1996-97

Season Summary

Division	League	Pos	FA	FA Cup Progress	EFL	League Cup Progress	Europe	European Progress
	Premier League	5th		4th Round		4th Round		1st Round

1996-97

League Table

Premier League

Position	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Previous 5
1	Manchester United	38	21	12	5	76	44	32	75	🏆 \| 2 \| 🏆 \| 🏆 \| 2 \|
2	Newcastle United	38	19	11	8	73	40	33	68	2 \| 6 \| 3 \| 23 \| 42 \|
3	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	62	32	30	68	5 \| 12 \| 4 \| 10 \| 4 \|
4	Liverpool	38	19	11	8	62	37	25	68	3 \| 4 \| 8 \| 6 \| 6 \|
5	Aston Villa	38	17	10	11	47	34	13	61	4 \| 18 \| 10 \| 2 \| 7 \|
6	Chelsea	38	16	11	11	58	55	3	59	11 \| 11 \| 14 \| 11 \| 14 \|
7	Sheffield Wednesday	38	14	15	9	50	51	-1	57	15 \| 13 \| 7 \| 7 \| 3 \|
8	Wimbledon	38	15	11	12	49	46	3	56	14 \| 9 \| 6 \| 12 \| 13 \|
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	46	54	-8	47	25 \| 21 \| 26 \| 28 \| 26 \|
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	7	18	44	51	-7	46	8 \| 7 \| 15 \| 8 \| 15 \|
11	Leeds United	38	11	13	14	28	38	-10	46	13 \| 5 \| 5 \| 17 \| 🏆 \|
12	Derby County	38	11	13	14	45	58	-13	46	22 \| 31 \| 28 \| 30 \| 25 \|
13	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	15	14	42	43	-1	42	7 \| 🏆 \| 2 \| 4 \| 28 \|
14	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	39	48	-9	42	10 \| 14 \| 13 \| 24 \| 22 \|
15	Everton	38	10	12	16	44	57	-13	42	6 \| 15 \| 17 \| 13 \| 12 \|
16	Southampton	38	10	11	17	50	56	-6	41	17 \| 10 \| 18 \| 18 \| 16 \|
17	Coventry City	38	9	14	15	38	54	-16	41	16 \| 16 \| 11 \| 15 \| 19 \|
18	Sunderland ⬇️	38	10	10	18	35	53	-18	40	21 \| 42 \| 34 \| 43 \| 40 \|
19	Middlesbrough ⬇️	38	10	12	16	51	60	-9	39	12 \| 23 \| 31 \| 21 \| 24 \|
20	Nottingham Forest ⬇️	38	6	16	16	31	59	-28	34	9 \| 3 \| 24 \| 22 \| 8 \|

1996-97

Fixture List

Game #	Matchday Summary	Competition Summary	W	D	L	Position	Opposition Subs	Opposition Manager	Opposition Unused	Opposition Team Cost	Team Cost	Opposition Unavailable	Result Image	European Season	Previous Game	Next Game	Previous vs	Next vs	Match Manager	Competition Category	Manager Match	Manager Performance	Heading For	Media Credit	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Player 10	Player 11	Sub 1	Sub 2	Sub 3	Unused 1	Unused 2	Unused 3	Unused 4	Unused 5	Ref Standalone	p1 Start	p1 App	p1 L	p1 GC	s1 App	s1 Sub	s1 D	s1 GC	s1 L	p1 W	p1 cs	s1 W	s1 CS	s2 App	s2 Sub	s2 W	s2 D	s2 L	s2 GC	s2 CS	p1 D	p1 Gls	p1 Ast	p2 App	p2 Start	p2 Gl	p2 Ast	p2 W	p2 D	p2 L	s1 Gl	s1 Ast	s2 Gl	s2 Ast	s2 Bk	s1 Bk	Sub Sub	p5 St	p5 Gl	p5 Ast	p5 W	p5 D	p5 L	p5 GC	p5 CS	p5 Bk	p5 So	s3 Sub	s3 App	s3 Gl	s3 Ast	s3 W	s3 D	s3 L	s3 GC	s3 CS	s3 Bk	s3 So	p2 Bk	p2 GC	p2 CS	p1 Bk	p1 So	s1 So	s2 So	p3 App	p3 Start	p3 Gl	p3 Ast	p3 D	p3 W	p3 L	p3 CS	p3 GC	p3 Bk	p3 So	p4 App	p4 St	p4 Gl	p4 Ast	p4 W	p4 D	p4 L	p4 GC	p4 CS	p4 Bk	p4 So	p6 App	p6 St	p6 Gl	p6 Ast	p6 W	p6 D	p6 L	p6 GC	p6 CS	p6 Bk	p6 So	p7 App	p7 St	p7 Gl	p7 Ast	p7 W	p7 D	p7 L	p7 GC	p7 CS	p7 Bk	p7 So	p8 App	p8 St	p8 Gl	p8 Ast	p8 W	p8 D	p8 L	p8 GC	p8 CS	p8 Bk	p8 So	p11 App	p11 St	p11 Gl	p11 Ast	p11 W	p11 D	p11 L	p11 GC	p11 CS	p11 Bk	p11 So	p10 App	p10 St	p10 Gl	p10 Ast	p10 W	p10 D	p10 L	p10 GC	p10 CS	p10 Bk	p10 So	p9 App	p9 St	p9 Gl	p9 Ast	p9 W	p9 D	p9 L	p9 GC	p9 CS	p9 Bk	p9 So
4428	🟥 17 August 1996, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.	Premier League			🟥	14th	🔁 \| M Mark Pembridge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| (M Graham Hyde \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|) 🔁 \| M Ritchie Humphreys \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (F Scott Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	David Pleat \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Matt Clarke \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Steve Nichol \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Sheridan \| 🇮🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16	Not Recorded	🟥		🟥 5 May 1996, Villa 0-1 Everton, Goodison Park.	🟩 21 August 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.	🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.	🟥 29 January 1997, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League	82	🕒 82 \| 🟩 \| 36 🟨 \| 23 🟥 23 \| 1.60	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Scott Murray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Paul McGrath \| 🇮🇪 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gareth Farrelly \| 🇮🇪 \|		Referee: Roger Dilkes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998	2	2	1	0	12	8*	3	-	6*	0	1*	3	-								0	2	2*	188	181*	15	23	78	50	60*	1	0				0	CF Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	60*	2	2*	29	15	16*	-	-	3	0												10	-	-	2*	1	0		133	119*	6	1	32	58	43*	-	-	16	1	44	44*	2	0	24	10	10*	-	-	3	0	50	50*	5	7	26	12	12*	-	-	1	0	4	4*	0	0	0	1	3*	-	-	0	0	60	57*	6	5	28	15	17*	-	-	5	0	204	164*	62	30	88	51	65*	-	-	2	0	47	36*	13*	2	20	10	17*	-	-	7	0	131	130*	9	19	62	29	40*	-	-	19	4
