Game #4671
Aston Villa
Saturday, 18 August 2001


Drew
11th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,059
🟨 18 Aug 2001, Villa 0-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur
0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟨 18 Aug 2001, Villa 0-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 August 2001
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Olof Mellberg
🟨 | 36’ Booking, George Boateng
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 48’ Booking, Mark Delaney
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, David Ginola
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Mustapha Hadji
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Hassan Kachloul, Sub on, Steve Stone
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Aston Villa
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
🟨 18 Aug 2001, Villa 0-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 August 2001
Having started the season over a month earlier and already having played five competitive matches, Villa open the Premier League season with a goalless draw at White Hart Line.
Swedish international centre back and future Villa legend Olof Mellberg, 23, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Racing Santander earlier this month for a fee of £6,120,000 to become the 756th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Darius Vassell makes his 10th start in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance to make it W26 D13 L23, 8 Goals, 4 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.17 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟨 18 Aug 2001, Villa 0-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | #756 | £6,120,000 signing from Racing Santander
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
Tottenham Hotspur


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1998-99
🟨 18 Aug 2001, Villa 0-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #162 |
Saturday, 18 August 2001
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🟨 18 Aug 2001, Villa 0-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 161 | 🟩 | 71 🟨 | 43 🟥 47 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Matches Officiated: 14
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 3 February 2001, Villa 3-0 Bradford, Bradford and Bingley Stadium.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 George Boateng
🟨 Mark Delaney
CARDS

🟨 Gary Doherty
🟨 Stephen Clemence
🟨 Christian Ziege
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 hand a debut to Olof Mellberg and recall Juan Pablo Ángel, Peter Schmeichel and Darius Vassell as Peter Enckelman, Dion Dublin, Gareth Barry and Mustapha Hadji.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.67 |
Oldest Player |
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | 37.78 |
Youngest Player |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 21.19 |
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MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🟢 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Glenn Hoddle | 🏴 |

Tottenham Hotspur
GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴 |
LB Mauricio Taricco | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Goran Bunjevčević | 🇸🇰 |
CB Gary Doherty | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Ledley King | 🏴 |
M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Steffen Freund | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
M Gustavo Poyet | 🇺🇾 |
M Christian Ziege | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 |
CF Les Ferdinand | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Sergiy Rebrov | 🇺🇦 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 63’ |
🔁 M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | for CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 74’ |
🔁 M Steve Stone | 🏴 | for M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 81’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Mauricio Taricco | 🇦🇷 | (CB Chris Perry | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Steffen Freund | 🇩🇪 | (W Darren Anderton | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Les Ferdinand | 🏴 | (F Steffen Iversen | 🇳🇴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Kasey Keller | 🇺🇸 |
M Simon Davies | 🏴 |
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
🟨 18 Aug 2001, Villa 0-0 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | | 32 | 16* | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12* | 10 | - | - | 8 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 70* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 3/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
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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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