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Game #4438

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 October 1996

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

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

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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

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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

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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

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1990-91

FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
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Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loughborough, 1994-2001
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 92 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 28 🟥 25 | 1.58

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loughborough, 1994-2001

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Mark Bosnich
🟨 Ian Taylor

CARDS
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🟨 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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

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

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/16

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 12 Oct 1996, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH QUOTES
"I don't suppose too many other people here are interested. It is all about Bosnich isn't it” Gerry Francis
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Life*
Sunday, 13 October 1996
ASTON Villa keeper Mark Bosnich could face criminal charges after being accused of giving a Nazi-style salute to Spurs fans. The Australian international was interviewed by police following complaints by Spurs supporters. Bosnich was also booked by referee Peter Jones for "ungentlemanly conduct and the Leicestershire official will report the matter to the FA. They could level a misconduct charge. The referee's attention was drawn to the incident by a linesman and ref Jones said: "I booked the Villa player for ungentlemanly conduct after my assistant referee Mike Tingey spotted his actions and I am reporting this to the FA." A police spokesman at Scotland Yard's press bureau said Bosnich had not been arrested. Bosnich later telephoned BBC Radio 5 Live's Six-o-Six programme to apologise for his actions, which he said were meant as a joke and had been taken out of proportion. Tottenham's winner was scored by Danish star Allan Nielsen his first goal since his arrival from Brondby. Spurs manager Gerry Francis talked about the win but said: "I don't suppose too many other people here are interested. It is all about Bosnich isn't it”
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