4429	🟩 21 August 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.	Premier League	🟩			10th= (+4)	🔁 \| M Garry Flitcroft \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (W Stuart Ripley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|) 🔁 \| CF Kevin Gallacher \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| (CF Graham Fenton (ex) \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Ray Harford \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Shay Given \| 🇮🇪 \| CB Ian Pearce \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Gary Croft \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16	Not Recorded	🟩		🟥 17 August 1996, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.	🟩 24 August 1996, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park.	🟩 28 February 1996, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.	🟩 22 March 1997, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Ewood Park.	Brian Little	League	83	🕒 83 \| 🟩 \| 37 🟨 \| 23 🟥 23 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Paul McGrath \| 🇮🇪 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	M Gareth Farrelly \| 🇮🇪 \|		Referee: Alan Wilkie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Chester-le-Street \| 1988-2000	2	0	2*	0	23	13*	5	-	5	0	1	13*	-								0	3	3*	189	182*	15	23	79*	50	60	0	0				1	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	61*	2	2	30*	15	16	-	-	3	0												10	-	-	2	2*	0		134	120*	6	1	32	59*	43	-	-	16	1	45	45*	3*	0	25*	10	10	-	-	3	0	51	51*	5	7	27*	12	12	-	-	1	0	61	58*	6	5	29*	15	17	-	-	5	0	132	131*	9	19	63*	29	40	-	-	20*	4	205	165*	62	30	89*	51	65	-	-	2	0	13	5*	1	0	4*	3	6	-	-	0	0	48	37*	13	2	21*	10	17	-	-	7	0
4430	🟩 24 August 1996, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park.	Premier League	🟩			3rd= (+7)	🔁 \| CB Gary Rowett \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (M Robin van der Laan \| 🇳🇱 \|) 🔁 \| M Robin van der Laan \| 🇳🇱 \| (CF Marco Gabbiadini \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|) 🔁 \| CF Ron Willems \| 🇳🇱 \| (M Paul Simpson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Jim Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Martin Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Lee Carsley \| 🇮🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/15	Not Recorded	🟩		🟩 21 August 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.	🟩 4 September 1996, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.	🟩 5 February 1992, Villa 4-3 Derby, Baseball Ground.	🟥 25 January 1997, Villa 1-3 Derby, Baseball Ground.	Brian Little	League	84	🕒 84 \| 🟩 \| 38 🟨 \| 23 🟥 23 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|		GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Paul McGrath \| 🇮🇪 \|				Referee: Paul Alcock \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Kent, 1988–2002	2	0	3*	0	14	9*	3	-	6	0	1	5*	-	1	1*	1*	0	0	-	-	0	4	4*	190	183*	15	23	80*	50	60	2*	0	0	0	0	0	CF Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	62*	2	2	31*	15	16	-	-	3	0												10	-	-	2	3*	0	0	135	121*	6	1	32	60*	43	-	-	16	1	46	46*	3	0	26*	10	10	-	-	3	0	52	52*	5	7	28*	12	12	-	-	1	0	1	1*	0	0	1*	0	0	-	-	0	0	62	59*	6	5	30*	15	17	-	-	5	0	206	166*	62	30	90*	51	65	-	-	2	0	49	38*	14*	3*	22*	10	17	-	-	7	0	133	132*	9	19	64*	29	40	-	-	21*	4
4431	🟩 4 September 1996, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.	Premier League	🟩			2nd (+1)	🔁 \| M Graham Stuart \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (CF Paul Rideout (ex) \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Joe Royle \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Paul Gerrard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Marc Hottiger \| 🇨🇭 \| M John Ebbrell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Anders Limpar \| 🇸🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/16	Not Recorded	🟩		🟩 24 August 1996, Villa 2-0 Derby, Villa Park.	🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.	🟥 5 May 1996, Villa 0-1 Everton, Goodison Park.	🟩 5 April 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League	85	🕒 85 \| 🟩 \| 39 🟨 \| 23 🟥 23 \| 1.65	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Mark Bosnich \| 🇦🇺 \|	CB Paul McGrath \| 🇮🇪 \|				Referee: Martin Bodenham \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Looe, 1981-1998	2	0	4*	0	63	4*	15	-	17	0	1	31*	-	50	12*	23*	10	17	-	-	0	5	5*	191	184*	15	23	81*	50	60	6	5	14	3	7	5	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1*	0	0	2*	0	0	-	-	0	0	14*	24	0	0	14*	5	5	-	-	1	0	11*	-	-	2	4*	0	0	136	122*	7*	1	32	61*	43	-	-	16	1	47	47*	3	0	27*	10	10	-	-	3	0	63	63*	2	2	32*	15	16	-	-	3	0	53	53*	5	7	29*	12	12	-	-	1	0	2	2*	0	0	2*	0	0	-	-	1*	0	207	167*	62	31*	91*	51	65	-	-	2	0	50	49*	14	8	27*	11	12	-	-	5	0	134	133*	9	19	65*	29	40	-	-	21	4
