Game #4602
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 February 2000


Won
9th= (-)
Last 5 | 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Watford
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,647
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0

Watford

Assist(s) | Benito Carbone | 47’ | Steve Stone | 57’ | Alan Wright | 59’ | 81’ |
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 February 2000
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Watford
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Stone, Assist by Benito Carbone
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-0, Paul Merson, Assist by Steve Stone
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 3-0, Paul Merson, Assist by Alan Wright
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Richard Walker
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, George Boateng, Sub on Jlloyd Samuel
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 4-0, Richard Walker, Assist by Alan Wright
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Watford
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
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 February 2000
Villa hammer Watford to extend their unbeaten Premier League run to 7 under John Gregory.
Villa hit 4 in the League for the first time this season and climb to 8th in the table under John Gregory.
Colin Calderwood makes his 30th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (26 Starts) to make it W13 D6 L11 and 2 Bookings across his short Villa career. Calderwood would return to the club as assistant manager to Steve Bruce during Villa’s championship seasons 2017-18.
Alan Wright makes his 225th appearance in a Villa shirt (222 Starts) to make it W103 D53 L67, 3 Goals, 18 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Richard Walker scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance (1 Start) to make it W1 D2 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.
Paul Merson contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 55th appearance (40 Starts) to make it W24 D12 L19, 8 Goals, 7 Assists and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.67 games played so far in his Villa career.
Steve Stone contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 34th appearance (18 Starts) to make it W15 D8 L11, 2 Goals, 5 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 | 1999-00 🕒 30 | 26 (4) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 8 | #735 |
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
Watford


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Game | #24 |
Manager Game | #92 |
Saturday, 5 February 2000
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🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴 | Dorset
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 92 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 18 🟥 28 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Jones | 🏴 | Loughborough, 1988-2002
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 27 November 1999, Villa 0-0 Everton, Goodison Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Paul Robinson
🟨 Robert Page
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Mark Delaney and Colin Calderwood return after 11 and 13 game absences respectively as Benito Carbone is also recalled with Steve Watson, Gareth Southgate and Richard Walker dropping out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.42 |
Oldest Player |
CB Colin Calderwood | 35.07 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 18.96 |
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |

Watford
GK Chris Day | 🏴 |
LB Paul Robinson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Palmer | 🏴 |
CB Robert Page | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Nigel Gibbs | 🏴 |
RB Neil Cox (ex) | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Alexandre Bonnot | 🇫🇷 |
M Micah Hyde | 🏴 |
M Clint Easton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Tommy Smith | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Heiðar Helguson | 🇮🇸 |
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Richard Walker | 🏴 | ⚽ | for F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 64’ |
🔁 | RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | for M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 71’ |
🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 84’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Neil Cox (ex) | 🏴 | (W Nordin Wooter | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | M Clint Easton | 🏴 | (LB Peter Kennedy | 🇬🇧 |)
🔁 | CF Tommy Smith | 🏴 | (CF Allan Smart | 🏴 |)

🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Alec Chamberlain | 🏴 |
RB Des Lyttle | 🏴 |
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
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Richard Walker | 🏴 | | 4 | 3* | 1* | 0 | 1* | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 5 Feb 2000, Villa 4-0 Watford, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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