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Game #4478

Aston Villa

Saturday, 13 September 1997

Barnsley

0-3

Aston Villa

Premier League

Barnsley

Oakwell

Attendance: 18,649

Won

15th (+5)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa climb off the bottom of the table for the first time this season as they record successive Premier League wins with victory at Oakwell.

KEY MAN

Ugo Ehiogu, opened the scoring

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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

ON THIS DAY

Successive wins lifted Villa off the bottom to 13th in the Premier League table.

Aston Villa

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

Barnsley

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Barnsley

Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1994-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 132 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 | 36 🟥 38 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1994-2004
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 22 April 1997, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Elland Road.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Fernando Nélson is recalled as Gary Charles misses out

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.78 |

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

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

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

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 | 🇸🇮 |

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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