4432	🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.	Premier League		🟨		4th (-2)	🔁 \| RB Steve Morrow \| 🇬🇧 \| (CF John Hartson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 🟨 \|) 🔁 \| F Dennis Bergkamp \| 🇳🇱 \| (W Glenn Helder \| 🇳🇱 \|)	Stewart Houston \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| (Caretaker)	GK Lee Harper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Matthew Rose \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Paul Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/16	Not Recorded	🟨		🟩 4 September 1996, Villa 1-0 Everton, Goodison Park.	🟨 10 September 1996, Villa 1-1 Helsingborgs, Villa Park.	🟨 21 February 1996, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.	🟨 28 December 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury.	Brian Little	League	86	🕒 86 \| 🟩 \| 39 🟨 \| 24 🟥 23 \| 1.64	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Paul McGrath \| 🇮🇪 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			Referee: Mike Riley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Leeds, 1994-2009	4	2	4	1*	64	5*	16*	-	17	0	1	31	-	51	13*	23	11*	17	-	-	0	6	6*	192	185*	15	23	81	51*	60	6	5	14	3	7	6*	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	48*	3	0	27	11*	10	-	-	3	0												11	-	-	4*	4	0	0	64	64*	2	2	16*	32	16	-	-	3	0	137	123*	7	1	61	33*	43	-	-	16	1	3	2*	0	0	2	1*	0	-	-	0	0	54	54*	5	8*	29	13*	12	-	-	1	0	3	3*	0	0	2	1*	0	-	-	2*	0	208	168*	62	31	91	52*	65	-	-	2	0	51	50*	16*	8	27	12*	12	-	-	5	0	135	134*	9	19	65	30*	40	-	-	21	4
4433	🟨 10 September 1996, Villa 1-1 Helsingborgs, Villa Park.	UEFA Cup		🟨		1st Round	🔁 \| CF Magnus Powell \| 🇸🇪 \| (CF Martin Pringle \| 🇸🇪 \|)	Reine Almqvist \| 🇸🇪 \|	GK Roger Persson \| 🇸🇪 \| M Patrik Sundström \| 🇸🇪 \| M Anders Jönsson \| 🇸🇪 M Marcus Lantz \| 🇸🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🇸🇪 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🇸🇪 : 16/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16	Not Recorded	🟨	Y	🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.	🟨 15 September 1996, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.	None	🟨 24 September 1996, Villa 0-0 Helsingborgs, Olympiastadion.	Brian Little	Europe	87	🕒 87 \| 🟩 \| 39 🟨 \| 25 🟥 23 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|				GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Paul McGrath \| 🇮🇪 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Referee: Loizos Loizou \| 🇨🇾 \|	5	1	4	2*						0	1										0	7	7*	65	65*	2	2	32	17*	16							4	3*	0	0	2	2*	0	-	-	0	0												3	-	-	5*	4			138	124*	7	1	34*	61	43	-	-	16	1	49	49*	3	0	27	12*	10	-	-	3	0	193	186*	15	23	81	52*	60	-	-	11	0	55	55*	5	8	29	14*	12	-	-	1	0	136	135*	9	20*	65	31*	40	-	-	21	4	209	169*	62	31	91	53*	65	-	-	2	0	52	51*	16	8	27	13*	12	-	-	5	0	52	39*	15*	3	23	12*	17	-	-	7	0
4434	🟨 15 September 1996, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.	Premier League		🟨		6th= (-2)	🔁 \| CB Erland Johnsen \| 🇳🇴 \| (M Jody Morris \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|) 🔁 \| M Craig Burley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| (CF John Spencer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|)	Ruud Gullit \| 🇳🇱 \|	GK Nick Colgan \| 🇮🇪 \| CB Michael Duberry \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Mark Nicholls \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16	Not Recorded	🟨		🟥 18 October 1994, Villa 0-1 Trabzonspor, Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium.	🟨 21 September 1996, Villa 0-0 United, Villa Park.	🟩 6 April 1996, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.	🟥 26 December 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League	88	🕒 88 \| 🟩 \| 39 🟨 \| 26 🟥 23 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Paul McGrath \| 🇮🇪 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			Referee: Jeff Winter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Middlesbrough, 1992-2004	6	1	4	3*	53	14*	13*	-	17	0	1	23	-	65	6*	31	17*	17	-	-	0	8	8*	5	4*	0	0	2	3*	0	15	3	6	5	6*	8*	CF Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	66*	2	2	32	18*	16	-	-	3	0												1*	-	-	6*	4	0	0	139	125*	7	1	35*	61	43	-	-	17*	1	50	50*	3	0	27	13*	10	-	-	3	0	194	187*	15	23	81	53*	60	-	-	11	0	4	4*	0	0	2	2*	0	-	-	2	0	56	56*	5	8	29	15*	12	-	-	1	0	210	170*	62	32*	91	54*	65	-	-	2	0	53	52*	16	8	27	14*	12	-	-	6*	0	137	136*	10*	20*	65	32*	40	-	-	22*	4
4435	🟨 21 September 1996, Villa 0-0 United, Villa Park.	Premier League		🟨		6th= (-)	🔁 \| M Jordi Cruyff \| 🇳🇱 \| (W Karel Poborský \| 🇨🇿 \|) 🔁 \| CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær \| 🇳🇴 \| (CF Andrew Cole \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Alex Ferguson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Michael Appleton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Paul Scholes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Brian McClair \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16	Not Recorded	🟨		🟨 15 September 1996, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.	🟨 24 September 1996, Villa 0-0 Helsingborgs, Olympiastadion.	🟨 10 January 1996, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.	🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.	Brian Little	League	89	🕒 89 \| 🟩 \| 39 🟨 \| 27 🟥 23 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Paul McGrath \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		Referee: Steve Lodge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Barnsley, 1987-2001	6	0	4	4*	66	7*	18*	-	17	0	1	31	-								0	9	9*	6	5*	0	0	2	4*	0	6	5				6*	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	67*	2	2	32	19*	16	-	-	3	0												1	-	-	6	5*	0		140	126*	7	1	36*	61	43	-	-	17	1	51	51*	3	0	27	14*	10	-	-	3	0	195	188*	15	23	81	54*	60	-	-	11	0	5	5*	0	0	2	3*	0	-	-	3*	0	57	57*	5	8	29	16*	12	-	-	1	0	211	171*	62	32	91	55*	65	-	-	2	0	54	53*	16	8	27	15*	12	-	-	6	0	138	137*	10	20	65	33*	40	-	-	22	4
