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Game #4452

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 1 January 1997

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Drew

7th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

Premier League

Manchester United

Old Trafford

Attendance: 55,133

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

Manchester United

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 1 January 1997

🕒 | HT Manchester United 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🕒 | FT Manchester United 0-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Savo Milošević
🟨 | Booking, Fernando Nélson
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, Carl Tiler

Match Statistics

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🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 1 January 1997

  • Villa draw for the second successive game under Brian Little as they are held by Manchester United at Old Trafford.

  • Ian Taylor makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (83 Appearances) to make it W39 D21 L23, 8 Goals, 5 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Future Villa ‘keeper Peter Schmeichel, future Villa centre back Ronny Johnson and future Villa assistant manager Roy Keane line up for Manchester United whilst Savo Milošević gets embroiled in spittle-gate.

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

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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

Manchester United

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

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Wednesday, 1 January 1997

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🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

🕒 106 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 30 🟥 29 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Matches Officiated: 18
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 8
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 November 1996, Villa 1-3 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Savo Milošević
🟨 Fernando Nélson
🟨 Ian Taylor
🟨 Carl Tiler

🟨 Gary Neville
🟨 David Beckham

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa make one change with Carl Tiler coming in for Riccardo Scimeca.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.47 |

Youngest Player
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 23.35 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Alex Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 |
CB David May | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 |
M Nicky Butt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W David Beckham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Ryan Giggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Eric Cantona | 🇫🇷 |
CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 85’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Nicky Butt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Scholes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 | (CF Andrew Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Raimond Van Der Gouw | 🇳🇱 |
W Karel Poborský | 🇨🇿 |
CF Brian McClair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I don't know what went on. just that the referee booked both players [Savo Milošević and David Beckham]. "But if Savo did spit then I will take some action internally. that's for sure. "If he has done it then I would obviously look at that as something to be dealt with. “I’ll take a look at it and take some action if need be.” Brian Little.
Quotes

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Evening Herald*
Thursday, 2 January 1997

SAVO MILOSEVIC will feel the full force of Brian Little's discipline when the Aston Villa boss examines the video nasty in which his Yugoslav striker played the starring role. Little was surprised to hear that Milosevic is had been captured on camera as he showered Manchester United midfielder David Beckham with a volley of spittle during last night's goalless draw at Old TralTord. But he left no-one in any doubt about what the outcome will be if he arrives at the same conclusion reached by Beckham and the watching millions that the former Partizan Belgrade forward was guilty of a despicable act punishable by far more than the yellow card brandished at both players by referee David Elleray. "I don't know what went on. just that the referee booked both players." was Little's post-match confession. "But if Savo did spit then I will take some action internally. that's for sure. "If he has done it then I would obviously look at that as something to be dealt with. I'll take a look at it and take some action if need be.” There was no doubt that Milosevic was fouled by Beckham two minutes before the break, but his reaction was unforgivable and it snapped the temper of the usually mild-mannered England starlet as well as sparking a melee in which players from both sides became embroiled.
Reports

🟨 1 January 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford.

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