Game #4404
Aston Villa
Sunday, 21 January 1996


Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
Villa Park
Attendance: 35,666
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | Savo Milošević | 79’ |
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 21 January 1996
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, Paul McGrath
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-1, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Savo Milošević
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Tommy Johnson, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
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
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 21 January 1996
Villa beat Spurs at Villa Park to climb back to 5th in the Premier League table under Brian Little.
Villa extend their unbeaten run to 5 under Brian Little, winning 4 and have lost just 5 of their 22 Premier League games this season.
Savo Milošević contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 27th appearance (26 Starts) to make it W15 D7 L5, 9 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.93 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa centre back Colin Calderwood lines up for Tottenham.
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, 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
Tottenham Hotspur


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1990-91
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #22 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Sunday, 21 January 1996
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🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 58 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 18 🟥 15 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 Mar 95, Villa 0-0 Coventry (h)
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
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Dwight Yorke returns in place of Ian Taylor.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.21 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.16 |
Youngest Player |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.40 |
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
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
Gerry Francis | 🏴 |

Tottenham Hotspur
GK Ian Walker | 🏴 |
RB Dean Austin | 🏴 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
CB Stuart Nethercott | 🏴 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴 |
LB Justin Edinburgh | 🏴 |
M Darren Caskey | 🏴 |
W Ruel Fox | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Teddy Sheringham | 🏴 |
CF Ronny Rosenthal | 🇮🇱 |
CF Chris Armstrong | 🏴 |
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | for CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Chris Day | 🏴 |
LB Clive Wilson | 🏴 |
M Jason Dozzell | 🏴 |
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
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | | 48 | 2* | 3 | 5 | 22* | 13 | 13 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 113 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/14
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 21 Jan 1996, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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