4436	🟨 24 September 1996, Villa 0-0a Helsingborgs, Olympiastadion.	UEFA Cup		🟨		1st Round	🔁 \| M Marcus Lantz \| 🇸🇪 \| (M Anders Jönsson \| 🇸🇪 \|) 🔁 \| M Christer Fursth \| 🇸🇪 \| (M Jesper Ljung \| 🇸🇪 \|) 🔁 \| CF Magnus Powell \| 🇸🇪 \| (CF Martin Pringle \| 🇸🇪 \|)	Reine Almqvist \| 🇸🇪 \|	GK Roger Persson \| 🇸🇪 \| M Patrik Sundström \| 🇸🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🇸🇪 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🇸🇪 : 16/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16	Not Recorded	🟨	Y	🟨 21 September 1996, Villa 0-0 United, Villa Park.	🟥 30 September 1996, Villa 3-4 Newcastle, St James' Park.	🟨 10 September 1996, Villa 1-1 Helsingborgs, Villa Park.	None	Brian Little	Europe	90	🕒 90 \| 🟩 \| 39 🟨 \| 28 🟥 23 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	CB Paul McGrath \| 🇮🇪 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			Referee: Roger Philippi \| 🇱🇺 \| Luxembourg, 1986-1997	6	0	4	5*	324	8*	85*	-	101	0	1	138	-	54	15*	23	14*	17	-	-	0	10	10*	7	6*	0	0	2	5*	0	10	9	15	3	8	18	CB Paul McGrath \| 🇮🇪 \| CF Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	68*	2	2	32	20*	16	-	-	4*	0												1	-	-	6	6*	0	0	141	127*	7	1	37*	61	43	-	-	17	1	52	52*	3	0	27	15*	10	-	-	3	0	196	189*	15	23	81	55*	60	-	-	11	0	67	60*	6	5	31	19*	17	-	-	6*	0	58	58*	5	8	29	17*	12	-	-	1	0	212	172*	62	32	91	56*	65	-	-	2	0	55	54*	16	8	27	16*	12	-	-	6	0	139	138*	10	20	65	34*	40	-	-	22	4
4437	🟥 30 September 1996, Villa 3-4 Newcastle, St James' Park.	Premier League			🟥	8th (-2)	🔁 \| W David Ginola \| 🇫🇷 \| (CF Faustino Asprilla \| 🇨🇴 \|)	Kevin Keegan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Shaka Hislop \| 🇹🇹 \| LB Robbie Elliott \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Philippe Albert \| 🇧🇪 \| CF Paul Kitson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/16	Not Recorded	🟥		🟩 1 November 1994, Villa 2-1a Trabzonspor, Villa Park.	🟥 12 October 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.	🟥 14 April 1996, Villa 0-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.	🟨 11 January 1997, Villa 2-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League	91	🕒 91 \| 🟩 \| 39 🟨 \| 28 🟥 24 \| 1.59	Top 8	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|				GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Lee Hendrie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Referee: David Elleray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Harrow, 1986-2003	10	4	4	5						0	2*										0	11	11*	8	7*	0	0	2	5	1*							69	69*	2	2	32	20	17*	-	-	4	0												1	-	-	10*	6			142	128*	7	1	37	61	44*	-	-	17	1	53	53*	3	0	27	15	11*	-	-	3	0	197	190*	15	24*	81	55	61*	-	-	11	0	6	6*	0	0	2	3	1*	-	-	3	0	68	61*	6	5	31	19	18*	-	-	6*	0	213	173*	65*	32	91	56	66*	-	-	2	0	56	55*	16	8	27	16	13*	-	-	6	0	59	59*	5	9*	29	17	13*	-	-	1	1*
4438	🟥 12 October 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.	Premier League			🟥	8th= (-)	🔁 \| M Allan Nielsen \| 🇩🇰 \| (CB Stuart Nethercott \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|) 🔁 \| W Andy Sinton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (LB Justin Edinburgh \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Gerry Francis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Espen Baardsen \| 🇳🇴 \| RB Dean Austin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Neale Fenn \| 🇮🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/16	Not Recorded	🟥		🟥 30 September 1996, Villa 3-4 Newcastle, St James' Park.	🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.	🟩 21 January 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park.	🟨 19 April 1997, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League	92	🕒 92 \| 🟩 \| 39 🟨 \| 28 🟥 25 \| 1.58	Top 8	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Mark Bosnich \| 🇦🇺 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gareth Farrelly \| 🇮🇪 \|				Referee: Peter Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Loughborough, 1988-2002	145*	146	46*	145*	55	16*	14	-	18*	65	53	23	-	15	10*	5	3	7*	-	-	35	0	0	9	8*	0	0	2	5	2*	15	3	2	0	0	8	CF Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	191*	15	24	81	55	62*	-	-	11	0	1*	2	0	0	1	0	1*	-	-	0	0	1	-	-	8*	1	0	0	143	129*	7	1	37	61	45*	-	-	17	1	70	70*	2	2	32	20	18*	-	-	4	0	140	139*	10	20	65	34	41*	-	-	22	4	7	7*	0	0	2	3	2*	-	-	3	0	69	62*	6	5	31	19	19*	-	-	7*	0	214	174*	65	32	91	56	67*	-	-	2	0	57	56*	16	8	27	16	14*	-	-	6	0	60	60*	5	9	29	17	14*	-	-	1	1
