Game #4465
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 March 1997
Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Attendance: 24,274
Ewood Park
Blackburn Rovers
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Tommy Johnson, opened the scoring on 64' to help see off Blackburn
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 March 1997
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Tommy Johnson 🔴
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-0, Tommy Johnson, Assist by Alan Wright
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend
🟨 | Booking, Alan Wright
ON THIS DAY
Forward Tommy Johnson made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Celtic later this month for a fee of £3,110,000. Johnson had played for Villa between 1994-95 and 1996-97 making 71 appearances and scoring 17 goals.
Future Villa boss Tim Sherwood and future Villa centre forward Chris Sutton lined up for Blackburn Rovers.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Blackburn Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994–95
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #31 |
Manager Game | #119 |
Saturday, 22 March 1997
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 119 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 | 34 🟥 33 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 August 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Savo Milošević, Steve Staunton and Riccardo Scimeca return in place of Julian Joachim, David Hughes and Gareth Southgate.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.21 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.69 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 21.79 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔥 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Tony Parkes | 🏴 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
RB Henning Berg | 🇳🇴 |
RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Graeme Le Saux | 🏴 |
M Tim Sherwood | 🏴 |
M Billy McKinlay | 🏴 |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Jason Wilcox | 🏴 |
CF Kevin Gallacher | 🏴 |
CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔴 | for F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 60’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 | (M Lars Bohinen | 🇳🇴 |)
🔁 | CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 | (CF Per Pedersen | 🇳🇴 |)
🔁 | CB Tore Pedersen | 🇳🇴 | (W Georgios Donis | 🇬🇷 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Nicky Marker | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
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
🔴 CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | 1995-97 | 🕒 71 | 49 (22) | ⚽ 17 | 🔥 4 | 🇺 14 | #701 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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