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Game #4388

Aston Villa

Saturday, 21 October 1995

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Lost

7th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Premier League

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 38,271

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

Arsenal

2-0

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 October 1995

🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Paul Merson
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Savo Milošević
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal)
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Paul McGrath, Sub on, Graham Fenton 🔴
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Paul McGrath

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 October 1995

  • Villa make it successive defeats under Brian Little as they lose at Highbury.

  • Forward Graham Fenton, 21, makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Blackburn Rovers in November 1995 for a fee of £1,500,000. Fenton played for Villa between 1993-94 and 1995-96 making 39 appearances and scoring 3 goals. 

  • Tommy Johnson makes it 12 Premier League games without a goal on his 21st appearance in a Villa shirt (13 Starts), W7 D4 L10, 5 Goals and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.20 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Gary Charles makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (27 Appearances) to make it W12 D8 L7 and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

  • Future Villa midfielder Paul Merson puts Arsenal ahead on 47’ as former Villa defender Martin Keown also lines up for the Gunners.

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-95 | 🕒 39 | 18 (21) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 11 | #694 |

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94

Arsenal

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993–94

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #42 |
Saturday, 21 October 1995

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🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 42 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 14 🟥 13 | 1.40

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 August 1995, Villa 3-1 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Townsend returns in place of Savo Milošević.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.62 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.90 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.98 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |

MANAGER

Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK David Seaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Lee Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Glenn Helder | 🇳🇱 |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 61’ |
🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 61’ |
🔁 | CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | for CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 83’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Vince Bartram | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Jensen | 🇩🇰 |
CF John Hartson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/14

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/14

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Bosnich who had done so well, dropped a right clanger and it got a bit silly after that. “We lost concentration right from start of the second half and it was very disappointing. “We had come here to be strong and make it hard work for Arsenal but I don't see any need to apologise for that.” Brian Little.
Quotes

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 22 October 1995

Mark Bosnich blundered to send Arsenal on their way to victory at Highbury, handing Paul Merson a tap in goal shortly after the break. The luckless Villa keeper had performed miracles to keep Arsenal out before the interval but two minutes into the second half, Bosnich failed to hold the winger’s low cross and Merson was presented with an open goal six yards out. In the 78th minute, Ian Wright doubled their lead but even then, however, Wright’s mishit shot went in off the diving Bosnich’s body.
Reports

🟥 21 October 1995, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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