Game #4575
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 September 1999


Lost
4th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Arsenal
Highbury
Attendance: 38,098
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
Arsenal
3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Paul Merson | 44’ |
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 September 1999
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-0, Julian Joachim, Assist by Paul Merson
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Davor Šuker
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 1-2, (Arsenal), Davor Šuker
🔁 | 51’ Sub off, David James, Sub on, Peter Enckelman 🟢
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Alan Thompson
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 1-3, (Arsenal), Nwankwo Kanu
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 | Booking, Paul Merson
🟨 | Booking, Mark Delaney
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
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
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 September 1999
Villa lose for the second time in seven Premier League games under John Gregory as they are beaten at Highbury.
Peter Enckelman makes his debut in a Villa shirt as a 51’ substitute for David James after joining from TPS Turku for £513,000 in February 1999 to become the 739th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Paul Merson makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (32 Appearances) to make it W12 D6 L14, 5 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.00 games played so far in his Villa career.
Lee Hendrie suffers his 25th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 78th appearance (60 Starts) to make it W38 D15 L25, 6 Goals, 9 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | #739 | £513,000 signing from TPS Turku
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
Arsenal


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1997–98
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Game | #7 |
Manager Game | #65 |
Saturday, 11 September 1999
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🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1989-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 65 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 11 🟥 21 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1989-2002
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 Paul Merson
🟨 Mark Delaney
🟨 Ian Taylor
CARDS

🟨 Nigel Winterburn
🟨 Gilles Grimandi
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up for the second consecutive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.32 |
Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 34.66 |
Youngest Player |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 22.33 |
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
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
Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |

Arsenal
GK Alex Manninger | 🇦🇹 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴 |
RB Lee Dixon | 🏴 |
M Gilles Grimandi | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
M Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴 |
W Marc Overmars | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Davor Šuker | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | 🟢 | for GK David James | 🏴 | 51’ |
🔁 | M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 62’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 71’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Davor Šuker | 🇭🇷 | (LB Sylvinho | 🇧🇷 |)
🔁 | F Dennis Bergkamp | 🇳🇱 | (CF Nwankwo Kanu | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | W Marc Overmars | 🇳🇱 | (CF Thierry Henry | 🇫🇷 |)

🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK John Lukic | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
RB Nelson Vivas | 🇦🇷 |
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

🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 1 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | | 10* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 11 Sep 1999, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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