4439	🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.	Premier League	🟩			7th (+1)	🔁 \| CB David Wetherall \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (CB Paul Beesley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|) 🔁 \| M Carlton Palmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (M Andy Couzens \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	George Graham (ex) \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	GK Mark Beeney \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Ian Harte \| 🇮🇪 \| CB Mark Jackson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16	Not Recorded	🟩		🟥 12 October 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.	🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.	🟩 24 March 1996, Villa 3-0 Leeds, Wembley Stadium.	🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.	Brian Little	League	93	🕒 93 \| 🟩 \| 40 🟨 \| 28 🟥 25 \| 1.59	Top 8	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Mark Bosnich \| 🇦🇺 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gareth Farrelly \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Lee Hendrie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			Referee: Graham Poll \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Hertfordshire, 1991-2007	146*	147	46	145	25	15*	5	-	5	66*	54*	15*	-	16	11*	6*	3	7	-	-	35	0	0	10	9*	0	0	3*	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	71*	2	2	33*	20	18	-	-	4	0												1	-	-	8	1	0	0	3	2*	0	0	0	2*	1	-	-	0	0	144	130*	7	1	62*	37	45	-	-	18*	1	199	192*	15	24	82*	55	62	-	-	11	0	141	140*	10	20	66*	34	41	-	-	22	4	8	8*	0	0	3*	3	2	-	-	3	0	215	175*	66*	33*	92*	56	67	-	-	2	0	56	40*	16*	4*	24*	14	18	-	-	8	0	70	63*	6	5	32*	19	19	-	-	7	0
4440	🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.	League Cup	🟩			3rd Round	🔁 \| CB Paul Beesley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (LB Ian Harte \| 🇮🇪 \|) 🔁 \| CB Lucas Radebe \| 🇿🇦 \| (CB David Wetherall \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	George Graham (ex) \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	GK Mark Beeney \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/14	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16	Not Recorded	🟩		🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.	🟥 26 October 1996, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.	🟩 19 October 1996, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Villa Park.	🟨 22 April 1997, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Elland Road.	Brian Little	League Cup	94	🕒 94 \| 🟩 \| 41 🟨 \| 28 🟥 25 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Mark Bosnich \| 🇦🇺 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|				Referee: Jeff Winter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Middlesbrough, 1992-2004	147*	148	46	146*	61	1*	17	-	14	67*	54	30*	-								35	0	0	11	10*	0	0	4*	5	2	5	9				1	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	131*	7	1	63*	37	45	-	-	18	1												1	-	-	8	1	1		26	11*	0	0	5	16*	5	-	-	1	0	4	3*	0	0	3*	0	1	-	-	0	0	72	72*	2	2	34*	20	18	-	-	4	0	142	141*	10	20	67*	34	41	-	-	22	4	9	9*	0	0	4*	3	2	-	-	3	0	216	176*	67*	33	93*	56	67	-	-	2	0	57	41*	16	4	25*	14	18	-	-	9*	0	71	64*	7*	5	33*	19	19	-	-	7	0
4441	🟥 26 October 1996, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.	Premier League			🟥	8th (-1)	🔁 \| CF Michael Bridges \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (CF Craig Russell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Peter Reid \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Philip Naisbett \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| D Lee Howey \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Alex Rae \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CF Martin Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/16	Not Recorded	🟥		🟩 23 October 1996, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road.	🟩 2 November 1996, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.	🟩 26 October 1993, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.	🟩 1 February 1997, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League	95	🕒 95 \| 🟩 \| 41 🟨 \| 28 🟥 26 \| 1.59	Top 8	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Mark Bosnich \| 🇦🇺 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Lee Hendrie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Scott Murray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Gareth Farrelly \| 🇮🇪 \|				Referee: Paul Alcock \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Kent, 1988–2002	148*	149	47*	147*	12	1*	5	10	3*	67	54	4	7*	17	12*	6	3	8*	-	-	35	0	0	5	4*	0	0	3	0	2*	0	0	2	0	0	0	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Lee Hendrie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	73*	2	2	34	20	19*	-	-	4	0	2*	4	0	0	0	1	3*	-	-	2	1	0	-	-	9*	1	0	0	146	132*	7	1	37	63	46*	-	-	18	1	54	54*	3	0	27	15	12*	-	-	3	0	62	61*	5	9	30	17	15*	-	-	1	1	143	142*	10	20	67	34	42*	-	-	22	4	10	10*	0	0	4	3	3*	-	-	3	0	217	177*	67	33	93	56	68*	-	-	2	0	58	42*	16	4	25	14	19*	-	-	9	0	72	65*	7	5	33	19	20*	-	-	7	0
