Game #4452
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 1 January 1997


Drew
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Premier League
Manchester United
Old Trafford
Attendance: 55,133
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford
Manchester United
0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford


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
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
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford

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 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford

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
Manchester United


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #106 |
Wednesday, 1 January 1997
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🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford
MATCH SUMMARY


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: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 106 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 30 🟥 29 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford

MATCH OFFICIALS
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: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

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

🟨 Gary Neville
🟨 David Beckham
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford

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 |
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

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 | 🏴 |

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 | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Nicky Butt | 🏴 | (M Paul Scholes | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 | (CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 |)

🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | | 64 | 19* | 16 | 4 | 27 | 16* | 21 | - | - | 10 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 1 Jan 1997, Villa 0-0 United, Old Trafford


MATCH REPORTS
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