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Game #4449

Aston Villa

Sunday, 22 December 1996

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Won

4th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Wimbledon

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,874

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

5-0

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Wimbledon

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🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 22 December 1996

⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-0, Savo Milošević
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Wimbledon
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 3-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Andy Townsend
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Carl Tiler
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 4-0, Savo Milošević
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 5-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Saša Ćurčić
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Wimbledon

🟨 | Booking, Saša Ćurčić

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Sunday, 22 December 1996

  • Villa hammer Wimbledon to extend their winning run to 5 Premier League games under Brian Little.

  • Savo Milošević scores a brace for his first goals in 12 games on his 63rd appearance in a Villa shirt (60 Starts) to make it W32 D16 L15, 18 Goals, 8 Assists and 8 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.42 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Saša Ćurčić contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W7 D3 L4, 0 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings at a goal so far in his Villa career.

  • Mark Bosnich makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (149 Starts) to make it W68 D35 L48, 147 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.98 goals per game and 55 Clean Sheets (37%) so far in his Villa career.

  • Andy Townsend makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (151 Appearances) to make it W73 D34 L44, 11 Goals, 23 Assists, 23 Bookings and 4 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

  • Fernando Nélson secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (18 Starts) to make it W10 D5 L4 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Future Villa midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen lines up for Wimbledon.

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, 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

Wimbledon

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1987-88

Aston Villa

Wimbledon

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wimbledon

Previous 5 vs. Wimbledon: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Sunday, 22 December 1996

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🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
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

🕒 103 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 28 🟥 28 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 17 April 1996, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Saša Ćurčić

🟨 Alan Kimble

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Bosnich replaces Michael Oakes in an otherwise unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.96 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.44 |

Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.54 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |

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Wimbledon

GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Alan Kimble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Chris Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Kenny Cunningham | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Dean Blackwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neal Ardley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Øyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Robbie Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Marcus Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 |

Line Ups

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Carl Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 🔥 | 🟨 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Chris Perry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Brian McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)
🔁 | CB Kenny Cunningham | 🇮🇪 | (CF Dean Holdsworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Brendan Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
M Peter Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 8 10/11

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

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Milosevic has been a different player since the collapse of his move to Perugia last month, finally showing the kind of form on a consistent basis that persuaded manager Brian Little to pay £3.5m for his services in the summer of 1995 and warned that the best was still to come from his flourishing partnership with Dwight Yorke."
Quotes

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Evening Herald*
Monday, 23 December 1996

ASTON VILLA striker Savo Milosevic helped destroy Wimbledon's proud unbeaten run with two goals and then sent a shiver down the spine of the rest of the Premiership title chasers. Milosevic has been a different player since the collapse of his move to Perugia last month, finally showing the kind of form on a consistent basis that persuaded manager Brian Little to pay £3.5m for his services in the summer of 1995 and warned that the best was still to come from his flourishing partnership with Dwight Yorke. Many more performances likes this from the Serb and any thoughts Little may have of moving into the market for the likes of Liverpool's Stan Collymore, Celtic's Pierre Van Hooydonk or any other multi-million pound striker may well be rendered redundant. The Dons' previously mean-machine defence on their travels only seven Premiership goals conceded previously away from home simply could not contain the Milosevic-Yorke combination as Villa powered to a 5-0 win. While Milosevic rejoiced in finally producing the goods, Yorke is already on a red-hot scoring streak with 11 goals in the last 12 matches and chasing last season's tally of 25. Milosevic said: "Myself and Dwight have got to know each other over the past 18 months as a partnership and things definitely now look much better for us but I think there is more to come from the both of us. Milosevic added: ''The good thing for Aston Villa is that we have a hit a winning streak while some of the other leading teams such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle have been losing the odd game recently. We also still have a lot more to come from us as a team."
Reports

🟩 22 December 1996, Villa 5-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

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