Game #4385
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 September 1995


Won
2nd (+3)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 21,004
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
Coventry City
0-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Ian Taylor | 1’ | Dwight Yorke | 87’ |
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 September 1995
⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke (13s), Assist by Ian Taylor
🟨 | 24’ Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 2-0, Savo Milošević
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 3-0, Savo Milošević, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Coventry City 0-3 Aston Villa
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 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 September 1995
Villa bounce back from their controversial draw with Forest last time out to hammer Coventry at Highfield Road after and climb to 2nd in the Premier League table under Brian Little
Villa have lost once in 12 games under Brian Little winning 7.
Dwight Yorke hits Villa’s opening goal after just 13 seconds - the fastest ever goal in the Premier League - on his 163rd appearance in a Villa shirt (123 Starts) to make it W67 D42 L54, 42 Goals, 23 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.51 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Savo Milošević contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W5 D2 L1, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.60 he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

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: 1993-94
Coventry City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Game | #8 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Saturday, 30 September 1995
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🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1993-2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 39 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 13 🟥 11 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1993-2000
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ugo Ehiogu
CARDS

🟨 Brian Borrows
🟨 Paul Williams
🟨 Paul Telfer
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that controversially drew with Forest last time out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.14 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.85 |
Youngest Player |
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.09 |
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
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
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | (ex)

Coventry City
GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 | 🟨 |
D Ally Pickering | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB David Busst | 🏴 |
LB Marcus Hall | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson (ex) | 🏴 |
M Paul Telfer | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W John Salako | 🏴 |
W Isaías Marques Soares | 🇧🇷 |
CF Peter Ndlovu | 🇿🇼 |
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Ally Pickering | 🏴 | (Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |)

🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CF Graham Fenton | 🏴 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Jonathan Gould | 🏴 |
CF Iyseden Christie | 🏴 |
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

🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 98 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
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
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 30 Sep 1995, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH REPORTS
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