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Game #4505

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 January 1998

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Won

4th Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

FA Cup

West Bromwich Albion

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,372

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

4-0

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West Brom

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🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

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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

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

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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 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

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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

West Bromwich Albion

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Bromwich Albion

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #159 |
Saturday, 24 January 1998

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🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Neale Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1993-2006
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
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

🕒 159 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 | 45 🟥 46 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Neale Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1993-2006
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 27 September 1997, Villa 2-2 Wednesday, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Ian Taylor

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🟨 Shane Nicholson
🟨 Peter Butler

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 41’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ian Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Stacy Coldicott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Peter Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Micky Evans | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Lee Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Sean Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

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

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

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

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Albion remained in the contest for more than an hour as Simon Grayson's goal was the only tangible difference between the teams. But then Yorke struck twice in three minutes and the tension that has been gripping Villa Park after recent performances was lifted from the terraces."
Quotes

🟩 24 January 1998, Villa 4-0 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 25 January 1998

Yorke leads Villa stroll DWIGHT YORKE restored to his preferred striking role delivered a double strike which was enough to brush aside local rivals West Bromwich Albion and send Aston Villa through to the last sixteen of the FA Cup. Albion remained in the contest for more than an hour as Simon Grayson's goal was the only tangible difference between the teams. But then Yorke struck twice in three minutes and the tension that has been gripping Villa Park after recent performances was lifted from the terraces. Albion huffed and puffed and showed the determination expected of a side going into a match where local pride was at stake but Villa keeper Mark Bosnich had only one save of note to make in the entire 90 minutes. Villa. in contrast, always looked menacing and, just as importantly, contained the necessary hunger and desire which has not always been evident in recent games. Yorke and Collymore were a threat throughout and Staunton was impressive at the back and when venturing forward before having to make a premature exit through injury. Villa were given the dream start they had been looking for after last weekend's debacle with an explosive goal from Grayson. Lee Hendrie had a shot blocked after Collymore flicked on a corner from Mark Draper but Grayson made no mistake with a rising effort from 15 yards out which flew past Albion keeper Alan Miller. Albion had a fair share of the play territorially but there was a lack of penetration and their only on-target effort in the opening 45 minutes from Richard Sneekes was comfortably saved by Bosnich. Indeed, Albion started the second half in more positive vein and Bosnich was fully tested for the first time when he tipped over a powerful Hughes effort following a mistake by Gareth Southgate. But Villa gradually regained the upper hand and they effectively ended the game as a contest with two goals from Yorke in three minutes. In the 61st minute Yorke beat the offside trap to seize onto a long pass from Gary Charles and kept his composure to flick the ball wide of the exposed Miller. Then another long pass out of defence found its way to Yorke who was able to turn past Shaun Murphy before planting a left-footed effort into the roof of the net. Villa were now rampant and in the 72nd minute it was Collymore's turn to get on the score-sheet. He had acres of space on the left and was able to cut Into the area before planting a shot past Miller from a narrow angle for his fifth goal since his £7 million summer move from Liverpool.
Reports

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