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Game #4513

Aston Villa

Sunday, 8 March 1998

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Won

13th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Premier League

Chelsea

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 33,018

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea

0-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 51’ |

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 8 March 1998

🕒 | HT Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 51’ Goal, Julian Joachim, Assist by Mark Draper
🕒 | FT Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Steve Staunton

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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ON THIS DAY

Sunday, 8 March 1998

  • John Gregory secures a second consecutive Premier League victory since taking over from Brian Little as Villa climb to 13th in the table.

  • Mark Draper contributes his 15th assist in a Villa shirt on his 116th appearance (114 Starts) to make it W52 D30 L34, 8 Goals, 15 Assists, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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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

Chelsea

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1996-97

Aston Villa

Chelsea

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Sunday, 8 March 1998

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🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 0 🟥 1 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Matches Officiated: 22
🟩 : 11
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 February 1998, Villa 0-1 Newcastle, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Steve Staunton

🟨 Gianluca Vialli

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Julian Joachim and Steve Staunton return as Stan Collymore and Riccardo Scimeca drop out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.43 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.78 |

Youngest Player
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.82 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MANAGER

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 |

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Chelsea

GK Ed De Goey | 🇳🇱 |
LB Andy Myers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Frank Leboeuf | 🇫🇷 |
CB Michael Duberry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jody Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 | 🔁 |
M Eddie Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tore André Flo | 🇳🇴 |
CF Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 | 🟨 |
CF Mark Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Andy Myers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Laurent Charvet | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | M Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 | (F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 |)

Substitutes

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Kevin Hitchcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bernard Lambourde | 🇫🇷 |
M Paul Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Steve Harkness [in the Liverpool game] called me a coon. There were other things being said worse than that. “I will not accept the kind of racist stuff I had to endure. It was out of order and hurt me." “Stan Collymore.”
Quotes

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*The Irish Independent*
Monday, 9 March 1998

JULIAN JOACHIM eased Aston Villa's relegation worries with his fifth goal of the season as Chelsea suffered another European hangover at Stamford Bridge which severely dented their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions' League. Joachim, whose previous four goals had all come as a substitute was given a starting role in the absence of injured Stan Collymore, and he put the memories of his midweek miss against Atletico Madrid behind him as he coolly slotted the ball past Chelsea 'keeper Ed de Goey after 50 minutes. Yesterday's victory lifts Villa above Newcastle to 13th place, 11 points clear of the relegation zone. While new Villa boss John Gregory now has a 100% Premiership record since taking charge, the top flight's other new recruit, Gianluca Vialli, has lost all three league games while in the hot seat.
Reports

🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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