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Game #4466

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 April 1997

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Won

5th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Everton

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,339

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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Everton

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🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 April 1997

🥅 | 14’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), David Unsworth
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-1, Savo Milošević, Assist by Ugo Ehiogu
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Everton
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-1, Steve Staunton
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 3-1, Dwight Yorke
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, David Hughes
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Everton

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

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 April 1997
  • Villa win for the second consecutive Premier League game under Brian Little as Everton are beaten at Villa Park.

  • Dwight Yorke makes his 200th start in a Villa shirt (240 Appearances) to make it W104 D61 L75, 81 Goals, 33 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.11 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Ugo Ehiogu secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 171st start (157 Appearances) to make it W75 D43 L53, 9 Goals, 4 Assists, 20 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Steve Staunton contributes his 25th assist in a Villa shirt on his 218th appearance (211 Starts) to make it W92 D60 L66, 17 Goals, 25 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Michael Oakes secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (19 Starts) to make it W10 D5 L5, 16 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.80 goals per game and 11 Clean Sheets (55%) so far in his Villa career.

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

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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

Everton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994-95

FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
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Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Game | #32 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Saturday, 5 April 1997

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🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1995-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 120 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 | 34 🟥 33 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1995-2004

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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🟨 Dave Watson
🟨 Craig Short

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

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Michael Oakes replaces Mark Bosnich as Gareth Southgate returns and Gareth Farrelly makes his first start of the season. Andy Townsend, Riccardo Scimeca drop out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.42 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.85 |

Youngest Player
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 | 21.62 |

Referee

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

GK Neville Southall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Terry Phelan | 🇮🇪 |
CB Claus Thomsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB David Unsworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CB Craig Short | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Marc Hottiger | 🇨🇭 | 🔁 |
M Joe Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Stuart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Speed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Duncan Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 56’ |
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB David Unsworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | RB Marc Hottiger | 🇨🇭 | (CF Michael Branch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Adam Rachell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Paul Gerrard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Michael Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB John Hills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

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

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

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

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

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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🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"Everton boss Dave Watson accused his players of lacking the passion for a survival fight after a Villa Park surrender."
Quotes

🟩 5 Apr 1997, Villa 3-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Life*
Sunday, 6 April 1997
Everton boss Dave Watson accused his players of lacking the passion for a survival fight after a Villa Park surrender. Despite taking an early lead through David Unsworth, the Goodison side fell apart, handing goals on a plate to Savo Milosevic and Dwight Yorke either side of a Steve Staunton strike from a free-kick. It was a defeat which left the Merseysiders still deep in the mire, after just two wins in 15, and central defender Watson admitted their showing was simply not good enough. 'We gave the ball away too much and didn't battle. I thought one or two heads dropped, and that is something that has to be put right," said Watson. He added: "It was disappointing that we gave away an equaliser just before half-time, but what was worse was that we just didn't react to their second goal. "I was hoping for a better reaction from us to get the game back, but it didn't happen."
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