Game #4612
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 5 April 2000


Won
6th= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Sheffield Wednesday
Hillsborough
Attendance: 18,136
🟩 5 Apr 2000, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough
Sheffield Wednesday
0-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Steve Stone | 90’ |
🟩 5 Apr 2000, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 5 April 2000
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Mark Delaney, Sub on, Steve Stone
🔁 | 55’ Sub off, Richard Walker, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, Najwan Ghrayib
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 1-0, Alan Thompson, Assist by Steve Stone
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Lee Hendrie
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 Apr 2000, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 5 April 2000
Villa make it 1 defeat in 15 Premier League games under John Gregory winning 8 as they beat Wednesday to further consolidate 6th place in the table.
Villa field an all home nation XI for the final time in top flight football. Villa's line up featured 10 Englishmen and a Welshman.
Dion Dublin makes his first start since his neck injury against the team against whom he broke a vertebra in December as Villa hit a last minute winner to consolidate 6th place in the Premier League table.
Lee Hendrie makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (103 appearances) to make it W49 D22 L32, 9 Goals, 9 Assists, 19 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 6.05 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Alan Thompson makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (39 Starts) to make it W21 D10 L19, 4 Goals, 5 Assists and 15 Bookings at a rate of a card every 3.33 games so far in his Villa career.
Right back Jonathan Bewers, 17, makes his first squad appearance for Villa after coming through the youth ranks.
🟩 5 Apr 2000, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough

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
Sheffield Wednesday


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
🟩 5 Apr 2000, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Game | #32 |
Manager Game | #102 |
Wednesday, 5 April 2000
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🟩 5 Apr 2000, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 102 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 | 22 🟥 29 | 1.72
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 16
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 5 Mar 00, Villa 1-1 Arsenal (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Lee Hendrie
CARDS

🟨 Alan Quinn
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 5 Apr 2000, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gareth Southgate, George Boateng, Ian Taylor, Julian Joachim, Paul Merson and Benito Carbone drop out as Richard Walker, Steve Watson, Lee Hendrie, Alan Thompson (first start in 22) and Dion Dublin (first start in 20) are recalled.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.12 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 30.98 |
Youngest Player |
FB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 19.03 |
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MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
F Richard Walker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Peter Shreeves | 🏴 |

Sheffield Wednesday
GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴 |
LB Ian Nolan | 🇬🇧 |
LB Andy Hinchcliffe | 🏴 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
RB Peter Atherton | 🏴 |
M Lee Briscoe | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Niclas Alexandersson | 🇸🇪 |
M Wim Jonk | 🇳🇱 |
M Alan Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
F Gilles De Bilde | 🇧🇪 |
CF Andy Booth | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 5 Apr 2000, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 🔥 | for FB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for F Richard Walker | 🏴 | 55’ |
🔁 | LB Najwan Ghrayib | 🇮🇱 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 64’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Lee Briscoe | 🏴 | (M Danny Sonner | 🇬🇧 |)
🔁 | CF Andy Booth | 🏴 | (CF Richard Cresswell | 🏴 |)

🟩 5 Apr 2000, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
D Jonathan Bewers | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Barry Richardson | 🏴 |
RB Steve Haslam | 🏴 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | | 44 | 20* | 3 | 6* | 20* | 12 | 12 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 17* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 5 Apr 2000, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Hillsborough
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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