Game #4475
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 August 1997
Lost
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Newcastle United
Attendance: 36,783
St James' Park
Newcastle United
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Steve Staunton, sent flying
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 August 1997
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), John Beresford
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa
🟥 | 53’ Sending off, (Newcastle United), David Batty
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Riccardo Scimeca, Sub on, Fernando Nélson
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Alan Wright
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Simon Grayson, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 | Booking, Gareth Southgate
🟨 | Booking, Stan Collymore
ON THIS DAY
Villa had lost their opening three games without scoring and sat bottom of the Premier League table.
Right back Gary Charles appeared for Villa for the first time since 17 April 1996 after overcoming a horrific ankle injury that kept his out of the game for the entirety of the 1996-97 season.
Future Villa goalkeeper Shay Given and future Villa defender Steve Watson lined up for Newcastle.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Newcastle United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55
FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Game | #3 |
Manager Game | #129 |
Saturday, 23 August 1997
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 129 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 | 36 🟥 37 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 10 May 1997, Villa 1-0 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Mark Bosnich and Riccardo Scimeca make their first appearances of the season. Fernando Nélson, Alan Wright and Savo Milošević drop to the subs bench as Gary Charles and Steve Staunton return.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.53 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.24 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 22.21 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
MANAGER
Kenny Dalglish | 🏴 |
Newcastle United
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB John Beresford | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
LB Alessandro Pistone | 🇮🇹 |
CB Philippe Albert | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
M David Batty | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Rob Lee | 🏴 |
M Temuri Ketsbaia | 🇬🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Keith Gillespie | 🇬🇧 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | for CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 69’ |
🔁 | LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 69’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 69’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Temuri Ketsbaia | 🇬🇪 | (RB Warren Barton | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Ian Rush | 🏴 | (CF Jon Dahl Tomasson | 🇩🇰 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Shaka Hislop | 🇹🇹 |
CB Steve Howey | 🏴 |
M Stuart Elliott | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 24 August 1997