Game #4534
Aston Villa
Saturday, 17 October 1998


Drew
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Premier League
West Ham United
Upton Park
Attendance: 26,002
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park
West Ham United
0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 October 1998
🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson
🟨 | Booking, Stan Collymore
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
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 17 October 1998
Villa extend their unbeaten run to 11 games and 9 Premier League matches under John Gregory but are held at Upton Park to prompt Gregory to extol the virtues of the defensive art.
Michael Oakes keeps his first clean sheet in 13 games dating back to April 1997 under Brian Little to make it 34 Appearances (32 Starts) W13 D8 L13, 35 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.03 goals per game and 13 Clean Sheets (38%) so far in his Villa career.
Ian Taylor makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (138 Starts) to make it W71 D35 L44, 21 Goals, 9 Assists and 26 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games played so far in his Villa career.
Alan Thompson collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance to make it W8 D3 L0, 1 Goal and 5 Bookings at a rate of a card every 2.20 games so far in his Villa career.
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton 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
West Ham United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Game | #9 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 17 October 1998
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🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴 | Kent, 1991–2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 24 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 2.38
Villa Career Form:
Champions
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴 | Kent, 1991–2000
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Alan Thompson
🟨 Stan Collymore
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Michael Oakes replaces Mark Bosnich in goal.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.12 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 30.60 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.66 |
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Harry Redknapp | 🏴 |

West Ham United
GK Shaka Hislop | 🇹🇹 |
LB Julian Dicks | 🏴 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Rio Ferdinand | 🏴 |
CB Ian Pearce | 🏴 |
M Steve Lomas | 🇬🇧 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
M Eyal Berkovic | 🇮🇱 |
W Trevor Sinclair | 🏴 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF John Hartson | 🏴 |
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴 | (M Andy Impey | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Ian Wright | 🏴 | (CF Paul Kitson | 🏴 |)

🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Craig Forrest | 🇨🇦 |
M Marc Keller | 🇫🇷 |
M John Moncur | 🏴 |
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

🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park


MATCH REPORTS
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