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Game #4393

Aston Villa

Monday, 20 November 1995

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Won

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Premier League

Southampton

The Dell

Attendance: 13,582

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Southampton

0-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ian Taylor | 30’ |

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 20 November 1995

🟨 | 8’ Booking, Tommy Johnson
🟨 | 14’ Booking, Savo Milošević
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Tommy Johnson, Assist by Ian Taylor
🕒 | HT Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Southampton 0-1 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

🟩 20 Nov 1995, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 20 November 1995
  • Villa win at the Dell to remain 4th in the Premier League table under Brian Little as Tommy Johnson hits his third in as many games.

  • Having not scored in his previous 12 Premier League games, Tommy Johnson scores for the third successive match to make it 24 appearances in a Villa shirt (15 Starts), W9 D5 L10, 8 Goals and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Paul McGrath secures his 125th win in a Villa shirt on his 297th appearance (293 Starts) to make it W125 D78 L94, 8 Goals, 9 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Ian Taylor contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 41st appearance to make it W19 D11 L11, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Mark Draper secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance to make it W10 D4 L3, 3 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

  • Alan Wright makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W12 D7 L6 so far in his Villa career.

🟩 20 Nov 1995, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell

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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

Southampton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY
Southampton
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Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

League 🕒 41 | 🟩 13 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 14 | ⚽ 51 | 🥅 54 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 6 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 2 |
Away 🕒 24 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 22 | 🥅 43 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 20 Nov 1995, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Game | #14 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Monday, 20 November 1995

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MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1989-2002
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 47 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 15 🟥 13 | 1.53

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1989-2002

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Tommy Johnson
🟨 Savo Milošević

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 20 Nov 1995, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.60 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.99 |

Youngest Player |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.23 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Dave Merrington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Southampton

GK Dave Beasant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jason Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Hall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken Monkou | 🇳🇱 |
LB Francis Benali | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Widdrington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jim Magilton | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Neil Heaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gordon Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Neil Shipperley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Jim Magilton | 🇬🇧 | (CF Frankie Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 20 Nov 1995, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/14

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/14

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
"Tommy Johnson claimed his third goal in three games to take Aston Villa up to third spot in the Premiership last night."
Quotes

🟩 20 Nov 1995, Villa 1-0 Southampton, The Dell

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Irish Independent”
Tuesday, 21 November 1995
Tommy Johnson claimed his third goal in three games to take Aston Villa up to third spot in the Premiership last night. The former Derby striker finished off good work by Dwight Yorke and lan Taylor to beat Dave Beasant after 30 minutes and that proved enough to give Brian Little's side a milestone victory. Villa had not beaten Southampton in 13 years and they had to survive a few scares before they saw off Southampton's spirited challenge. On a night of missed chances at both ends, it was Johnson who showed his coolness in front of goal to put Villa only two points behind second-placed Manchester United. Savo Milosevic and Yorke wasted clear openings to have put the match out of Southampton's reach. Yorke missed a sitter from 10 yards in the second half and then blasted a superb effort against the post with Beasant beaten in the 68th minute. Beasant made important saves from Johnson. Yorke and Milosevic as Villa threatened to run riot.
Reports

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