Game #4505
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 January 1998


Won
4th Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
FA Cup
West Bromwich Albion
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,372
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0

West Brom

Assist(s) | Gary Charles | 62' |
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 January 1998
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Simon Grayson
🔁 | 41’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Gary Charles
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Gary Charles
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 3-0, Dwight Yorke
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 4-0, Stan Collymore
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 West Bromwich Albion
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
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
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 January 1998
Villa face neighbours Albion for the first time in 8 years with their last game against their old rivals having also come in the FA Cup in February 1990
It is now 12 years since Villa conceded a goal against Albion with their last defeat coming in the 1984-85 season under Graham Turner.
Dwight Yorke scores his 90th goal in a Villa shirt on his 272nd appearance (232 Starts) to make it W116 D68 L88, 90 Goals, 39 Assists and 4 Bookings at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.02 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Stan Collymore scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 27th appearance to make it W11 D6 L10, 5 Goals, 4 Assists, 1 Booking and 1 Red Card at a goal per game rate of one for every 5.40 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Gary Charles contributes his 10th assist in a Villa shirt on his 83rd appearance (75 Starts) to make it W41 D20 L22, 1 Goal, 10 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Simon Grayson scores his second goal to help secure his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 27th appearance (23 Starts) and make it W10 D8 L9, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Mark Draper secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 111th appearance (109 Starts) to make it W50 D30 L31, 8 Goals, 14 Assists, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Steve Staunton makes his 250th appearance in a Villa shirt (243 Starts) to make it W105 D70 L75, 19 Goals, 29 Assists, 15 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Ian Taylor makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (110 Starts) to make it W55 D32 L38, 15 Goals, 7 Assists and 19 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park

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
West Bromwich Albion


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #159 |
Saturday, 24 January 1998
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🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Neale Barry | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1997-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 159 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 | 45 🟥 46 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neale Barry | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1997-2004
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ian Taylor
CARDS

🟨 Shane Nicholson
🟨 Peter Butler
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Lee Hendrie comes in for his first start of the season as Gareth Southgate returns after a 3 game absence. Fernando Nélson and Savo Milošević drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.64 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.66 |
Youngest Player
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 20.70 |
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MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Denis Smith | 🏴 |

West Bromwich Albion
GK Alan Miller | 🏴 |
LB Shane Nicholson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Shaun Murphy | 🇦🇺 |
M Paul Holmes | 🏴 |
M Tony Dobson | 🏴 |
M Ian Hamilton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Peter Butler | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Richard Sneekes | 🇳🇱 |
W Kevin Kilbane | 🇮🇪 |
CF Andy Hunt | 🏴 |
CF Lee Hughes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 🔥 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 41’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ian Hamilton | 🏴 | (M Stacy Coldicott | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Peter Butler | 🏴 | (F Micky Evans | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Lee Hughes | 🏴 | (M Sean Flynn | 🏴 |)

🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Paul Crichton | 🏴 |
RB Daryl Burgess | 🏴 |
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
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | | 83 | 8* | 1 | 10* | 41* | 20 | 22 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 24 Jan 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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