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Premier League
Villa Park | 31 January 1996 at19:45UK local time
Aston Villa
0
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.12)
1
David James
2
Rob Jones
4
Jason McAteer
6
Phil Babb
8
Stan Collymore
10
John Barnes
(c)
12
John Scales
16
Michael Thomas
17
Steve McManaman
23
Robbie Fowler
25
Neil Ruddock
Substitutes
26
Tony Warner
5
Mark Wright
9
Ian Rush
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Stan Collymore
61′
(John Barnes)
Robbie Fowler
65′
(Steve McManaman)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.22)
Mark Bosnich
Gary Charles
Alan Wright
Ugo Ehiogu
Paul McGrath
Gareth Southgate
Tom Johnson
Mark Draper
Savo Milosevic
Dwight Yorke
Andy Townsend
Opposition substitutions
Paul McGrath
replaced by
Steve Staunton
70
′
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Various reports from The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Independent, The Guardian and PA
Other details
Manager:
Roy Evans
Opposition manager:
Brian Little
Referee:
Dilkes R
Attendance:
39,332
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
4411
League game number:
3674
League position after match:
2nd
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19 Aug 1995 - Liverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
21 Aug 1995 - Leeds United 0-1 Liverpool
26 Aug 1995 - Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Liverpool
30 Aug 1995 - Liverpool 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
09 Sep 1995 - Wimbledon 0-1 Liverpool
12 Sep 1995 - Spartak Vladikavkaz 2-1 Liverpool
16 Sep 1995 - Liverpool 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
20 Sep 1995 - Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland
23 Sep 1995 - Liverpool 5-2 Bolton Wanderers
26 Sep 1995 - Liverpool 0-0 Spartak Vladikavkaz
01 Oct 1995 - Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool
04 Oct 1995 - Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool
14 Oct 1995 - Liverpool 0-0 Coventry City
17 Oct 1995 - Brøndby 0-0 Liverpool
22 Oct 1995 - Southampton 3-1 Liverpool
25 Oct 1995 - Liverpool 4-0 Manchester City
28 Oct 1995 - Liverpool 6-0 Manchester City
31 Oct 1995 - Liverpool 0-1 Brøndby
04 Nov 1995 - Newcastle United 1-2 Liverpool
18 Nov 1995 - Liverpool 1-2 Everton
22 Nov 1995 - West Ham United 0-0 Liverpool
25 Nov 1995 - Middlesbrough 1-2 Liverpool
29 Nov 1995 - Liverpool 0-1 Newcastle United
02 Dec 1995 - Liverpool 1-1 Southampton
09 Dec 1995 - Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Liverpool
17 Dec 1995 - Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United
23 Dec 1995 - Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal
30 Dec 1995 - Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
01 Jan 1996 - Liverpool 4-2 Nottingham Forest
06 Jan 1996 - Liverpool 7-0 Rochdale
13 Jan 1996 - Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Liverpool
20 Jan 1996 - Liverpool 5-0 Leeds United
31 Jan 1996 - Aston Villa 2-0 Liverpool
03 Feb 1996 - Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
11 Feb 1996 - Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Liverpool
18 Feb 1996 - Shrewsbury Town 4-0 Liverpool
24 Feb 1996 - Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Liverpool
28 Feb 1996 - Liverpool 2-1 Charlton Athletic
03 Mar 1996 - Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
10 Mar 1996 - Leeds United 0-0 Liverpool
13 Mar 1996 - Liverpool 2-2 Wimbledon
16 Mar 1996 - Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea
20 Mar 1996 - Liverpool 3-0 Leeds United
23 Mar 1996 - Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool
31 Mar 1996 - Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
03 Apr 1996 - Liverpool 4-3 Newcastle United
06 Apr 1996 - Coventry City 0-1 Liverpool
08 Apr 1996 - Liverpool 2-0 West Ham United
16 Apr 1996 - Everton 1-1 Liverpool
27 Apr 1996 - Liverpool 1-0 Middlesbrough
01 May 1996 - Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool
05 May 1996 - Manchester City 2-2 Liverpool
11 May 1996 - Liverpool 0-1 Manchester United
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Newcastle U
23
17
3
3
45
19
+26
54
2
Liverpool
24
13
6
5
48
21
+27
45
3
Man Utd
24
13
6
5
42
27
+15
45
4
Tottenham H
24
11
8
5
33
24
+9
41
5
Nottm Forest
24
10
10
4
35
33
+2
40
6
Aston Villa
23
11
6
6
29
18
+11
39
7
Blackburn R
24
11
5
8
37
26
+11
38
8
Arsenal
24
10
7
7
32
24
+8
37
9
Everton
24
10
6
8
35
26
+9
36
10
Chelsea
24
9
9
6
25
25
+0
36
11
Leeds U
24
10
5
9
31
34
-3
35
12
Middlesbrough
24
9
6
9
26
26
+0
33
13
Sheffield Wed
23
6
8
9
33
36
-3
26
14
West Ham U
23
7
5
11
25
35
-10
26
15
Southampton
24
5
9
10
23
34
-11
24
16
Wimbledon
24
6
6
12
33
46
-13
24
17
Man City
24
5
6
13
14
34
-20
21
18
Coventry C
24
4
8
12
31
48
-17
20
19
QPR
24
5
3
16
18
36
-18
18
20
Bolton Wan
24
3
4
17
23
46
-23
13
