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Game #4418

Aston Villa

Saturday, 16 March 1996

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Lost

4th (-)

Last 5 | 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Sheffield Wednesday

Hillsborough

Attendance: 22,964

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

Sheffield Wednesday

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 March 1996

🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Guy Whittingham
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Riccardo Scimeca, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday)
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 16 March 1996

  • Villa suffer a shock defeat at Wednesday as Villa old boy Guy Whittingham scores his 13th goal of the season on 58’.

  • Ian Taylor makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (53 Appearances) to make it W25 D14 L14, 4 Goals, 5 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Alan Wright makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W26 D13 L11, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1995-96 | 🕒 4 | 2 (2) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 8 | #703 |

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94

Sheffield Wednesday

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91

Aston Villa

Sheffield Wednesday

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Game | #31 |
Manager Game | #72 |
Saturday, 16 March 1996

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🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loughborough
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 72 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 21 🟥 18 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loughborough, 1988-2002
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 November 1995, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Upton Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨
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🟨 John Sheridan
🟨 Guy Whittingham

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up from the team that beat Forest in the FA Cup.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.88 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.31 |

Youngest Player |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.77 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |

MANAGER

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Chris Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jon Newsome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Nichol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lee Briscoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Mark Pembridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Regi Blinker | 🇳🇱 |
CF Marc Degryse | 🇧🇪 |
CF David Hirst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Guy Whittingham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 68’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 | (CF Darko Kovačević | 🇷🇸 |)
🔁 | M Mark Pembridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (M Graham Hyde | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D Julian Watts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/14

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Wednesday had to work hard for their reward against a Villa side looking tired after their FA Cup Quarter Final victory over Forest in midweek."
Quotes

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 17 March 1996

Wednesday upset Villa TWIN strikers Guy Whittingham and David Hirst combined to ease Sheffield Wednesday’s relegation worries at the expense of an out of sorts Aston Villa. Villa old boy Whittingham got the goal Wednesday had been threatening all afternoon in the 58th minute and Hirst sealed the points three minuted from time for only their second win in eight Premiership games. Wednesday had to work hard for their reward against a Villa side looking tired after their FA Cup Quarter Final victory over Forest in midweek. It was Whittingham, who had a generally quiet game, that put Wednesday ahead. The goal sparked Villa into life and Dwight Yorke, who had been quiet beforehand, came close in the 64th minute before Hirst clinched victory.
Reports

🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

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