4442	🟩 2 November 1996, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.	Premier League	🟩			7th (+1)	🔁 \| M David Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| (W Bryan Roy \| 🇳🇱 \|)	Stuart Pearce \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Alan Fettis \| 🇬🇧 \| CB Nikola Jerkan \| 🇭🇷 \| M Chris Allen \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Bobby Howe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/16	Not Recorded	🟩		🟥 26 October 1996, Villa 0-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.	🟥 16 November 1996, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park.	🟩 13 March 1996, Villa 1-0 Forest, City Ground.	🟨 22 February 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground.	Brian Little	League	96	🕒 96 \| 🟩 \| 42 🟨 \| 28 🟥 26 \| 1.60	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|				GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gareth Farrelly \| 🇮🇪 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Referee: Roger Dilkes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998	12*	13	3	10						5*	8*										5	0	0	12	11*	0	0	5*	5	2							55	55*	3	0	28*	15	12	-	-	3	0												1	-	-	0	0			6	5*	1*	0	0	4*	2	-	-	0	0	147	133*	7	2*	64*	37	46	-	-	18	1	74	74*	2	2	35*	20	19	-	-	4	0	144	143*	10	20	68*	34	42	-	-	22	4	11	11*	0	0	5*	3	3	-	-	3	0	218	178*	68*	33	94*	56	68	-	-	2	0	59	43*	16	4	26*	14	19	-	-	9	0	73	66*	7	5	34*	19	20	-	-	7	0
4443	🟥 16 November 1996, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park.	Premier League			🟥	10th (-3)	No Substitutions Made	Martin O’Neill \| 🇬🇧 \| (ft)	GK Kevin Poole (ex) \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Colin Hill \| 🇬🇧 \| M Stuart Slater \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Jamie Lawrence \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Ian Marshall \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 15/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16	Not Recorded	🟥		🟩 2 November 1996, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.	🟩 23 November 1996, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.	🟨 22 February 1995, Villa 4-4 Leicester, Villa Park.	🟥 5 March 1997, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.	Brian Little	League	97	🕒 97 \| 🟩 \| 42 🟨 \| 28 🟥 27 \| 1.59	Top 8	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gareth Farrelly \| 🇮🇪 \|			Referee: David Elleray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Harrow, 1986-2003	13*	14	4*	13	63	2*	17	-	16*	5	8	30	-	18	13*	6	3	9*	-	-	5	0	0	13	12*	0	0	5	5	3*	5	9	2	0	0	1	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	56*	3	0	28	15	13*	-	-	3	0												1	-	-	0	0	1	0	7	6*	1	0	0	4	3*	-	-	0	0	148	134*	7	2	64	37	47*	-	-	18	1	75	75*	2	2	35*	20	20*	-	-	4	0	145	144*	10	20	68	34	43*	-	-	22	4	12	12*	0	0	5	3	4*	-	-	3	0	219	179*	69*	33	94	56	69*	-	-	2	0	60	44*	16	4	26	14	20*	-	-	9	0	74	67*	7	5	34	19	21*	-	-	7	0
4444	🟩 23 November 1996, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.	Premier League	🟩			8th (+2)	🔁 \| CB Richard Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (M Paul Telfer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|) 🔁 \| LB David Burrows \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (RB Brian Borrows \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \|) 🔁 \| CF Peter Ndlovu \| 🇿🇼 \| (W Darren Huckerby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Gordon Strachan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	GK John Filan \| 🇦🇺 \| M Willie Boland \| 🇮🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/16	Not Recorded	🟩		🟥 16 November 1996, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park.	🟥 26 November 1996, Villa 0-1 Wimbledon, Selhurst Park.	🟩 16 December 1995, Villa 4-1 Coventry, Villa Park	🟩 19 February 1997, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League	98	🕒 98 \| 🟩 \| 43 🟨 \| 28 🟥 27 \| 1.60	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|				Referee: Paul Durkin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Dorset, 1987-2004	14*	15	4	14*	75	8*	19	-	21	6*	8	35*	-	58	2*	28*	16	14	-	-	5	0	0	200	193*	16*	24	83*	55	62	7	5	16	8	6	7	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \| CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	57*	3	0	29*	15	13	-	-	3	0	16*	27	0	0	17*	5	5	-	-	1	0	11	-	-	0	0	0	0	14	13*	0	0	5	6*	3	-	-	1	0	149	135*	7	2	65*	37	47	-	-	18	1	76	76*	2	3*	36*	20	20	-	-	4	0	64	62*	5	9	31*	17	16	-	-	2*	1	146	145*	10	21*	69*	34	43*	-	-	23*	4	19	6*	3*	0	7*	3	9	-	-	0	0	61	45*	16	4	27*	14	20	-	-	10*	0	13	13*	0	0	6*	3	4	-	-	3	0
4445	🟥 26 November 1996, Villa 0-1 Wimbledon, Selhurst Park.	League Cup			🟥	4th Round	🔁 \| CF Marcus Gayle \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (CF Mick Harford \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|) 🔁 \| CF Efan Ekoku \| 🇳🇬 \| (W Andy Clarke \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Joe Kinnear \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Peter Fear \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/14	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/14	Not Recorded	🟥		🟩 23 November 1996, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.	🟩 30 November 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park.	🟨 24 February 1996, Villa 3-3 Wimbledon, Selhurst Park.	🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League Cup	99	🕒 99 \| 🟩 \| 43 🟨 \| 28 🟥 28 \| 1.59	Top 8	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Gareth Southgate \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|					Referee: Peter Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Loughborough, 1988-2002	15*	16	5*	15*	59	3*	16	-	15*	6	8	28	-	27	16*	17*	5	5	-	-	5	0	0	15	14*	0	0	6	5	4*	16	8	0	0	1	6	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \| CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	77*	2	3	36	20	21*	-	-	4	0												1	-	-	0	0	0	0	150	136*	7	2	37	65	48*	-	-	18	1	58	58*	3	0	29	15	14*	-	-	3	0	201	194*	16	24	83	55	63*	-	-	11	0	76	68*	7	5	35	19	22*	-	-	7	0	65	63*	5	9	31	17	17*	-	-	2	1	220	180*	69	33	94	56	70*	-	-	2	0	20	7*	3	0	7	3	10*	-	-	0	0	147	146*	10	21	69	34	44*	-	-	23	4
