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Game #4569

Aston Villa

Saturday, 7 August 1999

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Won

1st=

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Premier League

Newcastle United

St James' Park

Attendance: 36,376

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

Newcastle United

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Mark Delaney | 75’ |

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 August 1999

🟢 | 1’ Debut, David James, George Boateng
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, George Boateng, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🟥 | 70’ Sending off (Newcastle United), Alan Shearer
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 1-0, Julian Joachim, Assist by Mark Delaney
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Colin Calderwood, Sub on, Steve Stone
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 0-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 | Booking, Mark Delaney
🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 August 1999

  • Villa open the season with victory at St James' Park.

  • Goalkeeper David James, 29, is rescued from the Pontins League by John Gregory and makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Liverpool for a fee of £2,160,000 in June 1999 to become the 737th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Midfielder George Boateng, 24, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Coventry City for a fee of £5,580,000 in July 1999 to become the 738th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Alan Wright makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (198 Starts) to make it W91 D47 L62, 3 Goals, 12 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Mark Delaney makes his 1st start in a Villa shirt, contributes his first assist and collects his first booking on his 3rd appearance to make it W2 D0 L1, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Dion Dublin secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 25th appearance to make it W10 D6 L9, 11 Goals, 2 Assists and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.92 games played so far in his Villa career.

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK David James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #737 | £2,160,000 signing from Liverpool
🟢 M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | #738 | £5,580,000 signing from Coventry

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Newcastle United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

Aston Villa

Newcastle United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Newcastle United

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Saturday, 7 August 1999

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🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 59 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 10 🟥 19 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 27 Feb 99, Villa 1-4 Coventry (h)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 Mark Delaney
🟨 Alan Thompson

🟥 Alan Shearer
🟨 Alan Shearer
🟨 Alan Shearer
🟨 Alain Goma
🟨 Warren Barton
🟨 Gary Speed

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa hand debuts to David James and George Boateng as well as giving Mark Delaney his first start.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.86 |

Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 34.57 |

Youngest Player |
FB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 23.25 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

MANAGER

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

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Aston Villa

GK David James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ruud Gullit | 🇳🇱 |

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Newcastle United

GK Steve Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Carl Serrant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Didier Domi | 🇫🇷 |
CB Franck Dumas | 🇫🇷 |
CB Marcelino Elena Sierra | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Alain Goma | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
RB Warren Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gary Speed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Temuri Ketsbaia | 🇬🇪 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

Line Ups

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 56’ |
🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 87’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Carl Serrant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Silvio Marić | 🇭🇷 |)
🔁 | CB Marcelino Elena Sierra | 🇪🇸 | (W Kieron Dyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | (CF Paul Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Najwan Ghrayib | 🇮🇱 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Lionel Perez | 🇫🇷 |
RB Laurent Charvet | 🇫🇷 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Villa snatched the points having been second best most of the game but the talking point surrounded referee Uriah Rennie, who booked seven players and controversially sent off Newcastle and England skipper Alan Shearer late in the second half."
Quotes

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Guardian*
Saturday, 7 August 1999

*Shearer sent off in 100th match* Villa snatched the points having been second best most of the game but the talking point surrounded referee Uriah Rennie, who booked seven players and controversially sent off Newcastle and England skipper Alan Shearer late in the second half. It is the first time in his career that the England captain has been dismissed and this was his 100th appearance for Newcastle. After losing the FA Cup final and finishing 13th in successive seasons, Newcastle fans were expecting their underachieving Magpies to raise the roof this season, but the club have taken them literally at their word: half the stadium - including the press box and the visitors’ end - will be exposed to the elements until January at the earliest as part of the £40 milion expansion of St James’ Park’s to a capacity of 51,900. The building work has not been at the expense of team building. Although manager Ruud Gullit has sold or released 12 professionals in the close season, raising £11 million - assuming Nicos Dabizas’ projected move to Leicester is completed next week - he has also brought in £17 million worth of new talent. Elena Marcelino, Alain Goma, Franck Dumas all started here, Kieron Dyer was on the bench after suffering a slight hamstring strain. Despite six of yesterday’s starting eleven having been bought under Kevin Keegan or Kenny Dalglish, Gullit knows this is now his team. The pressure is also on Aston Villa boss John Gregory to match the progress made last season, although his close season spending is somewhat more modest than Gullit’s. He handed debuts to £4.5 million capture from Coventry George Boateng and ex-Liverpool goalkeeper David James. Newcastle enjoyed the best of a scrappy first period, which somehow witnessed five yellow cards. Goma hit the bar with a header from Serrant’s cross in their most significant attack, though the approach play, especially from Nolberto Solano, was occasionally thrilling. Dyer was introduced at half time for Marcelino, and his presence immediately galvanised Newcastle. Ketsbaia drew two brilliant saves from James before Dyer himself shot over from the Georgian’s cut-back. But the failure to score allowed Villa back in the game. But then controversy struck. Shearer and Colin Calderwood challenged for the ball. With the defender on the ground, referee Rennie, brandished a red card at Shearer, to the astonishment of even Villa players. With the boos still ringing around the ground, Mark Delaney found Joachim free in the box and his stooped header crept in.
Reports

🟩 7 August 1999, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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