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Game #4487

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 21 October 1997

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Drew

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

UEFA Cup

Athletic Bilbao

San Mamés Stadium

Attendance: 39,000

🟨 21 Oct 1997, Villa 0-0 Bilbao, San Mamés

Athletic Bilbao

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 21 Oct 1997, Villa 0-0 Bilbao, San Mamés

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 21 October 1997

🕒 | HT Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🕒 | FT Athletic Bilbao 0-0 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

🟨 21 Oct 1997, Villa 0-0 Bilbao, San Mamés

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 21 October 1997
  • Villa secure a goalless draw in the UEFA Cup second round at San Mamés knowing a single goal victory at Villa Park will put them through

🟨 21 Oct 1997, Villa 0-0 Bilbao, San Mamés

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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

Athletic Bilbao

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
La Liga Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Copa del Rey Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84

FIXTURE HISTORY
Athletic Bilbao
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Previous 5 vs. Bilbao: 🟩 🟨

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

🟨 21 Oct 1997, Villa 0-0 Bilbao, San Mamés

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #15 |
Manager Game | #141 |
Tuesday, 21 October 1997

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🟨 21 Oct 1997, Villa 0-0 Bilbao, San Mamés

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Hartmut Strampe | 🇩🇪 | Handorf, 1997-1998
Kick off: 8.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

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

🕒 141 | 🟩 | 61 🟨 | 39 🟥 41 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Hartmut Strampe | 🇩🇪 | Handorf, 1997-1998

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 tbc
🟨 tbc

CARDS
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None

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

Saša Ćurčić, Simon Grayson, Ugo Ehiogu and Gary Charles drop to the subs bench, with Fernando Nélson, Stan Collymore, Alan Wright and Mark Draper recalled

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.31 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.40 |

Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.37 |

Referee

🟨 21 Oct 1997, Villa 0-0 Bilbao, San Mamés

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Luis Fernández | 🇪🇸 |

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Athletic Bilbao

GK Imanol Etxeberria | 🇪🇸 |
RB Iñigo Larrainzar | 🇪🇸 |
CB Roberto Ríos | 🇪🇸 |
CB Rafael Alkorta | 🇪🇸 |
LB Mikel Lasa | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Carlos García | 🇪🇸 |
M Josu Urrutia | 🇪🇸 |
M Javi González | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Bittor Alkiza | 🇪🇸 |
W Joseba Etxeberria | 🇪🇸 |
CF Cuco Ziganda | 🇪🇸 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Mikel Lasa | 🇪🇸 | (LB Aitor Larrazábal | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | M Javi González | 🇪🇸 | (F Mario Bermejo | 🇪🇸 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Juanjo Valencia | 🇪🇸 |
RB Mari Lacruz | 🇪🇸 |
CB Patxi Ferreira | 🇪🇸 |
M Jon Andoni Goikoetxea | 🇪🇸 |
M Txomin Nagore | 🇪🇸 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/17

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇪🇸: 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇪🇸 : 18/18

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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
"But in the 38th minute Yorke missed a chance he may rue for some time. From a Collymore pass with a one-on-one chance, he planted the ball wide."
Quotes

🟨 21 Oct 1997, Villa 0-0 Bilbao, San Mamés

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*The Irish Independent*
Wednesday, 22 October 1997
A MAGNIFICENTLY disciplined performance by Aston Villa in northern Spain last night offered English football its last realistic hope of success in the UEFA Cup. They go into the return in Birmingham in a fortnight confident of reaching the third round. Little took a gamble by fielding three strikers. Savo Milosevic, whose extra-time goal against Bordeaux took Villa into the second round, kept his place alongside Stan Collymore, returning from a domestic suspension, while Dwight Yorke sat just behind. It was Villa who appeared more likely to score in the opening exchanges and when Milosevic met Alan Wright's cross, he should have done better than offer a less than venomous strike which goalkeeper Imanol Etxeberria had little problem in saving. Soon afterwards, from the beat Bilbao to draw game's first corner, Mark Draper's kick was planted only narrowly over the target by the Villa captain, Gareth Southgate. Bilbao, who have scored only six goals in the Primera Liga but who saw off Sampdoria in the previous round, rallied briefly when Javi Gonzalez's shot was headed away by Wright. Wright offered his strikers another good opportunity when his 26th-minute cross was heading for Draper and Collymore, but a timely interception by Carlos Garcia ended the danger. But in the 38th minute Yorke missed a chance he may rue for some time. From a Collymore pass with a one-on-one chance, he planted the ball wide. Villa almost stole a goal when Grayson had a shot cleared off the line by Roberto Rios, then Draper and Milosevic went close.
Reports

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