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Game #4469

Saturday, 19 April 1997

Attendance: 39,339

Drew

Premier League

5th (-1)

Tottenham Hotspur

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Villa Park

Villa are held to a draw at Villa Park by Tottenham as they fall back to 5th in the Premier League table.

Aston Villa

1-1

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

"Dwight Yorke, crashed in a fierce eight-yard volley to rescue the draw."

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Gareth Southgate, Sub on, David Hughes
🥅 | 54’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Ramon Vega
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 1-1, Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur

🟨 | Booking, Fernando Nélson

ON THIS DAY

Future Villa centre back Colin Calderwood lined up for Tottenham.

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1990-91

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #123 |
Saturday, 19 April 1997

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Looe, 1981-1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Looe, 1981-1998
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 September 1996, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Tottenham Hotspur

🟨

TEAM NEWS

In one change Steve Staunton replaces David Hughes.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.56 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.76 |

Youngest Player
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.48 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

GK Ian Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dean Austin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ramon Vega | 🇨🇭 | ⚽ |
LB Justin Edinburgh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Howells | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Jason Dozzell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Sinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Paul McVeigh | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CF Teddy Sheringham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | for CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 66’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M David Howells | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Stuart Nethercott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Paul McVeigh | 🇬🇧 | (CF Neale Fenn | 🇮🇪 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Espen Baardsen | 🇳🇴 |
M Garry Brady | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Danny Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"That was a prelude to a period of intense Villa pressure and Andy Townsend held his head in despair after he blasted over the top following a great set-up from Milosevic."

*Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 20 April 1997

It was the Londoners who took the lead completely against the run of play when £3 million defender Vega arrived in the box to glance home a fine header. That was a prelude to a period of intense Villa pressure and Andy Townsend held his head in despair after he blasted over the top following a great set-up from Milosevic.

But Villa got their reward as frustrated fans began to believe all was lost on a day when the club was celebrating its 100th anniversary [sic]. After Staunton had got away down the right and crashed in a first time effort, the ball rebounded to Dwight Yorke, who crashed in a fierce eight-yard volley.