Game #4591
Aston Villa
Saturday, 18 December 1999


Won
12th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Sheffield Wednesday
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,885
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Sheffield Wednesday

Assist(s) | Julian Joachim | 69’ | Paul Merson | 82’ |
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 December 1999
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday, pen), Gilles De Bilde
💥 | 33' Missed Penalty, Dion Dublin
🔁 | 39’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 1-1, Paul Merson, Assist by Julian Joachim
💥 | Missed Penalty, Paul Merson,
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Benito Carbone, Sub on, Darius Vassell
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 2-1, Ian Taylor, Assist by Paul Merson
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Colin Calderwood
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
🟨 | 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
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 December 1999
Villa win for the first time in 10 League games.
Despite the relief, joy is tempered by a nasty looking injury to centre forward Dion Dublin who it is subsequently revealed has broken a vertebra that will keep him out of the reckoning for a long spell. Dublin would not return to the side until March 2000 amid uncertainty around his playing career that had so far delivered W19 D10 L17, 23 Goals, 3 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.77 games played so far in his Villa career.
Ugo Ehiogu secures his 125th win in a Villa shirt on his 271st appearance (255 Starts) to make it W125 D60 L86, 14 Goals, 7 Assists, 35 Bookings and 2 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Ian Taylor makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (187 Starts) to make it W91 D46 L63, 26 Goals, 12 Assists and 40 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Paul Merson contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 44th appearance (29 Starts) to make it W18 D8 L18, 6 Goals, 4 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.40 games played so far in his Villa career.
Julian Joachim secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 120th appearance (79 Starts) to make it W50 D22 L48, 33 Goals, 10 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.79 games played so far in his Villa career.
Darius Vassell secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (2 Starts) to make it W10 D0 L10, 2 Goals and 1 Assist at a goal involvement rate of one for every 6.67 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

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
Sheffield Wednesday


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #81 |
Saturday, 18 December 1999
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🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 81 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 | 14 🟥 27 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 24 Aug 99, Villa 1-0 Watford (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ian Taylor
CARDS

🟨 Danny Sonner
🟨 Alan Quinn
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Benito Carbone replaces Mark Delaney.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.76 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 31.77 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 18.83 |
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Danny Wilson | 🏴 |

Sheffield Wednesday
GK Pavel Srníček | 🇨🇿 |
LB Ian Nolan | 🇬🇧 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
CB Émerson Thome | 🇧🇷 |
RB Peter Atherton | 🏴 |
M Niclas Alexandersson | 🇸🇪 |
M Danny Sonner | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
M Wim Jonk | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Alan Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
F Gilles De Bilde | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Booth | 🏴 |
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔥 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 39’ |
🔁 | F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | 81’ |
🔁 | CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 86’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Wim Jonk | 🇳🇱 | (CF Gerald Sibon | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | M Alan Quinn | 🇮🇪 | (RB Steve Haslam | 🏴 |)

🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴 |
LB Kevin Nicholson | 🏴 |
CF Richard Cresswell | 🏴 |
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
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | | 120 | 41* | 33 | 10* | 50* | 22 | 48 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 | | 2* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 18 Dec 1999, Villa 2-1 Wednesday, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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