Game #4416
Aston Villa
Saturday, 9 March 1996


Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Queens Park Rangers
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,221
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-2

Queens Park Rangers

Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 18’ | Gary Charles | 65’ | 80’ |
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 March 1996
⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Savo Milošević, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 QPR
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 1-1, (QPR)
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Gareth Southgate, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 1-2, (QPR)
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 2-2, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Gary Charles
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 3-2, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Gary Charles
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 4-2, Own Goal, Steve Yates
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on, Gareth Farrelly
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-2 QPR
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 March 1996
Dwight Yorke scores another brace and Savo Milošević makes it 3 in 2 games as Villa record back to back wins to sit 4th in the Premier League table under Brian Little.
Alan Wright secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 48th appearance to make it W25 D13 L10, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Riccardo Scimeca secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance (8 Starts) and make it W10 D4 L3 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94
Queens Park Rangers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Game | #30 |
Manager Game | #70 |
Saturday, 9 March 1996
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🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 70 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 21 🟥 17 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 January 1996, Villa 1-0 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.
Cards: None
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Mark Draper replaces Julian Joachim.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.94 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.29 |
Youngest Player |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 20.75 |
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

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

Queens Park Rangers
GK Jurgen Sommer | 🇺🇸 |
RB David Bardsley | 🏴 |
CB Karl Ready | 🏴 |
D Steve Yates | 🏴 |
LB Rufus Brevett | 🏴 |
M Simon Barker | 🏴 |
M Ian Holloway | 🏴 |
M Nigel Quashie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Trevor Sinclair | 🏴 |
CF Danny Dichio | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Kevin Gallen | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 56’ |
🔁 | M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Nigel Quashie | 🏴 | (W Greg Goodridge | 🇧🇧 |)
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Chris Plummer | 🏴 |
M Matt Brazier | 🏴 |
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
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | | 5 | 3* | 1 | 0 | 3* | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/14
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 9 Mar 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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