Game #4592
Aston Villa
Sunday, 26 December 1999


Won
12th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Derby County
Pride Park
Attendance: 33,222
🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park
Derby County
0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Darius Vassell | 68’ | 78’ |
🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 26 December 1999
🕒 | HT Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Benito Carbone, Sub on, Darius Vassell
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-0, George Boateng, Assist by Darius Vassell
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub off, Steve Stone
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 2-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT Derby County 0-2 Aston Villa
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
🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 26 December 1999
Villa win successive Premier League games under John Gregory for the first time since August as Darius Vassell provides an impressive cameo after coming on at 56’.
Darius Vassell contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt with a brace of assists on his 21st appearance (2 Starts) to make it W11 D0 L10, 2 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.20 games played so far in his Villa career.
Steve Stone secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance (11 Starts) to make it W10 D4 L10, 1 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
George Boateng secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (17 Starts) to make it W10 D4 L6, 2 Goals and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride 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
Derby County


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75
🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #82 |
Sunday, 26 December 1999
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🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 82 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 14 🟥 27 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Matches Officiated: 16
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 30 October 1999, Villa 0-3 Manchester United, Old Trafford.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Spencer Prior
🟨 Branko Strupar
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Julian Joachim replaces Dion Dublin.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.29 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 31.79 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 18.85 |
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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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | 🔁 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Jim Smith | 🏴 |

Derby County
GK Mart Poom | 🇪🇪 |
CB Steve Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Spencer Prior | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Jacob Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Tony Dorigo (ex) | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Seth Johnson | 🏴 |
M Lars Bohinen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Daryl Powell | 🇯🇲 |
M Craig Burley | 🏴 |
CF Deon Burton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Branko Strupar | 🇭🇷 | 🟨 |
🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 | for F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | 56’ |
🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Tony Dorigo (ex) | 🏴 | (CB Stefan Schnoor | 🇩🇪 |)
🔁 | M Lars Bohinen | 🇳🇴 | (CF Malcolm Christie | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Deon Burton | 🏴 | (CF Marvin Robinson | 🏴 |)

🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
LB Najwan Ghrayib | 🇮🇱 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Russell Hoult | 🏴 |
CB Horacio Carbonari | 🇦🇷 |
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
🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | | 21 | 19* | 2 | 3* | 11* | 0 | 10 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 | | 3* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 26 Dec 1999, Villa 2-0 Derby, Pride Park
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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