Game #4542
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 November 1998


Drew
1st= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Premier League
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
Attendance: 25,753
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground
Nottingham Forest
2-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 November 1998
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Chris Bart-Williams
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Dougie Freedman
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on Alan Thompson
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 1-2, Julian Joachim
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-2, Julian Joachim
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Gareth Southgate
🟨 | Booking, Lee Hendrie
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
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 November 1998
Villa recover from their first defeat in 13 Premier League games under John Gregory but are held at the City Ground as they are forced to sit joint top of the table.
Julian Joachim scores a brace on his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (40 Starts) to make it W31 D14 L30, 17 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.57 games played so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa winger Steve Stone lines up for Forest.
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

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
Nottingham Forest


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1989-90
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Game | #14 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Saturday, 28 November 1998
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🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 32 | 🟩 | 21 🟨 | 5 🟥 6 | 2.13
Villa Career Form:
Champions
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 February 1998, FA Cup, Villa 0-1 Coventry, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Gareth Southgate
🟨 Lee Hendrie
CARDS

🟨 Scott Gemmill
🟨 Nigel Quashie
🟨 Chris Bart-Williams
🟨 Pierre van Hooijdonk
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ian Taylor and Julian Joachim return in place of Mark Draper and Stan Collymore.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.97 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 30.71 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.77 |
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Dave Bassett | 🏴 |

Nottingham Forest
GK Dave Beasant | 🏴 |
LB Thierry Bonalair | 🇫🇷 |
LB Craig Armstrong | 🏴 |
CB Steve Chettle | 🏴 |
CB Jon Olav Hjelde | 🇳🇴 |
M Scott Gemmill | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
M Nigel Quashie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Chris Bart-Williams | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Pierre van Hooijdonk | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
CF Dougie Freedman | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 46’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Scott Gemmill | 🏴 | (M Andy Johnson | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Dougie Freedman | 🏴 | (CF Jean-Claude Darcheville | 🇬🇫 |)

🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Crossley | 🏴 |
M Christian Edwards | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
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
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | | 16 | 3* | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5* | 3 | - | - | 6 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground
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
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 28 Nov 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground


MATCH REPORTS
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