Game #4573
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 24 August 1999


Won
3rd= (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Watford
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 19,161
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road
Watford
0-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 24 August 1999
🕒 | HT Watford 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Delaney
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, George Boateng
🕒 | FT Watford 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, George Boateng
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 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 24 August 1999
Villa recover from their first defeat of the season to win for the third time in five under John Gregory and climb to 3rd in the Premier League table.
Mark Delaney scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W4 D1 L2, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road

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
Watford


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #63 |
Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 63 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 11 🟥 20 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ian Taylor
🟨 George Boateng
CARDS

🟨 Mark Williams
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Paul Merson makes his first start of the season in place of Alan Thompson.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.27 |
Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 34.61 |
Youngest Player |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 22.28 |
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |

Watford
GK Chris Day | 🏴 |
LB Peter Kennedy | 🇬🇧 |
LB Paul Robinson | 🏴 |
CB Mark Williams | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Palmer | 🏴 |
CB Robert Page | 🏴 |
RB Des Lyttle | 🏴 |
M Micah Hyde | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Clint Easton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Michel Ngonge | 🇨🇩 | 🔁 |
CF Tommy Mooney (yth) | 🏴 |
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Micah Hyde | 🏴 | (M Alexandre Bonnot | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | M Clint Easton | 🏴 | (W Jóhann Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Michel Ngonge | 🇨🇩 | (CF Dominic Foley | 🇮🇪 |)

🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
LB Najwan Ghrayib | 🇮🇱 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Herwig Walker | 🇦🇹 |
RB Nigel Gibbs | 🏴 |
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 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | | 4 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 3* | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 24 Aug 1999, Villa 1-0 Watford, Vicarage Road


MATCH REPORTS
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