Game #4643
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 26 December 2000


Lost
9th (-2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Manchester United
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,889
🟥 26 Dec 2000, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1

Manchester United

Assist(s) | None
🟥 26 Dec 2000, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 26 December 2000
🔁 | 38’ Sub off, Alpay Özalan, Sub on, Mark Delaney
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester United
🟨 | 65’ Booking, George Boateng
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Gilles De Bilde, Sub on, Dion Dublin
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Ole Gunnar Solskjær
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
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 Dec 2000, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 26 December 2000
Another game, another late goal, this time at Villa's expense and in runaway leaders Manchester United's favour.
Villa lose for the first time in six games under John Gregory to fall back to ninth in the Premier League table.
🟥 26 Dec 2000, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester United


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
🟥 26 Dec 2000, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2000-01 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #134 |
Tuesday, 26 December 2000
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🟥 26 Dec 2000, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 133 | 🟩 | 62 🟨 | 33 🟥 38 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 26 Dec 2000, Villa 0-1 United, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 18
🟩 : 9
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 May 00, Villa 0-1 Chelsea (n)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 George Boateng
CARDS

🟨 Wes Brown
🟨 Nicky Butt
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa name an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.37 |
Oldest Player |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | 33.94 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 19.85 |
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MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |
F Gilles De Bilde | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |

Manchester United
GK Fabien Barthez | 🇫🇷 |
LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
LB Mikaël Silvestre | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Wes Brown | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴 |
M Nicky Butt | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 |
M Paul Scholes | 🏴 |
W David Beckham | 🏴 |
W Ryan Giggs | 🏴 |
CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | for CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | 38’ |
🔁 | CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | for CF Gilles De Bilde | 🇫🇷 | 67’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Denis Irwin | 🇮🇪 | (M Ronnie Wallwork | 🏴 |)
🔁 | LB Mikaël Silvestre | 🇫🇷 | (RB Phil Neville | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Raimond Van Der Gouw | 🇳🇱 |
M Luke Chadwick | 🏴 |
M Jonathan Greening | 🏴 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | | 46 | 15* | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 15* | - | - | 7 | 2 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 47* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
Homegrown: 3/14
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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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