Game #4576
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 14 September 1999


Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
League Cup
Chester
Deva Stadium
Attendance: 4,363
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva
Chester City
0-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 14 September 1999
🟢 | 1' Najwan Ghrayib
🕒 | HT Chester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Darius Vassell
💥 | 77’ Missed Penalty, Lee Hendrie
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 1-0, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Chester City 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, Najwan Ghrayib
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
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 14 September 1999
Second placed Villa secure a narrow victory over fourth tier side and 92nd placed Chester in the first leg of their League cup second round tie.
Full back Najwan Ghrayib, 25, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Hapoel Haifa for a fee of £900,000 in August 1999 to become the 740th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Ian Taylor makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (188 Appearances) to make it W87 D43 L58, 24 Goals, 12 Assists and 36 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 LB Najwan Ghrayib | 🇮🇱 | #740 | £900,000 signing from Hapoel Haifa
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
Chester


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #66 |
Tuesday, 14 September 1999
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🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: John Kirkby | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1987-2000
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 66 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 11 🟥 21 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Kirkby | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1987-2000
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 27 February 1988, Villa 5-2 Plymouth, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ian Taylor
🟨 Najwan Ghrayib
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa hand first starts of the season to Najwan Ghrayib, Gareth Barry, Steve Watson and Peter Enckelman and recall Alan Thompson as David James, Mark Delaney, Gareth Southgate, Dion Dublin and Alan Wright drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.33 |
Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 34.67 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 18.57 |
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Najwan Ghrayib | 🇮🇱 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Shaun Reid | 🏴 |

Chester
GK Wayne Brown | 🏴 |
LB Matt Doughty | 🏴 |
D Goran Milosavljević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
D Mattie Woods | 🏴 |
CB Martyn Lancaster | 🏴 |
FB Ross Davidson | 🏴 |
M Darren Wright | 🏴 |
M Andy Shelton | 🏴 |
M Nick Richardson | 🏴 |
M Neil Fisher | 🏴 |
CF Luke Beckett | 🏴 |
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 66’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Goran Milovaijevic | 🇷🇸 | (M Paul Berry | 🏴 |)

🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 |
M Steve Malone | 🏴 |
M Danny Carson | 🏴 |
F Jon Jones | 🏴 |
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
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | | 14 | 14* | 2 | 1 | 6* | 0 | 8 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 14 Sep 1999, Villa 1-0 Chester, Deva
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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