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Game #4468

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 April 1997

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Lost

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Derby County

Baseball Ground

Attendance: 18,017

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Derby County

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 84’ |

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 April 1997

🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Gary Rowett
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), Robin van der Laan
🕒 | HT Derby County 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, David Hughes, Sub on, Julian Joachim
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 1-2, Julian Joachim, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Derby County 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Fernando Nélson
🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend

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

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 April 1997
  • Villa struggle at Derby once again as they lose there for the second time this season under Brian Little.

  • Alan Wright makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W47 D26 L27, 3 Goals, 6 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • In something that no-one should be forced to see, Villa legend Paul McGrath lines up for Derby who he had joined earlier in the season following his disappointing release by Villa.

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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

Derby County

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75

FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
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Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Game | #34 |
Manager Game | #122 |
Saturday, 12 April 1997

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MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Paul Danson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1987-1997
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 122 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 | 34 🟥 34 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Paul Danson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1987-1997

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Fernando Nélson
🟨 Andy Townsend

CARDS
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🟨 Chris Powell
🟨 Christian Dailly

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

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.72 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.75 |

Youngest Player
CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 19.21 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

GK Russell Hoult | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Chris Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Gary Rowett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jacob Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Christian Dailly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Robin van der Laan | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Paul Trollope | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Aljoša Asanović | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Ashley Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dean Sturridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63’ |
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 74’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Robin van der Laan | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | (M Daryl Powell | 🇯🇲 |)
🔁 | M Aljoša Asanović | 🇭🇷 | (M Mauricio Solís | 🇨🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Ashley Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Paulo Wanchope | 🇨🇷 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Adam Rachell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Scott Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gareth Farrelly | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Martin Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

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

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

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

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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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MATCH QUOTES
"DERBY effectively guaranteed their Premiership status with an impressive display which also dented Aston Villa's UEFA Cup hopes at the Baseball Ground."
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 13 April 1997
Derby derail slack Villa DERBY effectively guaranteed their Premiership status with an impressive display which also dented Aston Villa's UEFA Cup hopes at the Baseball Ground. There was little excitement in the early stages with a low 20-yard drive from Alan Wright saved away to his left by recalled Rams keeper Russell Hoult the only worthwhile shot on target in the first 20 minutes. But then Villa striker Savo Milosevic missed a great chance to put his side ahead when he fired over from 12 yards out after bursting into the area. This proved a costly miss and in the 21st minute Derby went in front courtesy of Gary Rowett's first goal for the club. Dean Sturridge was the creator with a run into the area down the left in which he evaded the challenge of Fernando Nelson before chipping the ball into the centre. It fell invitingly into the path of the onrushing Rowett who gave Vjlla keeper Michael Oakes no chance with a low drive from 15 yards out. Villa retaliated with Yorke shooting just wide from the edge of the area but the home side went further ahead in the 36th minute courtesy of more fine play by Sturridge. He chased back into his own half to dispossess Gareth Southgate and then turned defence into attack with a fine 40-yard ball which picked out Robbie Van Der Laan. The Derby captain cut inside David Hughes and his low cross shot rocketed into the far corner of the net past the despairing dive of Oakes. Villa came close to reducing the arrears in the 54th minute when Ugo Ehiogu sent a powerful header inches over the top from a Nelson free-kick whilst Derby thought they had increased their lead four minutes later when Southgate could only help the ball into his net in trying to keep out a Paul McGrath effort but the goal was disallowed for pushing. Villa' gave themselves hope in the 84th minute when substitute Julian Joachim took advantage of a mistake by Rowett but it was too little, too late.
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