Game #4401
Aston Villa
Saturday, 6 January 1996


Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
FA Cup
Gravesend & Northfleet
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,021
🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0

Gravesend & Northfleet

Assist(s) | Not recorded
🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 January 1996
⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Mark Draper
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Gravesend & Northfleet
⚽ | 47' Goal, 2-0, Savo Milošević
⚽ | 72' Goal, 3-0, Tommy Johnson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Gravesend & Northfleet
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
🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 6 January 1996
Villa face Gravesend & Northfleet for the first time in competitive football, Gravesend & Northfleet become the 135th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa were originally drawn away however Gravesend & Northfleet forfeited home advantage in order to play the fixture in front of a bigger crowd at Villa Park cue Doug Ellis deciding money trumped loyalty as he had season ticket holders forcefully moved from their allocated seats to make way for new paying customers.
Mark Bosnich’s goals conceded per game ratio drops below 1 for the first time since his 71st appearance. Now, on his 119th appearance in a Villa shirt Bosnich has a record of W52 D29 L38, 118 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.99 goals per game and 42 Clean Sheets (35%) so far in his Villa career.
Dwight Yorke secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 179th appearance (139 Starts) and make it W75 D46 L58, 47 Goals, 26 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.45 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Andy Townsend secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 106th appearance (105 Starts) to make it W50 D23 L33, 8 Goals, 14 Assists, 17 Bookings and 4 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Mark Draper makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W14 D6 L5, 4 Goals and 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Riccardo Scimeca makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W7 D1 L2 so far in his Villa career.
🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park

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
Gravesend & Northfleet


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Gravesend & Northfleet
PREVIOUS MATCH

Gravesend & Northfleet
SUBSEQUENT MATCH
🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 6 January 1996
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🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 55 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 | 17 🟥 15 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Matches Officiated: 16
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 14 May 1995, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up for the FA Cup.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.76 |
Oldest Player |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 32.48 |
Youngest Player |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 20.58 |
🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER

Gravesend & Northfleet
Turner
Walker | 🔁 |
Gubbins
Mortley
Lamb
Murray
Gibbs
Blewden
Jackson
Cotter | 🔁 |
Powell | 🔁 |
🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | Walker (Harrop)
🔁 | Cotter (Best)
🔁 | Powell (Gooding)

🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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
🟩 6 Jan 1996, Villa 3-0 Gravesend, Villa Park
