Game #4568
Aston Villa
Sunday, 16 May 1999


Lost
6th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Arsenal
Highbury
Attendance: 38,308
🟥 16 May 1999, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury
Arsenal
1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 16 May 1999, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 16 May 1999
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Nwankwo Kanu
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Steve Watson, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Simon Grayson, Sub on, Mark Delaney
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Colin Calderwood, Sub on, Steve Stone
🕒 | FT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Riccardo Scimeca
🟨 | Booking, Gareth Southgate
🟨 | Booking, Steve Watson
🟨 | Booking, Mark Draper
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
🟥 16 May 1999, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 16 May 1999
A polarised season comes to a close during which John Gregory’s fascinating, frustrating, entertaining boom or bust style has been seen in full effect. There really is never a dull moment under John Gregory, on or off the pitch. Although not creative geniuses, the 1998 version of Villa were virtually unbeatable and able to win against any opposition in any circumstances. 1999 Villa however looked bereft of ideas, bewildered and firmly in relegation form.
Goalkeeper Michael Oakes, 25, makes his 61st and final appearance in a Villa shirt (59 Starts) to make it W22 D13 L26, 79 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.30 goals per game and 20 Clean Sheets (33%) across his Villa career. Oakes would move on to Wolverhampton Wanderers in October 1999 for a fee of £675,000.
Centre back Riccardo Scimeca, 23, makes his 97th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (68 Starts) before moving on to Nottingham Forest for £4,050,000 in July 1999 leaving with a record of W45 D18 L34, 2 Goals and 5 Bookings across his 3 seasons in the Villa first team.
Grumpy full back Simon Grayson, 28, plays for the first time in 3 months and makes his 64th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (43 Starts) before moving on to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £750,000 in July 1999. Grayson left with a record of W30 D11 L23, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 5 Bookings across his two, apparently miserable, seasons with the club.
Steve Stone makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W3 D2 L5, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
🟥 16 May 1999, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 | 1992-99 🕒 61 | 59 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 139 | #699 |
🔴 CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 1995-99 🕒 97 | 68 (29) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 30 | #709 |
🔴 FB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 1997-99 🕒 64 | 43 (21) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 21 | #721 |
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
Arsenal


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1997–98
🟥 16 May 1999, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Game | #38 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Sunday, 16 May 1999
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 58 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 10 🟥 19 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 17 February 1999, Villa 1-2 Leeds, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Riccardo Scimeca
🟨 Gareth Southgate
🟨 Steve Watson
🟨 Mark Draper
CARDS

🟨 Tony Adams
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 16 May 1999, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gareth Barry, Ian Taylor and Steve Stone drop out with Ugo Ehiogu (first start in 15), Simon Grayson (first start in 11) and Riccardo Scimeca (first start in 8) coming in.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.79 |
Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 34.34 |
Youngest Player |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 23.94 |
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MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔴 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |

Arsenal
GK David Seaman | 🏴 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴 |
RB Nelson Vivas | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
RB Lee Dixon | 🏴 |
M Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴 |
M Emmanuel Petit | 🇫🇷 |
W Marc Overmars | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 |
CF Nicolas Anelka | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 72’ |
🔁 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | for RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 72’ |
🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴 | for CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Nelson Vivas | 🇦🇷 | (M Freddie Ljungberg | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Nicolas Anelka | 🇫🇷 | (CF Nwankwo Kanu | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | W Marc Overmars | 🇳🇱 | (CF Kaba Diawara | 🇬🇳 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK John Lukic | 🏴 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴 |
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
🟥 16 May 1999, Villa 0-1 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | | 11 | 11* | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 6* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
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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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