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Game #4461

Aston Villa

Saturday, 22 February 1997

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Drew

6th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Premier League

Nottingham Forest

City Ground

Attendance: 25,239

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

Nottingham Forest

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 22 February 1997

🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Fernando Nélson

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

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 22 February 1997

  • A poor refereeing decision robs Villa of an 88' winner as Villa are held at the City Ground but extend their unbeaten Premier League run to three games under Brian Little.

  • Savo Milošević makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W35 D21 L19, 21 Goals, 9 Assists and 9 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.50 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Former Villa forward Dean Saunders lines up for Forest.

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

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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

Nottingham Forest

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1989-90

FIXTURE HISTORY

Nottingham Forest

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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Game | #27 |
Manager Game | #115 |
Saturday, 22 February 1997

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🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 115 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 | 33 🟥 32 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2004 🆘

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2004
🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 🆘 : 1
🕒 1 | 🟩 0% | 🟨 100% | 🟥 0% | 🆘 : 100%
Cards 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 1.00 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Fernando Nélson

CARDS

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🟨 Des Lyttle
🟨 Scott Gemmill

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.57 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.61 |

Youngest Player
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 23.49 |

Referee

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Stuart Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Mark Crossley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Des Lyttle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Chettle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alf-Inge Håland | 🇳🇴 |
M David Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Scott Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Bart-Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bryan Roy | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Dean Saunders (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Bryan Roy | 🇳🇱 | (M Ian Woan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Alan Fettis | 🇬🇧 |
CB Steve Blatherwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Paul McGregor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/16

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH QUOTES

"Villa boss Brian Little was in earnest conversation with the Surrey official as the teams went down the tunnel at the end but Milosevic surprisingly put a friendly arm around the referee's shoulder as team-mates moved in to add their protests."
Quotes

🟨 22 Feb 1997, Villa 0-0 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 16 February 1997

Forest avoid drop zone REFEREE Graham Barber controversially disallowed an 88th minute Aston Villa 'goal' by Savo Milosevic to help keep Nottingham Forest out of the Premiership's bottom three ahead of the City Ground club's crucial take-over meeting on Monday night. Milosevic thought he had finally scored only his eighth goal of the season when he clipped Dwight Yorke's pass beyond goalkeeper Mark Crossley but it was wiped out, presumably for a narrow offside decision against one of his team-mates. Villa boss Brian Little was in earnest conversation with the Surrey official as the teams went down the tunnel at the end but Milosevic surprisingly put a friendly arm around the referee's shoulder as team-mates moved in to add their protests. Player-manager Stuart Pearce, completing a two-match suspension, dropped lan Woan and recalled Nigel Clough, but Forest's passing was poor and they rarely threatened Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich. Villa would have had the game wrapped up by half time but for a frustratingly familiar spate of misses by Milosevic. The big Yugoslav, caught fractionally offside when racing clear onto Andy Townsend's pass in the 10th minute, then headed high and wide of an empty goal two minutes later when Crossley's miscued clearance from an awkward back-pass flew straight to him at the edge of the penalty box. Milosevic wasted an even better opportunity five minutes later when Yorke set him up perfectly after slipping between two defenders. And even 17-goal top scorer Yorke caught the chance missing bug when he failed to put away Alan Wright's superb cross at the far post. Yorke nearly atoned in brilliant style just before the break when he shrugged off a David Phillips challenge to fire powerfully into the side netting from an improbable angle. But Villa's luck was still out in the second half which they still largely controlled despite losing Steve Staunton with a pulled hamstring in the opening minute after the break. Mark Draper's header was cleared off the line by Forest's Steve Chettle after great work by Milosevic, Yorke and Wright opened up the defence. And Crossley pulled off the save of the match from Yorke's drilled low drive before being let off by that late, late decision against Milosevic.
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