Game #4565
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 April 1999


Won
5th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Nottingham Forest
Villa Park
Attendance: 34,492
🟩 24 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0

Nottingham Forest

Assist(s) | Alan Wright | 45’ | Steve Stone | 57’ |
🟩 24 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park


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`
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 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 April 1999
Villa record a third consecutive win and clean sheet to sit 5th in the Premier League table despite having not won in their previous 11 under John Gregory.
Right back Mark Delaney, 22, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Cardiff City for a fee of £338,000 in March 1999 to become the 736th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Mark Draper secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 151st appearance (138 Starts) to make it W75 D34 L42, 11 Goals, 15 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Alan Wright contributes his 15th assist in a Villa shirt on his 196th appearance (194 Starts) to make it W90 D47 L59, 3 Goals, 12 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Michael Oakes keeps his 20th clean sheet on his 58th appearance in a Villa shirt (56 Starts) W22 D13 L23, 72 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.24 goals per game and 20 Clean Sheets (34%) so far in his Villa career.
🟩 24 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | #736 | £340k signing from Cardiff
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
🟩 24 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Saturday, 24 April 1999
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🟩 24 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
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 | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 55 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 10 🟥 16 | 1.76
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 24 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park

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: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Jon Olav Hjelde
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 24 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Michael Oakes replaces Mark Bosnich as Paul Merson comes in for Lee Hendrie.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.54 |
Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 34.28 |
Youngest Player |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 24.61 |
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MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

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 | 🏴 | (ex)

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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 24 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | 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
🔁 | LB Ståle Stensaas | 🇳🇴 | (CF Pierre van Hooijdonk | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | M Andy Johnson | 🏴 | (M Chris Bart-Williams | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Dougie Freedman | 🏴 | (CF Neil Shipperley | 🏴 |)

🟩 24 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Dave Beasant | 🏴 |
M Ian Woan | 🏴 |
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 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | | 38 | 6* | 1* | 1 | 19* | 8 | 11 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 3* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 24 Apr 1999, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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