๐ฉ W56 (47% ) | ๐จ D27 | ๐บ(69% ) | ๐ฅ L37 (31% ) | โฝ 204 | ๐ฅ 169 | GD 35
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Nottingham Forest
European Cup / Champions League: ๐๐
League Champions: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1989-90
Squad News
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Match Timeline
๐ | HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
๐ | 46โ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
๐ | FT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
๐จ | Booking, Fernando Nรฉlson
Officials
Referee: Graham Barber | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Tring, 1997-2004
Officials
Referee Profile
Referee: Graham Barber | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Tring, 1997-2004
๐ 1 | ๐ฉ 0 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐ : 1
๐ 1 | ๐ฉ 0% | ๐จ 100% | ๐ฅ 0% | ๐ : 100%
Cards ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | 1.00 |
Penalty โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ
0 |
Last 5: ๐จ
VAR Profile (Post 2021)
Officials
Villa Bookings
๐จ Fernando Nรฉlson (3)
Villa Sendings Off
None
Opposition Bookings
๐จ Des Lyttle
๐จ Scott Gemmill
Opposition Sendings Off
None
Match Stats
Not recorded
Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Brian Little | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
GK Mark Bosnich | ๐ฆ๐บ |
RB Fernando Nรฉlson | ๐ต๐น | ๐จ |
CB Gareth Southgate | 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 | ๐ |
M Mark Draper | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Ian Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy Townsend | ๐ฎ๐ช |
CF Savo Miloลกeviฤ | ๐ท๐ธ |
CF Dwight Yorke | ๐น๐น |
Substitutes
๐ | CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for LB Steve Staunton | ๐ฎ๐ช | 46โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Michael Oakes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Lee Hendrie | 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 |
Nottingham Forest
Stuart Pearce | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
GK Mark Crossley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
RB Des Lyttle | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
CB Steve Chettle | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Colin Cooper | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Alf-Inge Hรฅland | ๐ณ๐ด |
M David Phillips | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Scott Gemmill | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
M Nigel Clough | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Chris Bart-Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Bryan Roy | ๐ณ๐ฑ | ๐ |
CF Dean Saunders (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
๐ | W Bryan Roy | ๐ณ๐ฑ | (M Ian Woan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Alan Fettis | ๐ฌ๐ง |
CB Steve Blatherwick | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Chris Allen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Paul McGregor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Aston Villa
Not recorded
Villa name an unchanged line up.
Nottingham Forest
Not Recorded
Matchday Squads
Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest
Match Media

What they Said
"Villa boss Brian Little was in earnest conversation with the Surrey official as the teams went down the tunnel at the end but Milosevic surprisingly put a friendly arm around the referee's shoulder as team-mates moved in to add their protests."
Forest avoid drop zone
REFEREE Graham Barber controversially disallowed an 88th minute Aston Villa 'goal' by Savo Milosevic to help keep Nottingham Forest out of the Premiership's bottom three ahead of the City Ground club's crucial take-over meeting on Monday night.
Milosevic thought he had finally scored only his eighth goal of the season when he clipped Dwight Yorke's pass beyond goalkeeper Mark Crossley but it was wiped out, presumably for a narrow offside decision against one of his team-mates.
Villa boss Brian Little was in earnest conversation with the Surrey official as the teams went down the tunnel at the end but Milosevic surprisingly put a friendly arm around the referee's shoulder as team-mates moved in to add their protests.
Player-manager Stuart Pearce, completing a two-match suspension, dropped lan Woan and recalled Nigel Clough, but Forest's passing was poor and they rarely threatened Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich.
Villa would have had the game wrapped up by half time but for a frustratingly familiar spate of misses by Milosevic. The big Yugoslav, caught fractionally offside when racing clear onto Andy Townsend's pass in the 10th minute, then headed high and wide of an empty goal two minutes later when Crossley's miscued clearance from an awkward back-pass flew straight to him at the edge of the penalty box.
Milosevic wasted an even better opportunity five minutes later when Yorke set him up perfectly after slipping between two defenders.
And even 17-goal top scorer Yorke caught the chance missing bug when he failed to put away Alan Wright's superb cross at the far post.
Yorke nearly atoned in brilliant style just before the break when he shrugged off a David Phillips challenge to fire powerfully into the side netting from an improbable angle. But Villa's luck was still out in the second half which they still largely controlled despite losing Steve Staunton with a pulled hamstring in the opening minute after the break.
Mark Draper's header was cleared off the line by Forest's Steve Chettle after great work by Milosevic, Yorke and Wright opened up the defence. And Crossley pulled off the save of the match from Yorke's drilled low drive before being let off by that late, late decision against Milosevic.
Match Highlights
Team Selection
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1996-97
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