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Game #4478

Aston Villa

Saturday, 13 September 1997

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Won

15th (+5)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Barnsley

Oakwell

Attendance: 18,649

🟩 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

Barnsley

0-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Stan Collymore | 50’ | Dwight Yorke | 72’ |

🟩 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 13 September 1997

⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Ugo Ehiogu
🕒 | HT Barnsley 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-0, Mark Draper, Assist by Stan Collymore
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 3-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
🕒 | FT Barnsley 0-3 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor

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

🟩 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 13 September 1997
  • Villa climb off the bottom of the table for the first time this season to rise to 13th as they record successive Premier League wins under Brian Little with victory at Oakwell.

  • Stan Collymore contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance to make it W2 D0 L4, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Ugo Ehiogu contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 183rd appearance (169 Starts) to make it W79 D45 L69, 11 Goals, 4 Assists, 21 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Ian Taylor scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 102nd appearance (93 Starts) to make it W47 D28 L30, 10 Goals, 6 Assists and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Alan Wright secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 109th appearance (108 Starts) to make it W50 D28 L31, 3 Goals, 6 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟩 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

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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

Barnsley

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1911-12

FIXTURE HISTORY
Barnsley
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Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟩 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #132 |
Saturday, 13 September 1997

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🟩 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 132 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 | 36 🟥 38 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2004

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2004
🕒 3 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 0 | 🆘 : 1
🕒 3 | 🟩 33% | 🟨 67% | 🟥 0% | 🆘 : 33%
Cards 🟨 4 | 🟥 0 | 1.33 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Ian Taylor

CARDS
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None

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

🟩 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Fernando Nélson is recalled as Gary Charles misses out

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.78 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.30 |

Youngest Player
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 24.88 |

Referee

🟩 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Danny Wilson | 🇬🇧 |

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Barnsley

GK Lars Leese | 🇩🇪 |
RB Nicky Eaden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Adie Moses | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Arjan De Zeeuw | 🇳🇱 |
LB Darren Barnard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Matty Appleby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neil Redfearn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eric Tinkler | 🇿🇦 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Liddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Gjorgi Hristov | 🇲🇰 | 🔁 |
CF Ashley Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 76’ |
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Eric Tinkler | 🇿🇦 | (M Darren Sheridan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Andy Liddell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Martin Bullock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Gjorgi Hristov | 🇲🇰 | (Laurens Ten Heuvel | 🇳🇱 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Tony Bullock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ales Krizan | 🇸🇮 |

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

🟩 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16

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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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