4446	🟩 30 November 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park.	Premier League	🟩			6th= (+2)	🔁 \| M Juninho Paulista \| 🇧🇷 \| (CF Andy Campbell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Bryan Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Ben Roberts \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| D Phil Whelan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Craig Liddle \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Jan Aage Fjörtoft \| 🇳🇴 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16	Not Recorded	🟩		🟥 26 November 1996, Villa 0-1 Wimbledon, Selhurst Park.	🟩 4 December 1996, Villa 2-0 West Ham, Upton Park.	🟨 19 March 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park.	🟥 3 May 1997, Villa 2-3 Boro, Riverside Stadium.	Brian Little	League	100	🕒 100 \| 🟩 \| 44 🟨 \| 28 🟥 28 \| 1.60	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|				GK Adam Rachel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Lee Hendrie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	Referee: Gary Willard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Worthing, 1990–2000	16*	17	5	15						7*	9*										5	0	0	16	15*	0	0	7*	5	4							78	78*	2	3	37*	20	21	-	-	5*	0												1	-	-	0	0			29	12*	0	0	5	18*	6	-	-	1	0	151	137*	7	2	66*	37	48	-	-	18	1	202	195*	16	24	84*	55	63	-	-	11	0	77	69*	7	5	36*	19	22	-	-	7	0	66	64*	5	9	32*	17	17	-	-	2	1	221	181*	70*	33	95*	56	70	-	-	2	0	60	57*	16	8	29*	16	15	-	-	7*	0	148	147*	10	21	70*	34	44	-	-	23	4
4447	🟩 4 December 1996, Villa 2-0 West Ham, Upton Park.	Premier League	🟩			4th= (-2)	🔁 \| LB Keith Rowland \| 🇬🇧 \| (W Stan Lazaridis \| 🇦🇺 \|) 🔁 \| RB Tim Breacker \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (LB Mark Bowen \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|)	Harry Redknapp \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	GK Les Sealey (ex) \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Frank Lampard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Ilie Dumitrescu \| 🇷🇴 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16	Not Recorded	🟩		🟩 30 November 1996, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park.	🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.	🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.	🟨 15 March 1997, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League	101	🕒 101 \| 🟩 \| 45 🟨 \| 28 🟥 28 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|				GK Stuart Brock \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Lee Hendrie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	Referee: Mike Riley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Leeds, 1994-2009	17*	18	5	15						8*	10*										5	0	0	17	16*	0	0	8*	5	4							79	79*	2	3	38*	20	21	-	-	5	0												1	-	-	0	0			30	13*	0	0	5	19*	6	-	-	1	0	152	138*	8*	2	67*	37	48	-	-	18	1	203	196*	16	24	85*	55	63	-	-	11	0	78	70*	7	5	37*	19	22	-	-	7	0	67	65*	5	9	33*	17	17	-	-	2	1	222	182*	71*	33	96*	56	70	-	-	2	0	61	58*	16	8	30*	16	15	-	-	7*	0	149	148*	10	22*	71*	34	44	-	-	23	4
4448	🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.	Premier League	🟩			5th= (-1)	🔁 \| LB Graham Potter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (M Robbie Slater \| 🇦🇺 \|) 🔁 \| M Neil Maddison \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (M Jim Magilton \| 🇬🇧 \|) 🔁 \| CF Gordon Watson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (CB Ken Monkou \| 🇳🇱 \|)	Graham Souness \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	GK Neil Moss \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Steve Basham \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16	Not Recorded	🟩		🟩 4 December 1996, Villa 2-0 West Ham, Upton Park.	🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.	🟩 8 April 1996, Villa 3-0 Southampton, Villa Park.	🟩 10 May 1997, Villa 1-0 Southampton, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League	102	🕒 102 \| 🟩 \| 46 🟨 \| 28 🟥 28 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			GK Stuart Brock \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Lee Hendrie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|		Referee: Steve Lodge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Barnsley, 1987-2001	18*	19	5	15	21	14*	3	-	10	9*	11*	8*	-								5	0	0	204	197*	16	24	86*	55	63	3	0				0	CF Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	139*	8	2	68*	37	48	-	-	18	1												12*	-	-	0	0	0		18	17*	0	0	5	9*	4	-	-	1	0	31	14*	0	0	20*	5	6	-	-	1	0	80	80*	2	4*	39*	20	21	-	-	5	0	79	71*	7	5	38*	19	22	-	-	8*	0	68	66*	5	9	34*	17	17	-	-	3*	1	223	183*	71	33	97*	56	70	-	-	2	0	62	59*	16	8	31*	16	15	-	-	8*	0	150	149*	11*	22	72*	34	44	-	-	23	4
