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Game #4478

Aston Villa

2-0-4, 6 PTS

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Saturday, 13 September 1997

15th (+5)

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

GK Mark Bosnich | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ |
RB Fernando Nรฉlson | ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น |
RB Simon Grayson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
CB Gareth Southgate | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Alan Wright | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Steve Staunton | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | ๐Ÿ” |
M Mark Draper | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
M Ian Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ | ๐ŸŸจ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Stan Collymore | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
F Dwight Yorke | ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |

Brian Little | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for LB Steve Staunton | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | 76โ€™ |
๐Ÿ” | M Saลกa ฤ†urฤiฤ‡ | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ | for M Ian Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 79โ€™ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Michael Oakes | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Savo Miloลกeviฤ‡ | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ |
F Julian Joachim | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

๐ŸŸจ Ian Taylor (14)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ๐Ÿ†
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Fernando Nรฉlson is recalled as Gary Charles misses out

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.78 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 29.30 |

Youngest Player
CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 24.88 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-0

๐ŸŸฉ 13 Sep 1997, Villa 3-0 Barnsley, Oakwell
Scorer(s) | Ugo Ehiogu | 25โ€™ | Mark Draper | 50โ€™ | Ian Taylor | 72โ€™ |

Assist(s) | Stan Collymore | 50โ€™ | Dwight Yorke | 72โ€™ |

Match Timeline

โšฝ | 25โ€™ Goal, 1-0, Ugo Ehiogu
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Barnsley 0-1 Aston Villa
โšฝ | 50โ€™ Goal, 2-0, Mark Draper, Assist by Stan Collymore
โšฝ | 72โ€™ Goal, 3-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Dwight Yorke
๐Ÿ” | 76โ€™ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
๐Ÿ” | 79โ€™ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Saลกa ฤ†urฤiฤ‡
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Barnsley 0-3 Aston Villa

๐ŸŸจ | Booking, Ian Taylor

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

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Brian Little | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Barber | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 1-0
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 3-0
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฉ Won
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

Officials

Referee: Graham Barber | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Tring, 1997-2004

Referee: Graham Barber | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Tring, 1997-2004
๐Ÿ•’ 3 | ๐ŸŸฉ 1 | ๐ŸŸจ 2 | ๐ŸŸฅ 0 | ๐Ÿ†˜ : 1
๐Ÿ•’ 3 | ๐ŸŸฉ 33% | ๐ŸŸจ 67% | ๐ŸŸฅ 0% | ๐Ÿ†˜ : 33%
Cards ๐ŸŸจ 4 | ๐ŸŸฅ 0 | 1.33 |
Penalty โšฝ 0 | ๐Ÿฅ… 0 |
Last 5: ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ

Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

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Head to Head

Total ๐Ÿ•’ 16 | ๐ŸŸฉ W13 (81% ) | ๐ŸŸจ D3 | ๐Ÿ‡บ(100% ) | ๐ŸŸฅ L0 (0% ) | โšฝ 36 | ๐Ÿฅ… 6 | GD 30

Match Stats

Not recorded

Brian Little | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998

๐Ÿ•’ 132 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 58 ๐ŸŸจ | 36 ๐ŸŸฅ 38 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

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Premier League

Barnsley

2-0-4, 6 PTS

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Oakwell

Attendance: 18,649

GK Lars Leese | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช |
RB Nicky Eaden | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Adie Moses | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Arjan De Zeeuw | ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ |
LB Darren Barnard | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Matty Appleby | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Neil Redfearn | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Eric Tinkler | ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Andy Liddell | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Gjorgi Hristov | ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Ashley Ward | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Danny Wilson | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง |
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | M Eric Tinkler | ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ | (M Darren Sheridan | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐Ÿ” | CF Andy Liddell | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | (M Martin Bullock | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐Ÿ” | CF Gjorgi Hristov | ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ | (Laurens Ten Heuvel | ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Tony Bullock | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Ales Krizan | ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: โŒ
League Champions: โŒ
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: โŒ
Last Trophy: 1911-12

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Mark Bosnich | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ |
๐Ÿ•’

173

โœ…

172*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

๐ŸŸฉ

76*

๐ŸŸจ

42

๐ŸŸฅ

55

โ›”

67*

๐Ÿฅ…

169

RB Fernando Nรฉlson | ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น |
๐Ÿ•’

44

โœ…

40*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

19*

๐ŸŸจ

12

๐ŸŸฅ

13

RB Simon Grayson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

4

โœ…

4*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

2*

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

2

CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

183

โœ…

169*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

11*

4

๐ŸŸฉ

79*

๐ŸŸจ

45

๐ŸŸฅ

59

CB Gareth Southgate | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

83

โœ…

83*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

0

๐ŸŸฉ

38*

๐ŸŸจ

21

๐ŸŸฅ

24

LB Alan Wright | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

109

โœ…

108*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

6

๐ŸŸฉ

50*

๐ŸŸจ

28

๐ŸŸฅ

31

LB Steve Staunton | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
๐Ÿ•’

226

โœ…

219*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

17

26

๐ŸŸฉ

95*

๐ŸŸจ

62

๐ŸŸฅ

69

M Mark Draper | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

88

โœ…

86*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

6*

12

๐ŸŸฉ

42*

๐ŸŸจ

22

๐ŸŸฅ

24

M Ian Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

102

โœ…

93*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

10*

6

๐ŸŸฉ

47*

๐ŸŸจ

25

๐ŸŸฅ

30

CF Stan Collymore | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

6

โœ…

6*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

1*

๐ŸŸฉ

2*

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

4

F Dwight Yorke | ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น |
๐Ÿ•’

252

โœ…

212*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

84

38*

๐ŸŸฉ

108*

๐ŸŸจ

63

๐ŸŸฅ

81

Substitutes
None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

GK Sub

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

โ›”

๐Ÿฅ…

CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

47

๐Ÿ”

20*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

Sub 1

๐ŸŸฉ

26*

๐ŸŸจ

9

๐ŸŸฅ

12

M Saลกa ฤ†urฤiฤ‡ | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ |
๐Ÿ•’

27

๐Ÿ”

7*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

1

Sub 2

๐ŸŸฉ

11*

๐ŸŸจ

5

๐ŸŸฅ

11

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 3

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 4

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 5

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

Match Media
On This Day
  • 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.

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