Game #4426
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 April 1996


Lost
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Manchester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,336
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1

Manchester City

Assist(s) | None
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 April 1996
🔁 | 26’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Neil Davis 🔴
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Steve Lomas
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester City
🟨 | Booking, Paul McGrath
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
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 April 1996
Villa fall to a huge deflection as League no-hopers Manchester City leave Villa Park with the points.
Forward Neil Davis, 22, makes his third and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Walsall in November 1998 leaving with a record of W1 D1 L1 across his six week spell in and around the first team.
Julian Joachim makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W3 D3 L4 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CF Neil Davis | 🏴 | 1996 🕒 3 | 0 (3) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 3 | #714 |
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: 1995-96
Manchester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Game | #37 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Saturday, 27 April 1996
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🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 80 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 | 23 🟥 21 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Matches Officiated: 15
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 March 1996, Villa 3-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Paul McGrath
CARDS

🟨 Nigel Clough
🟨 Niall Quinn
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Steve Staunton, Julian Joachim and Scott Murray replace Gary Charles, Ian Taylor and Dwight Yorke.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.99 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.42 |
Youngest Player |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 21.62 |
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Alan Ball | 🏴 |

Manchester City
GK Eike Immel | 🇩🇪 |
CB Keith Curle | 🏴 |
RB Ian Brightwell | 🏴 |
CB Kit Symons | 🏴 |
M Steve Lomas | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
M Georgi Kinkladze | 🇬🇪 |
M Nicky Summerbee | 🏴 |
M Michael Brown | 🏴 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CF Uwe Rösler | 🇩🇪 |
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Neil Davis | 🏴 | 🔴 | for F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 26’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

LB Michael Frontzeck | 🇩🇪 |
M Martin Phillips | 🏴 |
CF Mikheil Kavelashvili | 🇬🇪 |
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
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Neil Davis | 🏴 | | 3 | 3* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/14
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 27 Apr 1996, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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