Game #4593
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 29 December 1999


Drew
12th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,217
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | Paul Merson | 75’ |
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 29 December 1999
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Tim Sherwood
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Benito Carbone, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, Steve Stone
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 1-1, Ian Taylor, Assist by Paul Merson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
🟨 | 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
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 29 December 1999
Ian Taylor scores for the 3rd successive game as Villa extend their unbeaten Premier League run to 3 games under John Gregory but are held at home by Tottenham.
Ian Taylor contributes his 40th goal involvement on his 202nd appearance in a Villa shirt (189 Starts) to make it W92 D47 L63, 28 Goals, 12 Assists and 41 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.05 games played so far in his Villa career.
Paul Merson contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance (31 Starts) to make it W19 D9 L18, 6 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.18 games played so far in his Villa career.
Alan Wright records his 50th draw in a Villa shirt on his 216th appearance (213 Starts) to make it W98 D50 L68, 3 Goals, 15 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Steve Stone makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (11 Starts) to make it W10 D5 L10, 1 Goal, 4 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Meanwhile, future Villa boss Tim Sherwood once again scores against Villa.
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, 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
Tottenham Hotspur


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1998-99
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Game | #20 |
Manager Game | #83 |
Wednesday, 29 December 1999
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🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 83 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 15 🟥 27 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park

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

🟨 Ian Taylor
CARDS

🟨 Steffen Iversen
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.29 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 31.80 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 18.86 |
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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
George Graham (ex) | 🏴 |

Tottenham Hotspur
GK Ian Walker | 🏴 |
LB Mauricio Taricco | 🇦🇷 |
CB Chris Perry | 🏴 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴 |
RB Stephen Carr | 🇮🇪 |
M Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 |
M Allan Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |
F Steffen Iversen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
CF Chris Armstrong | 🏴 |
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | 66’ |
🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 74’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Allan Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | (RB Luke Young | 🏴 |)

🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Espen Baardsen | 🇳🇴 |
CB Ramon Vega | 🇨🇭 |
M Mark Gower | 🏴 |
W José Dominguez | 🇵🇹 |
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
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | | 22 | 20* | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1* | 10 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 | | 4* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 29 Dec 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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