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Game #4484

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 October 1997

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Won

10th= (+6)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Bolton Wanderers

Reebok Stadium

Attendance: 24,196

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

Bolton Wanderers

0-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Fernando Nélson | 12’ |

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 October 1997

⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Savo Milošević, Assist by Fernando Nélson
🕒 | HT Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Gary Charles
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Saša Ćurčić
🟥 | 90’ Sending off, Stan Collymore
🟥 | 90’ Sending off, (Bolton Wanderers), Andy Todd
🕒 | FT Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Dwight Yorke

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 October 1997

  • Villa win for the first time in 3 Premier League games under Brian Little as they beat Bolton at the Reebok to climb back to 10th in the table.

  • Villa have to cling on for victory after the late sending off of forward Stan Collymore who yet again embroils himself and the club in nonsense.

  • Stan Collymore is sent off on his 12th appearance in a Villa shirt and the record signing now has more cards than goals to make it W5 D2 L5, 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Steve Staunton makes his 225th start in a Villa shirt (232 Appearances) to make it W98 D64 L70, 18 Goals, 26 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Ugo Ehiogu makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (189 Appearances) to make it W82 D47 60, 11 Goals, 4 Assists, 21 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Ian Taylor secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 108th appearance (99 Starts) to make it W50 D27 L31, 11 Goals, 6 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Fernando Nélson makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (46 Starts) to make it W22 D14 L14, 3 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Future Villa midfielder Alan Thompson lines up for Bolton.

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Bolton Wanderers

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58

Aston Villa

Bolton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bolton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Saturday, 4 October 1997

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🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 138 | 🟩 | 61 🟨 | 38 🟥 39 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 5 Mar 97, Villa 0-1 Leicester (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟥 Stan Collymore
🟨 Dwight Yorke

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🟥 Andy Todd
🟨 Scott Sellars
🟨 Alan Thompson

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Savo Milošević scores his second goal in two games, both winners

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.58 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.35 |

Youngest Player
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 24.10 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bolton Wanderers

GK Keith Branagan | 🇮🇪 |
CB Gerry Taggart | 🇬🇧 |
CB Guðni Bergsson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Andy Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
CB Mike Whitlow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Scott Sellars | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Per Frandsen | 🇩🇰 |
F Peter Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John McGinlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dean Holdsworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |
🔁 | RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 68’ |
🔁 | M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 84’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF John McGinlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (W Arnar Gunnlaugsson | 🇮🇸 |)

Substitutes

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Gavin Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jimmy Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve McAnespie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jamie Pollock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

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

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I went straight to referee Graham Poll and asked what he saw. “He said he saw punches thrown from both sides and he had no alternative. "It was a big scuffle and let's hope he's made the right decision. “I’ve seen nothing to suggest he hasn't. “Two people reacted with each other, and I can't give you an answer as to why." "I don't expect to see him [Collymore] again until a week on Monday [after England duty].” Brian Little.
Quotes

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 5 October 1997

Colly in the dock STAN Collymore was last night accused of sparking the trouble that led to his sensational sending-off. The England hit-man was red-carded along with Bolton's Andy Todd after a punch-up. But Bolton star Gudni Bergsson alleged Stan began it by throwing an elbow. He said: "An elbow was thrown to begin with. Andy got a bit angry after that and went for Stan. I saw it all." And he added: "Andy is very upset. Anyone would be at being sent off. He had a little battle with Collymore and they both lost a bit of control. "I went in and tried to separate them, and I got a blow myself." But Villa boss Brian Little refused to lay blame on either side. He said: "I went straight to referee Graham Poll and asked what he saw. He said he saw punches thrown from both sides and he had no alternative. "It was a big scuffle and let's hope he's made the right decision. I've seen nothing to suggest he hasn't. Two people reacted with each other, and I can't give you an answer as to why." Little said Collymore had given no reason as he came off but added that he would still be joining the England party as planned, saying "I don't expect to see him again until a week on Monday." Collymore reacted after Todd pulled his shirt and was the first to be dismissed. He was soon followed off by Todd, son of Bolton boss Colin. It had been a frustrating day for Collymore, who missed a golden chance from six yards. He was barracked mercilessly until his temper snapped. The dismissal took the shine off another important Savo Milosevic winner. His 12th minute strike took Villa to their fourth Premiership win out of five.
Reports

🟩 4 October 1997, Villa 1-0 Bolton, Reebok Stadium.

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