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Game #4500

Aston Villa

Sunday, 28 December 1997

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Drew

10th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Premier League

Leeds United

Elland Road

Attendance: 36,909

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

Leeds United

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Steve Staunton | 85’ |

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 28 December 1997

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Darren Byfield
🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 1-1, Savo Milošević, Assist by Steve Staunton
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Darren Byfield, Sub on, Richard Walker 🟢
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-1 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

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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ON THIS DAY

Sunday, 28 December 1997

  • Villa extend their unbeaten run to 3 as they are held at Elland Road to climb to 10th in the Premier League table under Brian Little.

  • Forward Darren Byfield, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining Villa as a trainee and signing professional forms in February 1994 to become the 722nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Forward Richard Walker, 20, comes off the subs bench to make his debut in a Villa shirt after joining Villa as a trainee and signing professional forms in July 1995 to become the 723rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Savo Milošević makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (106 Appearances) to make it W48 D38 L30, 29 Goals, 13 Assists and 13 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.52 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Ugo Ehiogu records his 50th draw in a Villa shirt on his 202nd appearance (188 Starts) to make it W86 D50 L66, 12 Goals, 4 Assists, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #722 | Youth Team promotiion
🟢 CF Richard Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #723 | Youth Team promotiion

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

Leeds United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1991–92

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leeds United

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Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #154 |
Sunday, 28 December 1997

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🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 154 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 43 🟥 45 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 October 1995, League Cup, Villa 2-0 Stockport, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Darren Byfield makes his first start of the season in place of Stan Collymore.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.95 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.59 |

Youngest Player
F Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.26 |

Referee

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
F Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

George Graham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK Nigel Martyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Davie Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Wetherall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Lucas Radebe | 🇿🇦 |
CB Robert Molenaar | 🇳🇱 |
RB Alan Maybury | 🇮🇪 |
M Bruno Ribeiro | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
M Lee Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Harry Kewell | 🇦🇺 |
CF Rod Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Richard Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for F Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Bruno Ribeiro | 🇵🇹 | (CF Derek Lilley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Beeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gunnar Halle | 🇳🇴 |
CB Mark Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stephen McPhail | 🇮🇪 |

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

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"I thought we were a little bit tired. “It was a difficult game for us. “I think that the second game over the three-day period is quite difficult psychologically. "It's quite tiring. We have been in an hotel since Friday and it's Christmas and they are a little bit tired and fed up. “And I guess that sort of showed a little bit in our play.” Brian Little.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 28 Dec 1997, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

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