Game #4536
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 October 1998


Drew
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,241
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1

Leicester City

Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 68’ |
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
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
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
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 October 1998
Villa are held for the second successive Premier League game but extend their unbeaten top flight run to ten under John Gregory.
Full back Steve Watson, 24, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Newcastle United for a fee of £5,400,000 earlier this month to become the 729th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Gary Charles makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (90 Starts) to make it W54 D24 L22, 4 Goals, 11 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | #729 | £5.40m signing from Newcastle
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
Leicester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1996-97
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 24 October 1998
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🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


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

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 26 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 2.35
Villa Career Form:
Champions
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
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: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ugo Ehiogu
CARDS

🟨 Rob Ullathorne
🟨 Neil Lennon
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Mark Draper, Julian Joachim and Riccardo Scimeca drop out as Ian Taylor, Alan Thompson and Paul Merson return.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.14 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 30.62 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.68 |
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

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 | 🇬🇧 | (ft)

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 | 🏴 |
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 60’ |
🔁 | RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 🟢 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Theo Zagorakis | 🇬🇷 | (M Stuart Wilson | 🏴 |)

🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | | 70 | 33* | 15 | 4 | 30 | 13* | 27 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa 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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 24 Oct 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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