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Game #4467

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 9 April 1997

Won

4th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Wimbledon

Attendance: 9,015

Selhurst Park

Wimbledon

0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 26’ | Dwight Yorke | 78’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa make it three successive wins and climb to 4th in the Premier League table as Wimbledon are beaten at Selhurst Park.

KEY MAN

Alan Wright, scored on 78' to seal Villa's win.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 9 April 1997

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Savo Milošević, Assist by Mark Draper
🕒 | HT Wimbledon 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 2-0, Alan Wright, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Wimbledon 0-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Alan Wright

ON THIS DAY

Villa were unbeaten in the last 4, winning 3 and had climbed to 4th in the table.

Aston Villa

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

Wimbledon

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1987-88

FIXTURE HISTORY

Wimbledon

Previous 5 vs. Wimbledon: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Game | #33 |
Manager Game | #121 |
Wednesday, 9 April 1997

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 121 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 | 34 🟥 33 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 25 January 1997, FA Cup, Villa 1-3 Derby, Baseball Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Wimbledon

🟨 🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Steve Staunton and Gareth Farrelly drop out and are replaced by Andy Townsend and David Hughes.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.71 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.74 |

Youngest Player
CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 19.20 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |

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Wimbledon

GK Paul Heald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Duncan Jupp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Chris Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Kimble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Neal Ardley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Stewart Castledine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jason Euell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Neal Ardley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Andy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 | (CF Carl Cort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alan Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jon Goodman | 🇮🇪 |

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/16

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

MATCH REPORT

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