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Game #4419

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 19 March 1996

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Drew

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Premier League

Middlesbrough

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,933

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-0

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Middlesbrough

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 19 March 1996

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Scott Murray, Paul Browne
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Neil Davis
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Scott Murray, Sub on, Gareth Farrelly
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough

🟨 | Booking, Paul Browne

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

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 19 March 1996
  • Villa warm up for the League Cup final as Brian Little’s much changed side are held at home by a tediously boring Boro side.

  • Centre Back Paul Browne, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining Villa as a trainee and signing professional forms in August 1993 to become the 715th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Midfielder Scott Murray, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Fraserburgh FC for a fee of £35,000 in August 1994 to become the 716th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Dwight Yorke records his 50th draw in a Villa shirt on his 196th appearance (156 Starts) to make it W85 D50 L61, 59 Goals, 29 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.23 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Steve Staunton records his 50th draw in a Villa shirt on his 184th appearance (179 Starts) to make it W77 D50 L57, 15 Goals, 23 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Lee Hendrie makes his 2nd appearance in a Villa shirt and 1st start three months after his debut and manages to remain on the pitch to make it W0 D1 L1, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Former Villa right back Neil Cox lines up for Middlesbrough.

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #716 | £35,000 signing from Fraserburgh
🟢 CB Paul Browne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #715 | Youth Team promotiion

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

Middlesbrough

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
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Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Game | #32 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Tuesday, 19 March 1996

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🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1991–2000
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🕒 73 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 22 🟥 18 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1991–2000

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1991–2000
🕒 3 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 3 | 🟩 33% | 🟨 33% | 🟥 33% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 0.33 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Paul Browne

CARDS
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🟨 Jamie Pollock
🟨 John Hendrie

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa make mass changes ahead of the League Cup Final with Steve Staunton and Julian Joachim returning, a first start of the season handed to Lee Hendrie and Neil Davis and debuts for Scott Murray and Paul Browne.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.26 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.32 |

Youngest Player |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.85 |

Referee

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
CB Paul Browne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Bryan Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Gary Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Neil Cox (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Curtis Fleming | 🇮🇪 |
CB Derek Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Nigel Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Branco | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Juninho Paulista | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Jamie Pollock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Nick Barmby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robbie Mustoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | for M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 86’ |
🔁 | CF Neil Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 83’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Branco | 🇧🇷 | (W Graham Kavanagh | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | M Juninho Paulista | 🇧🇷 | (W Craig Hignett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Alan Moore | 🇮🇪 |

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

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/14

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

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

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
""When we looked at their team, we hoped that this would be the one where we won,” said Robson."
Quotes

🟨 19 Mar 1996, Villa 0-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Evening Herald*
Wednesday, 20 March 1996
Boring Boro grab a vital point THE post Christmas decline of Middlesbrough was perfectly encapsulated as they came away from Villa Park with a gratefully-accepted point. On the face of it having earned just two draws from their previous 12 games, a goalless draw with the side fourth in the Premiership was an achievement in itself. But this was a Villa team without eight first-teamers, through injury and suspension, and with a trio of debutants, and still Bryan Robson’s team rarely looked like finding a way through. And while Robson did at least indicate his belief that the Teessiders had now turned the corner despite a thigh injury to one Brazilian, Juninho, and the patent lack of fitness of his other, Branco, his reflections were perhaps unintentionally revealing. "When we looked at their team, we hoped that this would be the one where we won,” said Robson.
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