Game #4476
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 27 August 1997
Lost
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,316
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur
3-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 27’ | Ian Taylor | 58’ |
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 27 August 1997
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Les Ferdinand
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-1, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Mark Draper
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 2-1, Stan Collymore, Assist by Ian Taylor
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 2-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Les Ferdinand
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 2-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Ruel Fox
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Ugo Ehiogu, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Aston Villa
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
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 27 August 1997
Villa score their first goals of the season but can't prevent a fourth successive defeat to sit winless and bottom of the Premier League under Brian Little.
Villa field their oldest starting XI of the season with an average age of 27.12 years.
Midfielder Andy Townsend, 34, makes his 174th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (173 Starts) before moving on to Middlesbrough for a fee of £500,000 later this month. Townsend won a brace of League Cups and captained the club whilst with Villa to leave with a record of W79 D42 L53, 11 Goals, 26 Assists, 26 Bookings and 4 Red Cards across his 5 seasons.
Stan Collymore scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance to make it W0 D0 L4, 1 Goal, 0 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Dwight Yorke makes his 250th appearance in a Villa shirt (210 Starts) to make it W106 D63 L81, 83 Goals, 37 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.08 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Ian Taylor makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (91 Starts) to make it W45 D25 L30, 9 Goals, 6 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa centre back Colin Calderwood lines up for Tottenham.
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 1993-97 🕒 174 | 173 (1) | ⚽ 11 | 🔥 26 | 🇺 1 | #693 |
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
Tottenham Hotspur
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1990-91
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Game | #4 |
Manager Game | #130 |
Wednesday, 27 August 1997
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🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1996-2009
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 130 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 | 36 🟥 38 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1996-2009
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name their oldest starting XI of the season as Stan Collymore scores his first goal for Villa on 58'.
Saša Ćurčić makes his first appearance of the season as an 86’ substitute.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.12 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 34.12 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 22.22 |
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Gerry Francis | 🏴 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Ian Walker | 🏴 |
LB Justin Edinburgh | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
CB John Scales | 🏴 |
RB Stephen Carr | 🇮🇪 |
M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 |
M David Howells | 🏴 |
W Andy Sinton | 🏴 |
W Ruel Fox | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Steffen Iversen | 🇳🇴 |
CF Les Ferdinand | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | for CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Justin Edinburgh | 🏴 | (CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Les Ferdinand | 🏴 | (CF Neale Fenn | 🇮🇪 |)
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Espen Baardsen | 🇳🇴 |
LB Jamie Clapham | 🏴 |
M Allan Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
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
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | | 26 | 6* | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11* | - | - | 5 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 27 Aug 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH REPORTS
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