Game #4429
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 21 August 1996


Won
10th= (+4)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,457
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Blackburn Rovers

Assist(s) | None
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 21 August 1996
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-0, Gareth Southgate
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Tommy Johnson, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend
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
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 21 August 1996
Villa recover from their opening day defeat to beat Blackburn at Villa Park.
Future Villa boss Tim Sherwood lines up for Blackburn with former Villa forward Graham Fenton coming on as a 59' substitute.
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
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: 1995-96
Blackburn Rovers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994–95
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #83 |
Wednesday, 21 August 1996
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🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 83 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 | 23 🟥 23 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 9 March 1996, Villa 4-2 QPR, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Andy Townsend
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Julian Joachim replaces Scott Murray.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.88 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.10 |
Youngest Player
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 21.93 |
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ray Harford | 🏴 |

Blackburn Rovers
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
CB Chris Coleman | 🏴 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴 |
CB Paul Warhurst | 🏴 |
RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 |
RB Henning Berg | 🇳🇴 |
M Lars Bohinen | 🇳🇴 |
M Tim Sherwood | 🏴 |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Georgios Donis | 🇬🇷 |
CF Kevin Gallacher | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | 84’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 | (W Stuart Ripley | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Kevin Gallacher | 🏴 | (CF Graham Fenton (ex) | 🏴 |)

🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ian Pearce | 🏴 |
LB Gary Croft | 🏴 |
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
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | | 23 | 13* | 0 | 0 | 13* | 5 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 | | 2* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 21 Aug 1996, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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