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Game #4425

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 17 April 1996

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Drew

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Premier League

West Ham United

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,768

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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West Ham United

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Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 27’ |

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 17 April 1996

⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Paul McGrath, Assist by Andy Townsend
🔁 | 30’ Sub off, Gary Charles, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham United
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 1-1, (West Ham United)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham United

🟨 | Booking, Savo Milošević

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 17 April 1996

  • Paul McGrath hits a stunning volley to put Villa ahead but the game is overshadowed by a horrific ankle injury suffered by Gary Charles in the first half of the game and an extended spell on the sidelines missing the entire 1996-97 season.

  • Charles had scored his first goal for the club just 2 games earlier having contributed 8 assists in his 63 appearances in a Villa shirt to date.

  • Paul McGrath scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 322nd appearance (315 Starts) to make it W138 D84 L100, 10 Goals, 9 Assists and 17 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Having not scored in his previous 12 Premier League games, and then hit 5 in 9, Tommy Johnson has now gone 8 games without a League goal to make it 45 appearances in a Villa shirt (34 Starts) W20 D10 L15, 12 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.21 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

West Ham United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Aston Villa

West Ham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #79 |
Wednesday, 17 April 1996

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🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
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

🕒 79 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 | 23 🟥 20 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 October 1995, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Savo Milošević

None

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up for the second consecutive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.66 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.39 |

Youngest Player |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.64 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Harry Redknapp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Ludek Mikloško | 🇨🇿 |
LB Keith Rowland | 🇬🇧 |
LB Julian Dicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Marc Rieper-Jonsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Slaven Bilić | 🇭🇷 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Danny Williamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Moncur | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Iain Dowie | 🇬🇧 |

Line Ups

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 60’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Steve Potts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Daniel da Cruz Carvalho | 🇵🇹 |)

Substitutes

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Les Sealey (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alvin Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

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

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"PAUL McGRATH proved that he still has a lot to offer Aston Villa when he netted a spectacular goal in last night's 1-1 draw with West Ham at Villa Park."
Quotes

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Irish Independent”
Thursday, 18 April 1996

McGrath is on target with stunning volley PAUL McGRATH proved that he still has a lot to offer Aston Villa when he netted a spectacular goal in last night's 1-1 draw with West Ham at Villa Park. The veteran Irish international struck in the 27th minute when he met Andy Townsend's left-wing corner with a stunning volley at the far post. That rare McGrath goal looked to have settled the issue until West Ham manager Harry Redknapp made an inspired late substitution. He sent on Portuguese player Dani with five minutes to go and with his second touch, he set up the equaliser. Dani's precise pass picked out Tony Cottee, who took the ball down on his chest and made no mistake from close range.
Reports

🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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