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Game #4588

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 1 December 1999

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Won

4th Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Southampton

Villa Park

Attendance: 17,608

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-0

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Southampton

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🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 1 December 1999

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Watson, Assist by Alan Wright
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 2-0, Julian Joachim
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 3-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Steve Watson
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Steve Stone
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Paul Merson
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Alan Thompson
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 4-0, Dion Dublin
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton

🟨 | Booking, Julian Joachim
🟨 | 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

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 1 December 1999

  • Villa win for the 1st time in 7 under John Gregory as they hammer Southampton in the 4th round of the League Cup.

  • Steve Watson scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance (35 Starts) to make it W15 D8 L15, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. 

  • Dion Dublin scores a brace to contribute his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 43rd appearance to make it W17 D10 L16, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.72 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Colin Calderwood secures his 10th win on his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts) to make it W10 D5 L10 and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

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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

Southampton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Southampton

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Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #20 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Wednesday, 1 December 1999

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🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Barry Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1991-2008
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

🕒 78 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 14 🟥 26 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Barry Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1991-2008
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Julian Joachim
🟨 George Boateng

CARDS

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🟨 Matt Oakley

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa name an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.30 |

Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 34.88 |

Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.78 |

Referee

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

MANAGER

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

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Aston Villa

GK David James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Dave Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Southampton

GK Paul Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Patrick Colleter | 🇫🇷 |
CB Dean Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Claus Lundekvam | 🇳🇴 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Trond Egil Soltvedt | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Matt Oakley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Jo Tessem | 🇳🇴 |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Marians Pahars | 🇱🇻 |

Line Ups

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |
🔁 | M Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | (W Luis Boa Morte | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | M Trond Egil Soltvedt | 🇳🇴 | (M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Stuart Ripley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Jason Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Najwan Ghrayib | 🇮🇱 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Neil Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF James Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa 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

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"This was only his second match in two months, Watson being one of many expensive Gregory signings, including Steve Stone and Paul Merson, who have spent an inordinate amount of time on the substitutes’ bench. Had it been the Villa manager paying nearly £2m for LS Lowry’s painting yesterday, and not the PFA, he would presumably have immediately stuck it in a dark cupboard under the stairs."
Quotes

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*The Guardian*
Thursday, 2 December 1999

*Fortune favours Gregory as Villa stun Saints* It is possible, having drawn the lucky losers Darlington in the third round of the FA Cup, that a little of that lucky tag has rubbed off on Villa’s beleaguered manager John Gregory. Certainly Villa, having lost at home to Southampton in the Premiership last month, enjoyed a considerable upturn of fortune last night with goals from Steve Watson, Julian Joachim and two from Dion Dublin rushing them through to a Worthington Cup quarter-final against West Ham United. After a frantic and largely inconsequential opening, with Southampton creating the slightly better chances but without threatening David James’s goal, Villa took the lead in the 22nd minute with a Watson header, his first goal for the club since joining them from Newcastle United last year. This was only his second match in two months, Watson being one of many expensive Gregory signings, including Steve Stone and Paul Merson, who have spent an inordinate amount of time on the substitutes’ bench. Had it been the Villa manager paying nearly £2m for LS Lowry’s painting yesterday, and not the PFA, he would presumably have immediately stuck it in a dark cupboard under the stairs. Alan Wright’s long cross from the left, swinging slightly away from Paul Jones, should have been cleared by Southampton, but Watson was virtually unchallenged as he headed over and beyond the exposed goalkeeper. Hassan Kachloul previously had a shot blocked while Southampton had a fairly half-hearted appeal for a penalty against Joachim for handball as Marian Pahars moved in on goal. Kachloul escaped the attention of the Villa defence a second time, but his low cross was played too far in front of his forwards - either that or they were too slow on the uptake. This was certainly true of Dean Richards and Patrick Colleter when Watson scored. They appeared to be bemused by Wright’s cross, rather than attempting to attack it, and although Watson’s header was perfectly timed and placed, he had time aplenty. Just before half-time Matthew le Tissier replaced Trond Soltvedt who had been injured when James came out to challenge his run on goal. The Saints needed a little magic. But there was none from the portly Le Tiss. Another raking cross by Wright again eluded Saints’ defence and it took a sprawling save by Jones in the 65th minute to deny Joachim. But not for long. A minute later Joachim virtually sealed Southampton’s fate when a wretchedly poor back header by Colleter allowed the Villa forward to skip airily past the hapless Jones on the edge of the area. Dublin added a third goal shortly afterwards when once again the frailty of the Southampton defence was horribly exposed. Watson cut in from the right and although his low cross was by no means perfect, Dublin had enough time to control and thump home, with no Saints defender within a yard. His second, and Villa’s fourth, was similarly embarrassing.
Reports

🟩 1 Dec 1999, Villa 4-0 Southampton, Villa Park

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