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Game #4537

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 28 October 1998

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

League Cup

Chelsea

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 26,790

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea

4-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Not recorded

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 28 October 1998

⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Draper
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea), Gianluca Vialli
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Riccardo Scimeca, Sub on, Alan Thompson
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 1-2, (Chelsea), Gianluca Vialli
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, Tommy Jaszczun 🟢 🔴
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Gary Charles, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 1-3, (Chelsea), Tore André Flo
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 1-4, (Chelsea), Gianluca Vialli
🟥 | 87’ Sending off, (Chelsea), Dennis Wise
🕒 | FT Chelsea 4-1 Aston Villa

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

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 28 October 1998

  • Villa suffer their first defeat of the season and their first in 16 games as John Gregory names a much changed side and squad for the third round of the League Cup at Chelsea.

  • Forward Darren Byfield, 22, makes his 10th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (3 Starts) before moving on to Walsall FC in June 2000, leaving with a record of W5 D1 L4, 0 Goals and 0 Assists across his 12 months in and around the first team.

  • Midfielder Tommy Jaszczun, 21, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 730th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football before moving on to Blackpool for a fee of £63,000 in January 2000.

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #730 | Youth Team promotiion

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1997-98 🕒 10 | 3 (7) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺9 | #722 |
🔴 LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998 🕒 1 | 0 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺2 | #730 |

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Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1997-98

Aston Villa

Chelsea

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Wednesday, 28 October 1998

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🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1994-2004
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 27 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 4 🟥 4 | 2.26

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1994-2004
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Ian Taylor
🟨 Alan Thompson

🟥 Dennis Wise
🟨 Dan Petrescu
🟨 Gianluca Vialli

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gareth Southgate, Gareth Barry, Lee Hendrie, Alan Thompson, Stan Collymore and Paul Merson drop out as Steve Watson (first start), Darren Byfield, Simon Grayson, Mark Draper, Julian Joachim and Riccardo Scimeca come in.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.20 |

Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.42 |

Youngest Player |
F Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.09 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MANAGER

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

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Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 |

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Chelsea

GK Dmitriy Kharin | 🇷🇺 |
LB Celestine Babayaro | 🇳🇬 |
CB Bernard Lambourde | 🇫🇷 |
CB Michael Duberry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dan Petrescu | 🇷🇴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
M Gustavo Poyet | 🇺🇾 |
M Jody Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tore André Flo | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
CF Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 56’ |
🔁 | LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 74’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Dan Petrescu | 🇷🇴 | (CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 | (LB Jon Harley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Mark Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Neil Clement | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Kevin Hitchcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 |

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

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 28 October 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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MATCH REPORTS

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