Game #4525
Aston Villa
Sunday, 23 August 1998
Won
1st= (+7)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,559
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-1
Middlesbrough
Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 6’ | Ian Taylor | 52’ |
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 23 August 1998
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Julian Joachim, Assist by Lee Hendrie
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-0, Gary Charles, Assist by Ian Taylor
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 2-1, (Middlesbrough), Mikkel Beck
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Riccardo Scimeca, Sub on, Simon Grayson
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 3-1, Alan Thompson
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Darius Vassell 🟢
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Mark Draper
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Middlesbrough
🟨 | Booking, Alan Wright
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
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 23 August 1998
Villa beat Boro to make it two unbeaten Premier League games at the start of the season under John Gregory.
Forward Darius Vassell, 18, comes off the bench to make his debut in a Villa shirt having first been an unused substitute in 1997-98. Vassell joined Villa as a school boy, signing professional forms in July 1998, to become the 726th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Gary Charles scores his 2nd goal in 5 games having scored just once in his first 84 appearances in a Villa shirt to make it 89 Appearances, 79 Starts, W46 D21 L22, 3 Goals, 11 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Alan Thompson scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W1 D1 L0 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.
Ugo Ehiogu secures his 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 226th appearance (212 Starts) to make it W100 D52 L74, 12 Goals, 5 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Riccardo Scimeca makes his 50th start and 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W36 D16 L23 and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | #726 | Youth Team promotiion
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
Middlesbrough
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Sunday, 23 August 1998
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🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴 | Kent, 1991–2000
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 15 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 1 🟥 3 | 2.27
Villa Career Form:
Champions
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴 | Kent, 1991–2000
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Alan Wright
CARDS
🟨 Gianluca Festa
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Dwight Yorke's acrimonious departure and embarrassing behaviour in the previous game sees Ugo Ehiogu step into a starting role.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.14 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 30.24 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.51 |
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Bryan Robson | 🏴 |
Middlesbrough
GK Mark Schwarzer | 🇦🇺 |
LB Craig Harrison | 🏴 |
LB Dean Gordon | 🏴 |
RB Curtis Fleming | 🇮🇪 |
RB Gianluca Festa | 🇮🇹 | 🟨 |
M Alan Moore | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Phil Stamp | 🏴 |
M Robbie Mustoe | 🏴 |
M Paul Gascoigne | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Andy Townsend (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 69’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 81’ |
🔁 | M Mark Draper | 🏴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Alan Moore | 🇮🇪 | (CF Hamilton Ricard | 🇨🇴 |)
🔁 | M Paul Gascoigne | 🏴 | (CF Mikkel Beck | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ |)
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Fabio Ferraresi | 🇮🇹 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Marlon Beresford | 🏴 |
CB Vladimir Kinder | 🇸🇰 |
M Neil Maddison | 🏴 |
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
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | | 45 | 9* | 2 | 2 | 21* | 8 | 16 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 23 Aug 1998, Villa 3-1 Boro, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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