Aston Villa 1-0 Rovers (Aug 20, 1996)

AVL

BLB

59'

Graham Fenton

Kevin Gallacher

64'

Gareth Southgate

75'

Stuart Ripley

Garry Flitcroft

84'

Riccardo Scimeca

Tommy Johnson

89'

Dwight Yorke

89'

Andy Townsend

0-0

Premier League Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Man United	38	21	12	5	32	75
2	Newcastle	38	19	11	8	33	68
3	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	30	68
4	Liverpool	38	19	11	8	25	68
5	Aston Villa	38	17	10	11	13	61
6	Chelsea	38	16	11	11	3	59
7	Sheffield Wed	38	14	15	9	-1	57
8	Wimbledon	38	15	11	12	3	56
9	Leicester	38	12	11	15	-8	47
10	Tottenham	38	13	7	18	-7	46
11	Leeds	38	11	13	14	-10	46
12	Derby County	38	11	13	14	-13	46
13	Rovers	38	9	15	14	-1	42
14	West Ham	38	10	12	16	-9	42
15	Everton	38	10	12	16	-13	42
16	Southampton	38	10	11	17	-6	41
17	Coventry	38	9	14	15	-16	41
18	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	-18	40
19	Middlesbrough	38	10	12	16	-9	39
20	Nottm Forest	38	6	16	16	-28	34

Game Summary

Aston Villa emerged victorious over Blackburn Rovers, 1 to 0, in the Premier League on August 21, 1996.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 2

August 20, 1996

AVL

Lineup

BLB

13

Oakes

1

Flowers

3

Staunton

2

Coleman

4

Southgate

3

Kenna

14

Wright

5

Hendry

16

Ehiogu

20

Berg

6

Townsend

24

Warhurst

7

Taylor

4

Sherwood

8

Draper

10

Bohinen

10

Yorke

21

Donis

11

Johnson

84'

23

Flitcroft

75'

12

Joachim

8

Gallacher

59'

AVL

Substitutes

BLB

20

Scimeca

84'

14

Fenton

59'

7

Ripley

75'

59'

G. Fenton enters the game. K. Gallacher leaves the game.

64'

G. Southgate scores a goal.

75'

S. Ripley enters the game. G. Flitcroft leaves the game.

84'

R. Scimeca enters the game. T. Johnson leaves the game.

89'

D. Yorke receives a yellow card.

89'

A. Townsend receives a yellow card.

AVL

BLB

Player	Minutes	Goals
Alan Wright A. Wright #14	90	0
Andy Townsend A. Townsend #6	90	0
Dwight Yorke D. Yorke #10	90	0
Gareth Southgate G. Southgate #4	90	1
Ian Taylor I. Taylor #7	90	0
Julian Joachim J. Joachim #12	90	0
Mark Draper M. Draper #8	90	0
Riccardo Scimeca R. Scimeca #20	6	0
Steve Staunton S. Staunton	90	0
Tommy Johnson T. Johnson #10	84	0
Ugo Ehiogu U. Ehiogu #16	90	0