Game #4418
Aston Villa
Saturday, 16 March 1996
Lost
4th (-)
Last 5 | 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
Attendance: 22,964
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
Sheffield Wednesday
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
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.
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.
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
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
FIXTURE DETAILS
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
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: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 72 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 21 🟥 18 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴 | Loughborough, 1988-2002
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 November 1995, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Upton Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
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 |
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
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 | 🏴 |
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) | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 68’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 | (CF Darko Kovačević | 🇷🇸 |)
🔁 | M Mark Pembridge | 🏴 | (M Graham Hyde | 🏴 |)
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | | 6 | 4* | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/14
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
MATCH REPORTS
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