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Game #4467

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 9 April 1997

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Won

4th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Wimbledon

Selhurst Park

Attendance: 9,015

🟩 9 Apr 1997, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Selhurst

Wimbledon

0-2

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Aston Villa

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

🟩 9 Apr 1997, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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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

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

🟩 9 Apr 1997, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 9 April 1997
  • Villa make it three successive wins under Brian Little and climb to 4th in the Premier League table as Wimbledon are beaten at Selhurst Park.

🟩 9 Apr 1997, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

Wimbledon

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Wimbledon
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Previous 5 vs. Wimbledon: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🟩 9 Apr 1997, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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

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🟩 9 Apr 1997, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Selhurst

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, 1984-1997
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 121 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 | 34 🟥 33 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Mossley, 1984-1997

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Alan Wright

CARDS
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🟨 Brian McAllister
🟨 Duncan Jupp
🟨 Peter Fear

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.71 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.74 |

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

Referee

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MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 9 Apr 1997, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Selhurst

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

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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 | 🇮🇪 |

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

🟩 9 Apr 1997, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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

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

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

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

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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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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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