Game #4528
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 September 1998
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Wimbledon
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,959
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Wimbledon
Assist(s) | Julian Joachim | 57’ |
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 September 1998
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Paul Merson
🟥 | 45’ Sending off, (Wimbledon), Carl Leaburn
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Merson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Wimbledon
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Julian Joachim
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Alan Thompson, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Mark Draper
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Wimbledon
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
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 September 1998
Villa secure their 4th consecutive Premier League win and extend their unbeaten run to 5 under John Gregory as they take the outright lead at the top of the table.
Paul Merson, 30, makes a goalscoring debut after joining from Middlesbrough for a fee of £5,400,000 earlier this month to become the 727th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Alan Wright secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 159th appearance (157 Starts) to make it W75 D38 L46, 3 Goals, 10 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Julian Joachim secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance (32 Starts) to make it W25 D11 L27, 14 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.50 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Paul Merson | 🏴 | #727 | £5.40m signing from Middlesbrough
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
Wimbledon
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1987-88
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 12 September 1998
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🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1989-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 18 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 1 🟥 3 | 2.39
Villa Career Form:
Champions
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1989-2002
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
🟥 Carl Leaburn
🟨 Chris Perry
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Paul Merson made his debut with Ian Taylor returning as Mark Draper and Riccardo Scimeca drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.86 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 30.50 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.56 |
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Joe Kinnear | 🇮🇪 |
Wimbledon
GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴 |
LB Ben Thatcher | 🏴 |
LB Alan Kimble | 🏴 |
CB Chris Perry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Kenny Cunningham | 🇮🇪 |
M Andy Roberts | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Michael Hughes | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Robbie Earle | 🏴 |
CF Carl Leaburn | 🏴 | 🟥 |
CF Marcus Gayle | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Jason Euell | 🏴 |
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Mark Draper | 🏴 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 88’ |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Andy Roberts | 🏴 | (M Peter Fear | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Michael Hughes | 🇬🇧 | (W Mark Kennedy | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Marcus Gayle | 🏴 | (CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 |)
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Paul Heald | 🏴 |
RB Brian McAllister | 🏴 |
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
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | | 48 | 12* | 2 | 2 | 24* | 8 | 16 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 12 Sep 1998, Villa 2-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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