Game #4377
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 August 1995


Won
1st=
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Manchester United
Villa Park
Attendance: 34,655
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-1

Manchester United

Assist(s) | Gary Charles | 14’ | Savo Milošević | 27’ |
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 August 1995
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Gareth Southgate, Mark Draper, Savo Milošević
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Gary Charles
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 2-0, Mark Draper, Assist by Savo Milošević
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 3-0, Dwight Yorke (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Manchester United
🔁 | 50’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 3-1, (Manchester United), David Beckham
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Manchester United
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
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 August 1995
Villa open the season with a famous victory - not just because of the overhyped opposition - but the sheer velocity and force of the dynamic football on display and the instant connection of Brian Little's newly constructed team.
A fine opening win of the season for new look Villa under Brian Little as only Mark Bosnich, Ugo Ehiogu, Paul McGrath, Andy Townsend and Dwight Yorke remain in the 15 man squad that lined up at the start of the previous campaign.
Gareth Southgate, 24, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Crystal Palace where he played as a midfielder for a fee of £3,380,000 to become the 706th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Southgate, who had played as a hum-drum midfielder throughout his career to date was immediaetly transformed into a centre back through the foresight of Brian Little and the rest would be history.
Midfielder Mark Draper, 24, makes a goalscoring Villa debut after joining from Leicester City for a fee of £3,250,000 to become the 707th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Forward Savo Milošević, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Partizan Belgrade for £1,350,000 to become the 708th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Centre back Riccardo Scimeca, 20, makes his debut in a Villa shirt as an 86’ substitute after coming through the youth ranks to become the 709th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Future Villa ‘keeper Peter Schmeichel and future Villa assistant manager Roy Keane line up for Manchester United.
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | #706 | £3,380,000 signing from Palace
🟢 M Mark Draper | 🏴 | #707 | £4,390,000 signing from Leicester
🟢 CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | #708 | £1,350,000 signing Partizan Belgrade
🟢 CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | #709 | Youth Team promotion
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: 1993-94
Manchester United


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 19 August 1995
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🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 31 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 11 🟥 10 | 1.32
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 May 1995, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa hand debuts to Gareth Southgate, Mark Draper, Savo Milošević for the first game of the season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.03 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.73 |
Youngest Player |
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 21.98 |
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 🟢 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🟢 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |

Manchester United
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Paul Parker | 🏴 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴 |
RB Phil Neville | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 |
M Nicky Butt | 🏴 |
M Paul Scholes | 🏴 |
W Lee Sharpe | 🏴 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴 |
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 50’ |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Gary Pallister | 🏴 | (RB John O'Kane | 🏴 |)
🔁 | RB Phil Neville | 🏴 | (W David Beckham | 🏴 | ⚽ |)

🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Simon Davies | 🏴 |
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
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | | 16 | 5* | 4 | 0 | 6* | 3 | 7 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 90 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/14
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 19 Aug 1995, Villa 3-1 United, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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