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Game #4510

Aston Villa

Saturday, 21 February 1998

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Lost

15th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Premier League

Wimbledon

Selhurst Park

Attendance: 13,131

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

Wimbledon

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ugo Ehiogu | 41’ |

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 February 1998

🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Wimbledon), Jason Euell
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 0-2, (Wimbledon), Carl Leaburn
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-2, Savo Milošević, Assist by Ugo Ehiogu
🕒 | HT Wimbledon 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Darren Byfield
🕒 | FT Wimbledon 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu

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

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 21 February 1998
  • Villa lose successive matches to leave them with 1 win in 7 Premier League games under Brian Little.

  • Brian Little quits his post much to the heartbreak of the fanbase who were largely still with the legendary Villa man.

  • Little becomes the second successive Villa manager to leave their post after a defeat to bogey side Wimbledon after Ron Atkinson in November 1994. 

  • Ugo Ehiogu contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 212th appearance (198 Starts) to make it W89 D52 L71, 12 Goals, 5 Assists, 25 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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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

Wimbledon

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1987-88

FIXTURE HISTORY
Wimbledon
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Previous 5 vs. Wimbledon: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #27 |
Manager Game | #164 |
Saturday, 21 February 1998

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🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1990–1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🕒 164 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 45 🟥 50 | 1.54

Villa Career Form:

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1990–1998

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worcester, 1990–1998
🕒 9 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 9 | 🟩 56% | 🟨 11% | 🟥 33% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟨 8 | 🟥 0 | 0.89 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Ugo Ehiogu

CARDS
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🟨 Duncan Jupp

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

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up for only the third time in 38 games this season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.12 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.74 |

Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.71 |

Referee

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |

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Wimbledon

GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Ben Thatcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Chris Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Blackwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Duncan Jupp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Neal Ardley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Peter Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Jason Euell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Carl Leaburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Marcus Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 56’ |
🔁 | F Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 69’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Duncan Jupp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Ståle Solbakken | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | CF Marcus Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Carl Cort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Richard Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Paul Heald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 15/16

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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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🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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MATCH QUOTES
"Villa’s hopes were damaged in the 57th minute when Milosevic was forced to limp off and Villa never really threatened an equaliser."
Quotes

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 22 February 1998
THE blossoming partnership between Jason Euell and Carl Leaburn plunged Villa deeper into the relegation mire at Selhurst Park. First-half strikes from the bargain duo set Wimbledon on their way to a vital win in front of just 13,131 fans. Wimbledon deservedly took the lead after nine minutes. Vinnie Jones' first attempt at a cross was blocked by Alan Wright. but at the second time of asking the Welsh international whipped in a dangerous low cross towards the near post. Bosnich should perhaps have come to collect but thought better of it as Leaburn closed in, and the ball broke to Euell, who had the simple task of stabbing home from a few yards. But Villa played some attractive football however and were almost rewarded for their efforts on 19 minutes when Milosevic's shot was saved by Nell Sullivan. But it was no surprise when the Wimbledon got a second six minutes before half time, again from a right wing cross. This time Ardley's cross went over the head of Scimeca to give Gayle time and space at the far post to turn in a cross for the unmarked Leaburn to head past Bosnich. That would have been a fair reflection on the first half but a cruel piece of luck brought Villa back into the game. Just seconds after Collymore had shot wide from a good position. Milosevic's shot from the edge of the area took a wicked deflection to leave Sullivan no chance. But Villa’s hopes were damaged in the 57th minute when Milosevic was forced to limp off and Villa never really threatened an equaliser.
Reports

🟥 21 Feb 1998, Villa 1-2 Wimbledon, Selhurst

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