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Game #4483

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 30 September 1997

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Won

1st Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

UEFA Cup

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,072

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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FC Girondins de Bordeaux

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Assist(s) | Gary Charles | 111' |

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 30 September 1997

🟨 | 40’ Booking, Ian Taylor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 FC Girondins de Bordeaux
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 FC Girondins de Bordeaux
🔁 | 106’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Gary Charles
⚽ | 111’ Goal, 1-0, Savo Milošević, Assist by Gary Charles
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 1-0 FC Girondins de Bordeaux

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

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 30 September 1997
  • Savo Milošević's extra time strike secures Villa a 1-0 aggregate victory after their goalless draw in the first leg to qualify for the second round of the UEFA Cup under Brian Little.

  • Savo Milošević scores his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 90th appearance (25 Starts) to make it W42 D24 L24, 25 Goals, 9 Assists and 10 Bookings at a goal per game rate of one for every 2.65 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

  • Gary Charles contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 68th appearance (64 Starts) to make it W35 D17 L16, 1 Goals, 9 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

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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

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Ligue 1 Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Coupe de France Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1986-87

FIXTURE HISTORY
FC Girondins de Bordeaux
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Previous 5 vs. Bordeaux: 🟨

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

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

PREVIOUS MATCH
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FC Girondins de Bordeaux

SUBSEQUENT MATCH
None

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #11 |
Manager Game | #137 |
Tuesday, 30 September 1997

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🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker | 🇩🇰 | 1997
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
AET Result: 🟩 Won
AET Score: 🟩 1-0 (1-0)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 137 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 38 🟥 39 | 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: Knud Erik Fisker | 🇩🇰 | 1997

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Ian Taylor

CARDS
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🟨 Paulo Sérgio Gralak

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

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Saša Ćurčić drops to the subs bench as Simon Grayson is recalled. David Hughes makes his first squad appearance of the season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.57 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.34 |

Youngest Player
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 24.09 |

Referee

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Guy Stéphan | 🇫🇷 |

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FC Girondins de Bordeaux

GK Ulrich Ramé | 🇫🇷 |
CB Paulo Sérgio Gralak | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Niša Saveljić | 🇲🇪 |
CB Kodjo Afanou | 🇹🇬 |
RB François Grenet | 🇫🇷 |
M Michel Pavon | 🇫🇷 |
M Johan Micoud | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Lassina Diabaté | 🇨🇮 |
CF Lilian Laslandes | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Sylvain Wiltord | 🇫🇷 |
CF Jean-Pierre Papin | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 106’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Johan Micoud | 🇫🇷 | (M Peter Luccin | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Lilian Laslandes | 🇫🇷 | (CF Kaba Diawara | 🇬🇳 |)
🔁 | CF Jean-Pierre Papin | 🇫🇷 | (W Kiki Musampa | 🇳🇱 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stanley Menzo | 🇳🇱 |
LB Romain Ferrier | 🇫🇷 |
LB Louis Gomis | 🇫🇷 |
M Ricardinho | 🇧🇷 |

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

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/17

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇫🇷 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇫🇷 : 10/18

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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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🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"Earlier, goalkeeper Mark Bosnich kept Villa in the game in the first half with three first-class saves in eight minutes as his defence were left bewitched by the flair of the French."
Quotes

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Irish Independent*
Wednesday, 1 October 1997
A DRAMATIC extra-time winner from Savo Milosevic propelled Aston Villa into the second round of the UEFA Cup last night. It was all one-way traffic in the first period of extra-time, with Milosevic guilty of missing one gilt-edged chance before he finally came good. The Serb striker turned home a low cross from the right wing by Gary Charles to give manager Brian Little's side a deserved victory against Bordeaux. Earlier, goalkeeper Mark Bosnich kept Villa in the game in the first half with three first-class saves in eight minutes as his defence were left bewitched by the flair of the French. Lilian Laslandes, playing with four stitches in his knee after being raked during Bordeaux's 2-0 win over Marseille last Thursday, was the first to test the reflexes of the Australian. Former France skipper Jean-Pierre Papin, fit again after a bout of 'flu, set up Laslandes with a delightful flick but Bosnich saved at full stretch. Four minutes later. Bordeaux's influential midfielder Johan Micoud attempted a delightful curler only to be denied by Bosnich's acrobatics. Villa settled down and Ulrich Rame twice denied them. First, he foiled Dwight Yorke after Stan Collymore had flicked on a Steve Staunton corner, and then he got down smartly to save a 25-yard pile driver from Collymore. Villa ended the half on top and an lan Taylor flick nine minutes from the break was agonisingly cleared off the line by sweeper Paulo Gralak. Staunton missed a great chance five minutes into the second half after the Bordeaux goalkeeper was penalised for taking too many steps, blazing his strike wildly over the bar. Villa missed another great chance six minutes from time when Alan Wright sliced his close range effort well wide.
Reports

🟩 30 Sep 1997, Villa 1-0 Bordeaux, Villa Park

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