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Game #4432

Aston Villa

Saturday, 7 September 1996

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Drew

4th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Premier League

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 37,944

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-2

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 39’ |

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 September 1996

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Savo Milošević, Assist by Mark Draper
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-0, Savo Milošević
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 2-1, (Arsenal), Paul Merson
🥅 | 90’ Goal, 2-2, (Arsenal), Andy Linighan
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Arsenal

🟨 | Booking, Saša Ćurčić
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor

Match Statistics

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🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 September 1996

  • Villa, unbeaten in 4, are held by Arsenal to end a run of three successive Premier League wins and fall back to 4th in the table under Brian Little.

  • Savo Milošević makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (51 Appearances) to make it W27 D12 L12, 16 Goals, 8 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.13 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Former Villa midfielder David Platt lines up for Arsenal, whilst future Villa midfielder Paul Merson pulled a goal back for the Gunners.

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993–94

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Saturday, 7 September 1996

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🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
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

🕒 86 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 24 🟥 23 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1994-2009 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Saša Ćurčić
🟨 Ian Taylor

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🟨 Steve Morrow
🟨 David Platt
🟨 Ian Wright
🟨 John Hartson

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up for the first time this season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.61 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.16 |

Youngest Player
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.88 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Stewart Houston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (Caretaker)

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Arsenal

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Lee Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Morrow | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Andy Linighan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 60’ |
🔁 | F Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 84’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Steve Morrow | 🇬🇧 | (CF John Hartson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | (W Glenn Helder | 🇳🇱 |)

Substitutes

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Lee Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Matthew Rose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/16

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"l asked the referee if he had lost his watch and pointed to our clock at the ground which showed five minutes overtime. "He showed me the yellow card and I was very upset because a beautiful game had been spoiled. "I wasn’t so much concerned that we had lost two points and a two-goal lead but that a game without any trouble had been ruined. "I don't how he could have added on so much time. But I was told the referee was stopping his watch even when the keepers were running up to take goalkicks. That cannot be right." Saša Ćurčić.
Quotes

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Life*
Sunday, 8 September 1996

Not so happy Villa Sasa Curcic and lan Taylor will be reported to the Football Association after being booked for protesting about the amount of stoppage time new Premiership referee Michael Riley allowed at Villa Park. Both were cautioned after the final whistle by the Leeds official. Villa were incensed at the amount of time added on which enabled Arsenal to snatch a last gasp equaliser from Andy Linighan. The players now face the possibility of charges of misconduct levelled by the referee who has sent off two players and booked 17 players this season including six yesterday. Curcic admitted: "l asked the referee if he had lost his watch and pointed to our clock at the ground which showed five minutes overtime. "He showed me the yellow card and I was very upset because a beautiful game had been spoiled. I was so much concerned that we had lost two points and a two-goal lead but that a game without any trouble had been ruined. "I don't how he could have added on so much time. But I was told the referee was stopping his watch even when the keepers were running up to take goalkicks. That cannot be right." Curcic's Serbian countryman Savo Milosevic appeared to have given Villa an unassailable advantage with his first two goals of the season. But Arsenal refused to throw in the towel and Paul Merson pulled a goal back in 70 minutes and after Linighan's last-gasp saver.
Reports

🟨 7 September 1996, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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