Game #4615
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 April 2000


Drew
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 31,229
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-2

Leicester City

Assist(s) | Dion Dublin | 31’ | Steve Watson | 48’ |
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 April 2000
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Alan Thompson, Assist by Dion Dublin
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-1, (Leicester City), Matt Elliott
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester City
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 2-1, Paul Merson, Assist by Steve Watson
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Neil Lennon
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Alan Thompson, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Leicester City
🟨 | Booking, Lee Hendrie
🟨 | Booking, George Boateng
🟨 | Booking, Steve Watson
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
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 22 April 2000
Villa extend their run to 1 defeat in 18 Premier League games under John Gregory but they are held at home by bogey side Leicester.
Full back Steve Watson, 26, makes his 53rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (50 Starts) before moving on to Everton for £3,380,000 in July 2000. Villa had signed Watson 18 months earlier from Newcastle United for £5,400,000 but was soon deemed surplus to requirements by John Gregory leaving with a record of W24 D12 L17, 1 Goal, 6 Assists, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card.
Paul Merson scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 67th appearance (52 Starts) to make it W30 D17 L20, 10 Goals, 11 Assists and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.19 games played so far in his Villa career.
Alan Thompson scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 53rd appearance to make it W23 D11 L19, 5 Goals, 5 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Lee Hendrie collects his 20th booking in a Villa shirt on his 105th appearance (76 Starts) to make it W50 D23 L32, 9 Goals, 9 Assists, 20 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a rate of a card every 5 games so far in his Villa career.
George Boateng collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 41st appearance (38 Starts) to make it W21 D12 L8, 3 Goals and 10 Bookings at a rate of a card every 4.10 games so far in his Villa career.
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 1998-00 🕒 53 | 50 (3) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 6 | 🇺 15 | #729 |
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
Leicester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Saturday, 22 April 2000
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🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 105 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 | 23 🟥 29 | 1.75
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1997-2004
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Lee Hendrie
🟨 George Boateng
🟨 Steve Watson
CARDS

🟨 Gerry Taggart
🟨 Neil Lennon
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.63 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 32.11 |
Youngest Player |
FB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 19.08 |
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | (ft)

Leicester City
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
CB Phil Gilchrist | 🏴 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴 |
CB Gerry Taggart | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Matt Elliott | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Andy Impey | 🏴 |
M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
M Neil Lennon | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴 |
M Stefan Oakes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴 |
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 | for M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 72’ |
🔁 | F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 | (M Theo Zagorakis | 🇬🇷 |)
🔁 | M Stefan Oakes | 🏴 | (CF Lawrie Dudfield | 🏴 |)

🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Najwan Ghrayib | 🇮🇱 |
D Jonathan Bewers | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Pegguy Arphexad | 🇫🇷 |
CB Steve Walsh | 🏴 |
CF Ian Marshall | 🏴 |
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
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | | 143 | 44* | 37 | 12 | 62 | 31* | 50 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 20* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 22 Apr 2000, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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