4449	🟩 22 Dec 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.	Premier League	🟩			4th (+1)	🔁 \| CB Chris Perry \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (RB Brian McAllister \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|) 🔁 \| CB Kenny Cunningham \| 🇮🇪 \| (CF Dean Holdsworth \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Joe Kinnear \| 🇮🇪 \|	GK Brendan Murphy \| 🇮🇪 \| M Peter Fear \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Mick Harford \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 8 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16	Not Recorded	🟩		🟩 7 December 1996, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell.	🟥 26 December 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park.	🟥 26 November 1996, Villa 0-1 Wimbledon, Selhurst Park.	🟩 9 April 1997, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Selhurst Park.	Brian Little	League	103	🕒 103 \| 🟩 \| 47 🟨 \| 28 🟥 28 \| 1.64	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Mark Bosnich \| 🇦🇺 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|		GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			Referee: Steve Dunn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Bristol, 1992-2006	149*	150	47	147	8	2*	0	-	3	68*	55*	5*	-	14	1*	7*	3	4	-	-	35	0	0	19	18*	0	0	10*	5	4	1	0	0	1*	4*	0	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	81*	2	4	40*	20	21	-	-	5	0												1	-	-	9	1	0	0	32	15*	0	0	5	21*	6	-	-	1	0	154	140*	8	2	69*	37	48	-	-	18	1	205	198*	16	24	87*	55	63	-	-	12	0	80	72*	8*	5	39*	19	22	-	-	8	0	69	67*	5	9	35*	17	17	-	-	3	1	224	184*	73*	33	98*	56	70	-	-	2	0	63	60*	18*	8	32*	16	15	-	-	8	0	151	150*	11	23*	73*	34	44	-	-	23	4
4450	🟥 26 Dec 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park.	Premier League			🟥	5th (-1)	🔁 \| LB Andy Myers \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (LB Terry Phelan \| 🇮🇪 \|)	Ruud Gullit \| 🇳🇱 \|	GK Kevin Hitchcock \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Erland Johnsen \| 🇳🇴 \| CB Frank Sinclair \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Mark Nicholls \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16	Not Recorded	🟥		🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.	🟨 28 December 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury.	🟨 15 September 1996, Villa 1-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.	🟥 1 November 1997, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park.	Brian Little	League	104	🕒 104 \| 🟩 \| 47 🟨 \| 28 🟥 29 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Mark Bosnich \| 🇦🇺 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|		GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			Referee: Paul Danson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Leicester, 1987-2005	150*	151	48*	149*	62	17*	14	-	21*	68	55	27	-	15	2*	7	3	5*	-	-	35	0	0	20	19*	0	0	10	5	5*	16	4	0	1	4	10	CF Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	82*	2	4	40	20	22*	-	-	5	0												1	-	-	9	1	0	0	33	16*	0	0	5	21	7*	-	-	2*	0	155	141*	8	2	69	37	49*	-	-	18	1	206	199*	16	24	87	55	64*	-	-	12	0	81	73*	8	5	39	19	23*	-	-	8	0	70	68*	5	9	35	17	18*	-	-	3	1	225	185*	73	33	98	56	71*	-	-	2	0	64	61*	18	8	32	16	16*	-	-	8	0	152	151*	11	23	73	34	45*	-	-	23	4
4451	🟨 28 Dec 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Highbury.	Premier League		🟨		7th (-2)	🔁 \| M Rémi Garde \| 🇫🇷 \| (RB Steve Morrow \| 🇬🇧 \|)	Arsène Wenger \| 🇫🇷 \|	GK Vince Bartram \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Andy Linighan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Paul Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF John Hartson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16	Not Recorded	🟨		🟥 26 December 1996, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Villa Park.	🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.	🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.	🟨 26 October 1997, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury.	Brian Little	League	105	🕒 105 \| 🟩 \| 47 🟨 \| 29 🟥 29 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Mark Bosnich \| 🇦🇺 \|	RB Fernando Nélson \| 🇵🇹 \|	CB Riccardo Scimeca \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ugo Ehiogu \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Alan Wright \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Steve Staunton \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Ian Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Mark Draper \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andy Townsend \| 🇮🇪 \|	CF Savo Milošević \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Dwight Yorke \| 🇹🇹 \|	F Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			GK Michael Oakes \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Carl Tiler \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Saša Ćurčić \| 🇷🇸 \|	F Julian Joachim \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		Referee: Jeff Winter \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Middlesbrough, 1992-2004	151*	152	48	151*	63	18*	15*	-	21	68	55	27	-								36*	0	0	21	20*	0	0	10	6*	5	16	4				10	CF Tommy Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	83*	2	4	40	21*	22	-	-	5	0												1