Game #4438
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 October 1996


Lost
8th= (-)
Last 5 | 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,480
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur
1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 October 1996
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Allan Nielsen
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Andy Townsend, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Carl Tiler
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Mark Bosnich
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
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
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 October 1996
Villa lose successive Premier League games under Brian Little as they are narrowly beaten at White Hart Lane.
Future Villa centre back Colin Calderwood lines up for Tottenham as Mark Bosnich decides a mock Nazi salute is the way forward at White Hart Lane.
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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
Tottenham Hotspur


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1990-91
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Game | #9 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Saturday, 12 October 1996
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🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴 | Loughborough
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 92 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 28 🟥 25 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴 | Loughborough, 1988-2002
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 March 1996, Villa 0-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Mark Bosnich
🟨 Ian Taylor
CARDS

🟨 Teddy Sheringham
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Mark Bosnich makes his first appearance of the season in place of Michael Oakes as Gareth Southgate misses out and Andy Townsend is recalled.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.08 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.25 |
Youngest Player
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 23.13 |
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Gerry Francis | 🏴 |

Tottenham Hotspur
GK Ian Walker | 🏴 |
RB Stephen Carr | 🇮🇪 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴 |
LB Clive Wilson | 🏴 |
M Allan Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M David Howells | 🏴 |
W Andy Sinton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Ruel Fox | 🏴 |
CF Teddy Sheringham | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Chris Armstrong | 🏴 |
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 79’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 79’ |
🔁 | CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Allan Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | (CB Stuart Nethercott | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Andy Sinton | 🏴 | (LB Justin Edinburgh | 🏴 |)

🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Espen Baardsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Dean Austin | 🏴 |
CF Neale Fenn | 🇮🇪 |
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
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | | 55 | 16* | 15 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 18* | - | - | 8 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane


MATCH REPORTS
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