Game #4471
Aston Villa
16-10-11, 58 PTS
Saturday, 3 May 1997
5th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟥 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 |
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 57’ |
🔁 | GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 | for GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 77’ |
🔁 | M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 | for F Savo Milošević | 85’ |
Unused Substitutes
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Andy Townsend (31)
🟨 Ian Taylor (12)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
🟥 Steve Staunton (1)
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Villa name an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.65 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.80 |
Youngest Player
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 23.68 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
🔴 M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | 1995-97 🕒 9 | 2 (7) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 24 | #710 |
Scorer(s) | Ugo Ehiogu | 58’ | Savo Milošević | 77’ |
Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 58’ | Andy Townsend | 77’ |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Fabrizio Ravanelli
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-2, (Middlesbrough), Mikkel Beck
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Saša Ćurčić, Sub on, Julian Joachim
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 1-2, Ugo Ehiogu, Assist by Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 2-2, Savo Milošević, Assist by Andy Townsend
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Mark Bosnich, Sub on, Michael Oakes
🟥 | 81’ Sending off, Steve Staunton
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Gareth Farrelly 🔴
🥅 | 90’+ Goal, 2-3, (Middlesbrough, pen), Fabrizio Ravanelli
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 3-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Game | #37 |
Manager Game | #125 |
Saturday, 3 May 1997
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴 | Kent, 1991–2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Officials
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴 | Kent, 1991–2000
Previous 5 vs. Boro: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 117 | 🟩 W54 (46% ) | 🟨 D26 | 🇺(68% ) | 🟥 L37 (32% ) | ⚽ 207 | 🥅 154 | GD 53
Match Stats
Not recorded
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 125 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 | 36 🟥 35 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Premier League
Middlesbrough
10-11-16, 38 PTS (Deducted 3 Points)
Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 30,012
GK Ben Roberts | 🏴 |
LB Clayton Blackmore | 🏴 |
CB Nigel Pearson | 🏴 |
RB Curtis Fleming | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Gianluca Festa | 🇮🇹 |
M Juninho Paulista | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
M Émerson Moisés Costa | 🇧🇷 |
M Robbie Mustoe | 🏴 |
W Craig Hignett | 🏴 |
CF Mikkel Beck | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Fabrizio Ravanelli | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Bryan Robson | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Mikkel Beck | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ | (M Phil Stamp | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
CB Steve Vickers | 🏴 |
CB Alan White | 🏴 |
RB Neil Cox (ex) | 🏴 |
F Chris Freestone | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Curtis Fleming
🟨 Juninho Paulista
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
🟥 Steve Staunton (1)
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa lose for the second time in eight Premier League games under Brian Little in the penultimate match of the campaign but remain 5th in the table.
Villa field their oldest team of the season at an average age of 26.65.
Midfielder Gareth Farrelly, 21, makes his 9th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) before moving on to Everton for a fee of £945,000. Farrelly would leave with a record of W5 D2 L3. A talented player who’s potential was unfulfilled, Farrelly revealed in 2018 that he, and others in the youth set up at Villa had been bullied in a toxic environment that had prevented Villa’s youth team prospects from flourishing.
Steve Staunton is sent off on his 221st appearance in a Villa shirt (214 Starts) to make it W92 D62 L67, 17 Goals, 25 Assists, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Ugo Ehiogu scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 176th appearance (162 Starts) to make it W76 D45 L55, 10 Goals, 4 Assists, 20 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Andy Townsend suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 170th appearance (169 Starts) to make it W78 D42 L50, 11 Goals, 26 Assists, 26 Bookings and 4 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Saša Ćurčić makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W10 D5 L10, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
What they Said
"FABRIZIO Ravanelli rescued Middlesbrough's dream of escaping relegation with a dramatic injury-time penalty winner after Aston Villa had threatened to bring the curtain down on top-flight football at the Riverside."
FABRIZIO Ravanelli rescued Middlesbrough's dream of escaping relegation with a dramatic injury-time penalty winner after Aston Villa had threatened to bring the curtain down on top-flight football at the Riverside.
Middlesbrough went ahead on 19 minutes when Ravanelli chased down Hignett's lofted pass and lobbed the ball home past a hapless Bosnich.
Another cardinal error, by the unsettled Bosnich saw them stretch their lead in the 33rd minute when Fleming clipped a long pass forward and Mikkel Beck timed his run to perfection beyond the visitors' square rearguard.
Villa took immediate control after the break and were back in the contest after 57 minutes when defender Ugo Ehiogu blasted home his fourth goal of the season from close range.
They equalised when Townsend released Savo Milosevic with a wonderful pass after robbing Stamp and the Serbian controlled with a nod of his head before galloping on and despatching a half-volley beyond Roberts.
But the game took its final, decisive twist when Little sent on Farrelly as an 85th minute substitute for Milosevic and his tug on Hignett gave Boro victory and left a luckless Villa hoping that their dream of a UEFA Cup berth is still alive.