Game #4554
Aston Villa
Saturday, 6 February 1999


Lost
4th (-2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 37,404
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-3

Blackburn Rovers

Assist(s) | Dion Dublin | 69’ |
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 6 February 1999
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Gareth Southgate o.g.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Blackburn Rovers
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Ashley Ward
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 0-3, (Blackburn Rovers), David Dunn
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 1-3, Julian Joachim, Assist by Dion Dublin
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Alan Thompson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Blackburn Rovers
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
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 6 February 1999
Midfielder Michael Standing, 17, makes his first squad appearance for Villa after coming through the youth ranks following his move from Brighton in July 1997.
Villa suffer a second successive defeat under John Gregory and fall back to 4th in the Premier League table having spend the first six months of the season top of the table.
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa 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
Blackburn Rovers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994–95
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Game | #24 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 6 February 1999
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🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, 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: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 44 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 7 🟥 11 | 1.93
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 18
🟩 : 10
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 October 1998, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Lee Hendrie and Ugo Ehiogu drop out for Dion Dublin and Simon Grayson.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.60 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 30.90 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.96 |
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Brian Kidd | 🏴 |

Blackburn Rovers
GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |
LB Callum Davidson | 🏴 |
CB Darren Peacock | 🏴 |
CB Marlon Broomes | 🏴 |
M Jason McAteer | 🇮🇪 |
M Billy McKinlay | 🏴 |
M David Dunn | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Jason Wilcox | 🏴 |
CF Ashley Ward | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 |
CF Matt Jansen | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Matt Jansen | 🏴 | (W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 |)

🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Michael Standing | 🏴 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
CB Christian Dailly | 🏴 |
LB Gary Croft | 🏴 |
CF Kevin Davies | 🏴 |
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
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | | 22 | 4* | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6* | - | - | 9 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 1* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 6 Feb 1999, Villa 1-3 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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