Game #4475
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 August 1997
Lost
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Newcastle United
St James' Park
Attendance: 36,783
Newcastle United
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
MANAGER
Kenny Dalglish | 🏴 |
Newcastle United
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB John Beresford | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
LB Alessandro Pistone | 🇮🇹 |
CB Philippe Albert | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
M David Batty | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Rob Lee | 🏴 |
M Temuri Ketsbaia | 🇬🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Keith Gillespie | 🇬🇧 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | for CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 69’ |
🔁 | LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 69’ |
🔁 | F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 69’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Temuri Ketsbaia | 🇬🇪 | (RB Warren Barton | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Ian Rush | 🏴 | (CF Jon Dahl Tomasson | 🇩🇰 |)
🟥 23 August 1997, Villa 0-1, Newcastle, St James' Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 August 1997
Villa lose their opening three games without scoring to sit bottom of the Premier League table under Brian Little.
Right back Gary Charles appears for Villa for the first time since 17 April 1996 after overcoming a horrific ankle injury that kept him out of the game for the entirety of the 1996-97 season. Charles’ comeback makes it 64 Appearances, 62 Starts, W33 D16 L15, 1 Goals, 8 Assists and 1 Booking across his interrupted Villa career.
Future Villa goalkeeper Shay Given and future Villa defender Steve Watson line up for Newcastle.
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