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Game #4529

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 15 September 1998

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Won

1st Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

UEFA Cup

Strømsgodset IF

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,893

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-2

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Strømsgodset IF

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🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 15 September 1998

🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (Strømsgodset IF), Anders Michelsen
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-2, (Strømsgodset IF), Christer George
🔁 | 37’ Sub off, Simon Grayson, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Strømsgodset IF
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🟥 | 68’ Sending off, (Strømsgodset IF)
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Darren Byfield, Sub on, Darius Vassell
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 1-2, Gary Charles
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 2-2, Darius Vassell
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 3-2, Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset IF

🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor

Match Statistics

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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

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 15 September 1998

  • Villa face Strømsgodset IF for the first time in competitive football, Strømsgodset become the 140th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 25th continental European opponents and their first from Norway.

  • Gary Charles scores his 3rd goal in 9 games having scored just once in his first 84 appearances as he hits his 4th goal, contributes his 15th goal involvement and secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 93rd appearance (83 Starts) to make it W50 D21 L22, 4 Goals, 11 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Darius Vassell scores a brace on his European debut despite only coming off the bench after 80’. Vassell’s first goals in a Villa shirt come on his 3rd appearance (0 Starts) to make it W3 D0 L0 and 2 Goals. Had Villa unearthed another youth gem?

  • Mark Bosnich secures his 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 217th appearance (216 Starts) to make it W100 D51 L66, 1 Assist, 212 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.98 goals per game, 84 Clean Sheets (39%), 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Simon Grayson secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance (37 Starts) and make it W25 D8 L16, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Strømsgodset IF

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Norwegian League Champions: 🏆
Norwegian Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1991

FIXTURE HISTORY

Strømsgodset IF

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Previous 5 vs. Strømsgodset: None

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Strømsgodset IF

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Strømsgodset IF

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Tuesday, 15 September 1998

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🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Hartmut Strampe | 🇩🇪 | Handorf, 1993-2001
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

🕒 19 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 1 🟥 3 | 2.42

Villa Career Form:

Champions

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Hartmut Strampe | 🇩🇪 | Handorf, 1993-2001
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 21 October 1997, UEFA Cup, Villa 0-0 Bilbao, San Mamés Stadium.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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🟥 Kenneth Karlsen
🟨 Kenneth Karlsen
🟨 Kenneth Karlsen
🟨 Morten Kihle

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Draper and Simon Grayson come in for Ian Taylor and Ugo Ehiogu as Paul Merson makes way for Darren Byfield.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.13 |

Oldest Player |
FB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.77 |

Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.57 |

Referee

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

MANAGER

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Dag Vidar Kristoffersen | 🇳🇴 |

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Strømsgodset IF

GK Glen-Arne Hansen | 🇳🇴 |
D Morten Kihle | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
CB Thomas Wæhler | 🇳🇴 |
CB Kenneth Karlsen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Pal Skistad | 🇳🇴 |
RB Anders Michelsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Hans Erik Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Rune Hagen | 🇳🇴 |
M Lars Granås | 🇳🇴 |
M Ousman Nyan | 🇳🇴 |
W Sander Solberg | 🇳🇴 |

Line Ups

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 37’ |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 66’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | for CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 80’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Hans Erik Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 | (W Christer George | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | W Christer George | 🇳🇴 | (CB Vegard Ström | 🇳🇴 |)
🔁 | RB Anders Michelsen | 🇳🇴 | (CF Lasse Olsen | 🇳🇴 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fabio Ferraresi | 🇮🇹 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Thomas André Ödegaard | 🇳🇴 |
CB Espen Horsrud | 🇳🇴 |
CB Erland Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
M Tor Arne Sannerholt | 🇳🇴 |

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

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 16/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇳🇴 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇳🇴 : 18/18

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 15 Sep 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park

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