Game #4565
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 April 1999
Won
5th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Nottingham Forest
Attendance: 34,492
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Nottingham Forest
Assist(s) | Alan Wright | 45’ | Steve Stone | 57’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Mark Draper, opened the scoring, Saturday, 24 April 1999.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 April 1999
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Draper, Assist by Alan Wright
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest
⚽ | 57 Goal, 2-0, Gareth Barry, Assist by Steve Stone
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Steve Watson, Sub on, Ugo Ehiogu
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Steve Stone, Sub on, Mark Delaney 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest`
ON THIS DAY
In the boom or bust style proving typical of life under John Gregory, Villa won three consecutive games having not previously won in 11 games.
Full back Mark Delaney made his Villa debut aged 22 after moving from Cardiff City for a fee of £338,000 in March 1999.
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
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 24 April 1999
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 55 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 10 🟥 16 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Matches Officiated: 17
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 7
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 15 December 1997, Villa 0-1 Manchester United, Old Trafford 🆘
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Michael Oakes replaces Mark Bosnich as Paul Merson comes in for Lee Hendrie.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.54 |
Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 34.28 |
Youngest Player |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 24.61 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
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Nottingham Forest
GK Mark Crossley | 🏴 |
LB Ståle Stensaas | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
CB Jesper Mattsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Steve Chettle | 🏴 |
CB Jon Olav Hjelde | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
RB Des Lyttle | 🏴 |
RB Matthieu Louis-Jean | 🇫🇷 |
M Alan Rogers | 🏴 |
M Andy Johnson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
CF Dougie Freedman | 🏴 | 🔁 |
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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | for RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 72’ |
🔁 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 🟢 | for M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | LB Ståle Stensaas | 🇳🇴 | (CF Pierre van Hooijdonk | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | M Andy Johnson | 🏴 | (M Chris Bart-Williams | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Dougie Freedman | 🏴 | (CF Neil Shipperley | 🏴 |)
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Dave Beasant | 🏴 |
M Ian Woan | 🏴 |
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SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
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
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*The Guardian*
Saturday, 24 April 1999
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