Game #4586
Aston Villa
Monday, 22 November 1999


Lost
13th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 20,174
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
Coventry City
2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Steve Stone | 41’ |
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 22 November 1999
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Cédric Roussel
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-1, Dion Dublin, Assist by Steve Stone
🕒 | HT Coventry City 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 1-2, (Coventry City), Robbie Keane
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Mark Delaney, Sub on, Steve Watson
🔁 | 75’ Sub, off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT Coventry City 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, George Boateng
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, Lee Hendrie
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
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 22 November 1999
Villa lose for the 3rd consecutive game under John Gregory.
David James has now failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 winless games since his return to the side.
Villa have now lost to Coventry, Sunderland and Southampton as well as failing to beat Wimbledon.
Dion Dublin scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 41st appearance to make it W16 D9 L16, 20 Goals, 3 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.78 games played so far in his Villa career.
Steve Stone contributes his 5th goal involvement on his 21st appearance in a Villa shirt (11 Starts) to make it W7 D4 L10, 1 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa midfielder Mustafa Hadji lines up for Coventry.
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield 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
Coventry City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Game | #15 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Monday, 22 November 1999
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🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 76 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 | 13 🟥 26 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1997-2004
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 George Boateng
🟨 Ian Taylor
🟨 Lee Hendrie
CARDS

🟨 Paul Telfer
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
George Boateng, Ian Taylor, Julian Joachim and Lee Hendrie return in place of Paul Merson, Gareth Barry, Benito Carbone and Alan Thompson.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.95 |
Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 34.86 |
Youngest Player |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 22.53 |
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |

Coventry City
GK Magnus Hedman | 🇸🇪 |
CB Gary Breen | 🇮🇪 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴 |
LB Marcus Hall | 🏴 |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴 |
M Youssef Chippo | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴 |
M Paul Telfer | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Cédric Roussel | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | for RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 | F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Youssef Chippo | 🇲🇦 | (LB David Burrows | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Cédric Roussel | 🇧🇪 | (CF Noel Whelan | 🏴 |)

🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴 |
CB Mo Konjić | 🇧🇦 |
M John Eustace | 🏴 |
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
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | | 36 | 3* | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 15* | - | - | 4 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 11* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 22 Nov 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road


MATCH REPORTS
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