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Game #4462

Aston Villa

Sunday, 2 March 1997

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Won

6th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Premier League

Liverpool

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,339

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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Liverpool

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Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 83’ |

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 2 March 1997

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, David Hughes 🟢
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Andy Townsend
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 2 March 1997
  • Villa win for the third time in four unbeaten Premier League games under Brian Little as they beat Liverpool at Villa Park to remain 6th in the table.

  • Centre back David Hughes, 19, makes his debut in a Villa shirt as a substitute after joining the club as a trainee and signing professional forms in July 1996 to become the 719th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Andy Townsend contributes his 25th assist in a Villa shirt on his 162nd appearance (161 Starts) to make it W76 D39 L47, 11 Goals, 25 Assists, 23 Bookings and 4 Red Cards so far in his Villa career. 

  • Mark Draper makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W37 D20 L18, 5 Goals, 10 Assists, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Future Villa centre forward Stan Collymore, future Villa ‘keeper David James and future Villa winger Patrik Berger all feature for Liverpool.

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #719 | Youth Team promotiion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Liverpool

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1994-95

FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #116 |
Sunday, 2 March 1997

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🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1995-2004
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 116 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 | 33 🟥 32 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1995-2004

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 tbc

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up for the second successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.59 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.63 |

Youngest Player
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 23.51 |

Referee

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

MANAGER

Roy Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK David James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Stig Inge Bjørnebye | 🇳🇴 |
LB Dominic Matteo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Bjørn Tore Kvarme | 🇳🇴 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jason McAteer | 🇮🇪 |
M Jamie Redknapp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve McManaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Robbie Fowler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟢 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Stan Collymore (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Tony Warner | 🇹🇹 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Harkness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Kennedy | 🇮🇪 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"Not a striker by repute, but an honest toiler in the midfield, lan Taylor was Villa's match winner."
Quotes

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*The Irish Independent*
Monday, 3 March 1997
THE championship of English football is not lightly won or lost by the beginning of March. But the manner in which Liverpool went down so neatly at Villa Park yesterday, and the way Newcastle United had surrendered at home against Southampton on Saturday, suggests that the Premiership is Manchester United's unless the defending champions choose to lose it. Not a striker by repute, but an honest toiler in the midfield, lan Taylor was Villa's match winner. There were seven minutes remaining and the game, played on a difficult, heavily sanded and rutted pitch, had reached a level of stalemate and mediocrity that must have made viewing an absolute relaxation to the Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson. Andy Townsend delivered a searching, accurate, driven centre that bisected Liverpool's central defenders, Mark Wright and Dominic Matteo. Behind them, unseen, unmarked and unhurried. Taylor came and he had the composure to cushion the ball on his left thigh and the time to use his right foot to hook it into the net. In the beginning, everything had looked urgent. Three times. Mark Wright. who would be many people's choice as an England defender still, was lured out of defence and passed with alarming ease by Savo Milosevic, Dwight Yorke and then Mark Draper. The last of those, in the tenth minute. involved a scintillating burst of verve and pace. It was stopped by Bjorn Kvarme, the Norwegian recruit from Rosenberg, who giving an object lesson to the English in the art of defending, matched Draper for speed and then stretched out his foot to knock the ball to safety. Next, Taylor caught John Barnes dwelling on the ball - vigour beating wisdom - but Yorke. too quick for Stig Bjornebye and Matteo only invited the save from James with a rising shot. Within seconds. Stan Collymore, clean through and aided by the impetuous way Mark Bosnich had rushed out of his area, for some inexplicable reason scooped the ball high over the bar. It would have been line at Twickenham but it was so wasteful on the Villa sands.
Reports

🟩 2 Mar 1997, Villa 1-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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