Game #4476
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 27 August 1997
Lost
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,316
🟥 27 August 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane.
Tottenham Hotspur
3-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 27’ | Ian Taylor | 58’ |
🟥 27 August 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
🟥 27 August 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 August 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 |
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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
Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur
🟥 27 August 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 August 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 130 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 | 36 🟥 38 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟥 27 August 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 Dec 96, Villa 2-0 West Ham (a)
Cards: None
🟥 27 August 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 August 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 August 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 August 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 August 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | | 26 | 6* | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11* | - | - | 5 | 0 |
UNUSED
🟥 27 August 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 August 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 27 August 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 27 August 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane.
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 27 August 1997, Villa 2-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane.
MATCH REPORTS
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