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Game #4490

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 4 November 1997

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

UEFA Cup

Athletic Bilbao

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,915

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Athletic Bilbao

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Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 27’ | Ian Taylor | 50’ |

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 4 November 1997

⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Ian Taylor
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 2-1, (Athletic Bilbao), Javi González
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Dwight Yorke, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Athletic Bilbao

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

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 4 November 1997
  • Villa qualify for the third round of the UEFA Cup for the first time in 20 years with a strong win over Athletic Bilbao to win the second round UEFA Cup tie 2-1 on aggregate after a goalless away leg.

  • Dwight Yorke with one goal in his previous 12 games scores one and creates one to contribute his 125th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 264th appearance (224 Starts) to make it W112 D67 L85, 86 Goals, 39 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.11 he has played so far in his Villa career. 

  • Ian Taylor contributes his 20th goal involvement on his 113th appearance in a Villa shirt (103 Starts) to make it W51 D28 L34, 13 Goals, 7 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

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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 🥅

Athletic Bilbao

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Athletic Bilbao

SUBSEQUENT MATCH
None

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #18 |
Manager Game | #144 |
Tuesday, 4 November 1997

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🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Sándor Piller | 🇭🇺 | Békéscsaba, 1997
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1 (2-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

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

🕒 144 | 🟩 | 62 🟨 | 40 🟥 42 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Sándor Piller | 🇭🇺 | Békéscsaba, 1997

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 tbc

CARDS
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🟨 Roberto Ríos
🟨 Rafael Alkorta

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

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Mark Bosnich replaces Michael Oakes as Ugo Ehiogu, Simon Grayson and Julian Joachim drop out with Ian Taylor, Steve Staunton and Savo Milošević returning.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.42 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.44 |

Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.41 |

Referee

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Luis Fernández | 🇪🇸 |

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Athletic Bilbao

GK Imanol Etxeberria | 🇪🇸 |
LB Aitor Larrazábal | 🇪🇸 |
CB Roberto Ríos | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Patxi Ferreira | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Rafael Alkorta | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
RB Iñigo Larrainzar | 🇪🇸 |
M Josu Urrutia | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Bittor Alkiza | 🇪🇸 |
W Joseba Etxeberria | 🇪🇸 |
CF Cuco Ziganda | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Ismael Urzáiz | 🇪🇸 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 87’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Patxi Ferreira | 🇪🇸 | (LB Mikel Lasa | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | M Josu Urrutia | 🇪🇸 | (M Javi González | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Cuco Ziganda | 🇪🇸 | (M Julen Guerrero | 🇪🇸 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Juanjo Valencia | 🇪🇸 |
RB Mari Lacruz | 🇪🇸 |
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

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

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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🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"Goals from lan Taylor and Dwight Yorke took them into the third round of the UEFA Cup for the first time in 20 years."
Quotes

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

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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, 5 November 1997
Villa's light at end of Euro tunnel OUT of the adversity which is threatening to ruin Aston Villa's season came the light of a famous European victory at Villa Park last night. Goals from lan Taylor and Dwight Yorke took them into the third round of the UEFA Cup for the first time in 20 years. With 27 minutes gone Milosevic dragged down a cross-field pass, by-passed a marker and then sent over a high cross. The Bilbao goalkeeper seemed to hare control of the bail but let it bounce on his chest. Yorke, waiting close by, unsettled the goalkeeper further and the ball rolled obligingly to Taylor. Yorke extended Villa's advantage with a piece of in the 50th minute reminiscent of happier times at Villa Park. Milosevic fed Taylor and the midfielder turned provider, side-footing a pass to Yorke. Mark Draper, outstanding in the first leg, was a clever decoy, pulling a defensive marker wide and allowing Yorke to step beyond Altor Larrazabal and find the space to shoot, his effort finding the bottom left-hand corner. In the 68th minute, Bilbao made a third substitution, introducing Javier Gonzalez, and within two minutes the forward gave the visitors hope with a goal.
Reports

🟩 4 Nov 1997, Villa 2-1 Bilbao, Villa Park

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