Game #4607
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 March 2000


Won
6th= (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,177
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Coventry City

Assist(s) | Paul Merson | 45’ |
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 March 2000
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Ugo Ehiogu, Assist by Paul Merson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Steve Stone
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Richard Walker
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 | Booking, Alan Wright
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
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 March 2000
Villa beat Coventry at Villa Park to extend their Premier League unbeaten run to 11 games under John Gregory and climb to 6th place in the table.
Ugo Ehiogu scores his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 287th appearance (271 Starts) to make it W134 D66 L87, 15 Goals, 8 Assists, 36 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Meanwhile off the pitch, the Chairman refuses to commit to a 3 year deal for Benito Carbone, and the player erupts.
Future Villa midfielder Mustafa Hadji and former Villa winger Steve Froggatt line up for Coventry.
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, 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
Coventry City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 11 March 2000
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🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1997-2008
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 97 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 20 🟥 28 | 1.72
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1997-2008
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 Alan Wright
CARDS

🟨 Mustapha Hadji
🟨 Cédric Roussel
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Benito Carbone and George Boateng return in place of Richard Walker and Steve Stone.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.70 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 32.00 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 19.06 |
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
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 George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 |
MANAGER
Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |

Coventry City
GK Magnus Hedman | 🇸🇪 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴 |
RB Tomas Antonelius | 🇸🇪 |
M John Eustace | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Youssef Chippo | 🇲🇦 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🟨 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴 |
W Steve Froggatt (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Cédric Roussel | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
CF Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 80’ |
🔁 | F Richard Walker | 🏴 | for F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Eustace | 🏴 | LB David Burrows | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | (CF Noel Whelan | 🏴 |)

🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Morten Hyldgaard | 🇩🇰 |
M Barry Quinn | 🇮🇪 |
M Craig Pead | 🏴 |
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

🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | | 39 | 17* | 3 | 5 | 18* | 10 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 11 Mar 2000, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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