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Game #4593

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 29 December 1999

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Drew

12th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur

Villa Park

Attendance: 39,217

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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Tottenham Hotspur

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Assist(s) | Paul Merson | 75’ |

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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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

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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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 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Tottenham Hotspur

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1998-99

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Game | #20 |
Manager Game | #83 |
Wednesday, 29 December 1999

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🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1994-2004
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 83 | 🟩 | 41 🟨 | 15 🟥 27 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1994-2004
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 22 November 1999, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Ian Taylor

🟨 Steffen Iversen

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

MANAGER

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

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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) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | 66’ |
🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 74’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Allan Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | (RB Luke Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Neil Cutler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"It was a dejected Villa who trooped away to the dressing-room. How could they dominate so much of the game and then fall behind to Tottenham’s first effort of note?"
Quotes

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, 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, 30 December 1999

*Taylor draws Sherwood’s vicious sting* Aston Villa have more reason than most to usher in the new year, eager to see the back of 1999 which they entered as Premiership leaders and depart from still striving to prove they are not a club in crisis. Last night they deservedly fought back from Tim Sherwood’s thunderous goal to earn a point. Villa had not lost here to Tottenham in the Premier League, and so inspired had Ian Walker been in the first half it seemed that record would fall. Then, with 15 minutes remaining, Paul Merson fed Ian Taylor and reward was at hand. For both these sides the additional day’s rest was probably an inconvenience; each had won decisively on Boxing Day and were doubtless eager to put that confidence to good use as quickly as possible. A near capacity crowd added to the feeling in the Midlands that Villa’s fortunes were on the turn. Gregory’s team gave substance to that belief by imposing themselves on Spurs from the start, running keenly in all areas of the field, bringing urgency to their play and gaining encouragement from the early signs that Merson and Benito Carbone were on top of their game. Julian Joachim was another discomforting presence for the Spurs defence. John Gregory’s reminder that he was without a Premiership strike since September and had to start delivering drew a positive response, and his manager would have been pleased to see him beat Sol Campbell to a ball Alan Wright had floated across. Walker touched the header over but the moment was symbolic of Villa’s drive and determination. Joachim’s spin and dash along the 18-yard line then led to a shot that rose above the angle. In the 17th minute Villa’s enterprise ought to have put them ahead. An incisive move involving Steve Watson and Merson brought Joachim surging into the area where Walker was required to parry. Taylor was on hand to force the ball home had Stephen Carr not intervened. The Irishman was well placed again soon afterwards as Carbone led another charge that Watson continued. Spurs were living dangerously at the back and losing the battle in midfield, where Taylor and George Boateng were covering much ground and giving support to Watson when David Ginola had possession. There was another let-off for the visitors when Taylor met Merson’s free-kick at the far post and nodded across goal where a similar thrust of Joachim’s forehead would surely have taken the ball over the line. This time Walker swooped low to his right to push it away with breathtaking agility. It was somewhat against the run of play therefore when Spurs seized the advantage. David James had not been obliged to make a save up to then; now, with seconds remaining of the first half, he was retrieving the ball from his net after Sherwood, ignoring the options to his right, suddenly let fly from 30 yards, leaving the goalkeeper groping as he found the top corner in thrilling style. It was a dejected Villa who trooped away to the dressing-room. How could they dominate so much of the game and then fall behind to Tottenham’s first effort of note? Their task would have steepened considerably had James not been at his best in twice denying Steffen Iversen, firstly when the bustling striker was allowed to turn just inside the area and again when Ginola’s delivery from the left put the ball on Iversen’s head.
Reports

🟨 29 December 1999, Villa 1-1 Spurs, Villa Park.

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