00:00The old joke, the very old joke about having more clubs than Jack Nicklaus
00:04applies rather more to Dean Saunders than it ever did to Tommy Doherty.
00:08Today, Saunders is back on a successful old stomping ground
00:12playing for his 11th club.
00:15The Bradford City team around him shows just one change
00:19from last Sunday's late, late draw with Spurs.
00:21Andy Myers, a substitute then, now keeping out Wayne Jacobs,
00:26the player he replaced.
00:28The Aston Villa side shows five changes,
00:31two of them because of injuries to David James and Alan Wright.
00:35Colin Calderwood fails to make the starting line-up
00:37for the first time since he came here from Spurs in March.
00:41Steve Watson and Gareth Barry keep the places they were given
00:44in the Worthington Cup in midweek.
00:47George Boateng is recalled,
00:50and that means that Paul Merson is back on the bench.
00:55The finished other 21 goalkeeper, Peter Enkelmann,
00:59continues in goal.
01:04And Bradford City, playing against him,
01:07are wearing white.
01:10Back pass to the other goalkeeper was a touch short
01:13by Andrew O'Brien.
01:16Here's Gareth Barry.
01:21And in chance this afternoon is Stephen Lodge.
01:25And you'll notice wearing the earpiece even.
01:28Don't think he needs a hairpiece, unlike some I could mention.
01:41Well kept in by Gerachim.
01:43Not many would have succeeded.
01:44Boateng for post.
01:47But I don't know whether that was very cleverly played by Andy Myers,
01:50or whether he just failed to make contact,
01:54given the benefit of the doubt.
02:19And they were watching a bit.
02:23And Boateng's header.
02:29Nobody took control here for Bradford.
02:31Goalkeeper decided it wasn't going to be his.
02:34And Myers had a player coming in from behind.
02:37And I think if Boateng had been able to keep that down,
02:41goalkeeper might have been in a bit of trouble.
02:53Saunders.
02:56Wally.
02:56Bigri.
03:06Well played by Dean Saunders.
03:07He's unlucky with an affection.
03:09Very well played by Bigri.
03:10Stuart McCall.
03:12Good block by Lee Hendry.
03:17Before making an excellent diagonal run to deny him the space.
03:20But here's Boateng.
03:27Well, he seemed to have sized it up.
03:30Decided where he was going to hit it.
03:34Sean Gregory on his feet with his lollipop.
03:40He might have a second career as a television detective in times to come.
03:54McCall.
04:13McCall.
04:14area, Wetherill makes the first run
04:17and gets the head up
04:18in spite of Watson's run across
04:23best cross of the match
04:26good combination between Bigri and Myers
04:40Wateng
04:40and Merson
04:44all back by one now for Bradford City
04:46pressure growing on them
04:49Dublin
05:00Dublin's looping header
05:02Gary Walsh makes
05:03absolutely sure
05:08we can do a few observations
05:11side have only scored three goals
05:14in the premiership this season
05:16but they've all come in the last minute
05:25that's a good ball
05:26Taylor to Watson
05:27might fancy a poke
05:29but it was a poke
05:30good save
05:33excellent stop
05:34by Gary Walsh
05:36first real save of the match
05:39and we moved into the last third of the contest
05:49lifted the crowd a bit
05:50trying to get through the crowd
05:52a bit of push and shove
05:53and the
05:55assistant referee
05:56waving his flag on the pass side
05:58free kick given
05:58but Gary Walsh
06:01the saviour
06:03of his side
06:04Paul Merson shot
06:06good parry across
06:07which fell kindly
06:08for Bradford
06:35what's
06:41Merson
06:42with a bit to do
06:43and does well
06:44away by Windus
06:49again good applause
06:50and deservedly so
06:51for Paul Merson
06:59Basel
07:02and again
07:04this is better
07:07Hendry
07:08good save
07:09and Dublin in
07:15out of context
07:16with the game as a whole
07:18but the goal was delightfully made
07:21even if the finish
07:23was utter simplicity
07:24for Dion Dublin
07:26a really lovely move
07:27down the right side
07:29and Basel
07:30with the pullback
07:31Hendry
07:32thought it was going to be his
07:33a double block
07:35only gave the ball
07:36to Dublin
07:40goalkeeper getting his hand
07:41to it
07:41and Dublin
07:42putting it into the roof
07:44and release the back
07:54Barry
07:56Barry
08:03again
08:06Dublin
08:07Hendry
08:12kept in by Merson
08:16well played by Windus
08:17putting it out of harm's way
08:22there we are forward
08:27what thing
08:30what thing
08:31I weather
08:36Wally
08:38Saunders
08:40last didn't quite
08:41breathe a heel for him
08:51Merson
08:54Hendry
08:55Hendry left
08:55if he needs him
08:56he does
08:58Hendry
08:59good save
09:04Hendry showing
09:05that he does have a good strike
09:06but again
09:07good running by Merson
09:09good layoff
09:10nicely inside
09:11the defender
09:12by Hendry
09:13and a good tip away
09:15yes
09:16yes
09:18yes
09:2630 seconds remaining
09:28of the one minute of stoppage time
09:30late even by Bradford City
09:32standards, three waiting for the cross
09:33this is Haller
09:36could it be?
09:38no
09:42good play by Gunnar Haller
09:44but no chance for
09:46Windus to direct the header
09:47he was falling away
09:51Bradford City
09:52supporters getting to their feet
09:53thinking it was going to happen again
09:56but not so
09:59referee looking
10:00at his watch and I think that
10:03is the last chance
10:08it's a victory
10:09for Aston Villa
10:11the only goal of the game
10:13scored by Dion Dublin
10:15the approach play to it
10:17excellent and in
10:19marked contrast to much of what
10:21we saw in the afternoon, really one can draw
10:23a veil over the first two thirds
10:25of the contest, it got better
10:27for the last half an hour
10:28but as far as John Gregory is concerned
10:30it's three points for Aston Villa
10:33just for the last half an hour
10:33I've got to do
10:33so
10:33I've got to turn it to the
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