Game #4605
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 February 2000


Drew
8th= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Bradford City
Bradford and Bingley Stadium
Attendance: 18,276
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley
Bradford City
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Benito Carbone | 38’ |
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 February 2000
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Merson, Assist by Benito Carbone
🕒 | HT Bradford City 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Steve Stone, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 1-1, (Bradford City), Dean Windass
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Bradford City 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, George Boateng
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 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 February 2000
Villa extend their unbeaten Premier League run to 9 under John Gregory but are held at Bradford to leave them 8th in the table.
Alan Wright makes his 225th start in a Villa shirt (228 Appearances) to make it W105 D54 L69, 3 Goals, 20 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa hero Dean Saunders lines up for Bradford.
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley

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
Bradford City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1910-11
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #26 |
Manager Game | #95 |
Saturday, 26 February 2000
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🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 95 | 🟩 | 48 🟨 | 19 🟥 28 | 1.72
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 Aug 99, Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough (h)
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 George Boateng
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.37 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 31.96 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 19.02 |
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Paul Jewell | 🏴 |

Bradford City
GK Aidan Davison | 🇬🇧 |
LB Wayne Jacobs | 🏴 |
D Andy O'Brien | 🇮🇪 |
CB David Wetherall | 🏴 |
RB Gunnar Halle | 🇳🇴 |
M Gareth Whalley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Stuart McCall | 🏴 |
M Jamie Lawrence | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Peter Beagrie | 🏴 |
CF Dean Windass | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dean Saunders (ex) | 🏴 |
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | for M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 66’ |
🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 77’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Gareth Whalley | 🏴 | (CF Jorge Cadete | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | M Jamie Lawrence | 🏴 | (F Robbie Blake | 🏴 |)

🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
F Richard Walker | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Neville Southall | 🏴 |
W Lee Sharpe | 🏴 |
CB John Dreyer | 🏴 |
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 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | | 211 | 17* | 31 | 13 | 96 | 51* | 64 | - | - | 42 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 26 Feb 2000, Villa 1-1 Bradford, Bradford & Bingley


MATCH REPORTS
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