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Game #4536

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 October 1998

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Drew

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Premier League

Leicester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,241

Aston Villa

1-1

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Leicester City

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Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 68’ |

MATCH TIMELINE

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Saturday, 24 October 1998

🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Tony Cottee
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Leicester City
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Gary Charles, Sub on Julian Joachim
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-1, Ugo Ehiogu, Assist by Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Steve Watson 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester City

🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu

Not recorded

ON THIS DAY

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Saturday, 24 October 1998

Full back Steve Watson made his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Newcastle United for a fee of £5,400,000 earlier this month.

DEBUT APPEARANCES

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🟢 RB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Leicester City

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

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 24 October 1998

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 26 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 2.35

Villa Career Form:

Champions

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 17
🟩 : 10
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 29 August 1998, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Mark Draper, Julian Joachim and Riccardo Scimeca drop out as Ian Taylor, Alan Thompson and Paul Merson return.

TEAM STATS

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Starting XI Average Age
| 26.14 |

Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.62 |

Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.68 |

MANAGER

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

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Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 |

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Leicester City

GK Kasey Keller | 🇺🇸 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Matt Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Rob Ullathorne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Theo Zagorakis | 🇬🇷 | 🔁 |
M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 |
M Neil Lennon | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Steve Guppy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60’ |
🔁 | RB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Theo Zagorakis | 🇬🇷 | (M Stuart Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Pegguy Arphexad | 🇫🇷 |
CB Steve Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Garry Parker (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Graham Fenton (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Media & Commentary

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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EXTERNAL MATCH REPORT LINKS

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AVFC HISTORY MATCH SUMMARY

Villa are held for the second successive Premier League game but extend their unbeaten top flight run to ten.

MATCH QUOTES

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ORIGINAL MATCH REPORT

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