Game #4511
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 February 1998


Won
14th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Liverpool
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,372
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Liverpool

Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 10’ |
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 February 1998
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool, pen), Michael Owen
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-1, Stan Collymore, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 2-1, Stan Collymore
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Stan Collymore, Sub on, Darren Byfield
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool
🟨 | Booking, Stan Collymore
🟨 | Booking, Dwight Yorke
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
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 February 1998
John Gregory’s first game in charge of Villa, replacing a true legend of the club who had left his post so surprisingly. John had big Little shoes to fill, an ex-Villa player himself whilst he may not have reached the heights of his predecessor on the pitch, as a manager he would go on to create his own legend.
Gregory, whose temperament and approach to management couldn’t be more different than Brian Little’s lands Villa a first win in four as Liverpool are beaten at Villa Park.
Stan Collymore scores a brace - his first League goals in 7 - to collect his 7th goal in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance and make it W13 D6 L14, 7 Goals, 4 Assists, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.71 games played so far in his Villa career.
Dwight Yorke makes his 275th appearance in a Villa shirt (235 Starts) to make it W118 D68 L89, 91 Goals, 40 Assists and 6 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.10 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Mark Bosnich makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (199 Starts) to make it W87 D50 L63, 199 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.00 goals per game, 77 Clean Sheets (39%), 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, 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
Liverpool


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1994-95
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 28 February 1998
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🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 15.00
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 0 🟥 0 | 3.00
Villa Career Form:
Champions
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 Oct 97, Villa 1-0 Bolton (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Stan Collymore
🟨 Dwight Yorke
CARDS

🟨 🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Savo Milošević and Fernando Nélson make way for Dwight Yorke and Lee Hendrie.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.80 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.76 |
Youngest Player
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 20.80 |
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Roy Evans | 🏴 |

Liverpool
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stig Inge Bjørnebye | 🇳🇴 |
LB Steve Harkness | 🏴 |
CB Jamie Carragher | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Rob Jones | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Øyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Paul Ince | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M David Thompson | 🏴 |
W Steve McManaman | 🏴 |
CF Karl-Heinz Riedle | 🇩🇪 |
CF Michael Owen | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Darren Byfield | 🏴 | for CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 77’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Rob Jones | 🏴 | (M Danny Murphy | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Øyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | (W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 |)

🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK David James | 🏴 |
CB Bjørn Tore Kvarme | 🇳🇴 |
M Nicky Rizzo | 🇦🇺 |
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
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darren Byfield | 🏴 | | 5 | 4* | 0 | 0 | 2* | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 28 Feb 1998, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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