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Game #4404

Aston Villa

Sunday, 21 January 1996

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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

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Tottenham Hotspur

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Assist(s) | Savo Milošević | 79’ |

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

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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

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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

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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

Tottenham Hotspur

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1990-91

FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
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Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 58 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 18 🟥 15 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1994-2006

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

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

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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 |

Referee

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

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 Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔥 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 85’ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

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

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/14

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

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MATCH QUOTES
“Things are going right for me at the moment, the gaffer has given me the confidence.” Dwight Yorke.
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Irish Independent”
Monday, 22 January 1996
Ace McGrath burns at both ends for Villa Paul McGrath was burning at both ends as Dwight Yorke bathed Villa Park in Caribbean sunshine yesterday. McGrath went from hero to villain as he got the final touch to goals for both sides within four minutes midway through the first half. But it was Yorke who stunned Spurs with a sparkling solo goal to keep Villa in the pack pursuing Newcastle for the Premiership title. Yorke, back at Villa after a stint of international duty with his native Trinidad and Tobago, struck 11 minutes from the end of a lively contest, with a goal to send a warm tingle down the spine on a freezing afternoon. Villa went ahead when Yorke’s acrobatic overhead shot bounced off Stuart Nethercott and veteran Irish international McGrath measured his follow up to find the target. Spurs' response was immediate and ferocious. Villa full-back Alan Wright scooped away Nethercott's header following a corner but only as far as Ruel Fox, whose 18-yard low drive hit McGrath on an ankle and ricocheted into one side of the net with keeper Mark Bosnich diving in the opposite direction. For the third time in recent weeks, Spurs had the opportunity to move up to second place in the Premiership and, with Chris Armstrong and Teddy Sheringham for once firing blanks, once again they blew it. Sheringham's volley just before Yorke's goal was Tottenham's first serious threat after the internal. yet, instead of being a sign that the balance was shifting, it was their last gesture of defiance. Yorke promptly twisted past Justin Edinburgh to fire a shot across Walker and inside the post and Villa had the three points within reach. “Things are going right for me at the moment, the gaffer has given me the confidence.” said Yorke.
Reports

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