Villa vs.
Strømsgodset IF
🟩 29 September 1998, Villa 3-0 Strømsgodset, Marienlyst Stadion.
Game #4532
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Dieter Schoch | 🇨🇭 | 1992-2003
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 6-2
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #9 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Tuesday, 29 September 1998
Scorer(s) | Stan Collymore | 11’ | 23’ | 64’ |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Substitutes
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 51’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 | M Fabio Ferraresi | 🇮🇹 | 🟢 | 🔴 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 71' |
Unused Substitutes
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
Starting XI
GK Glen-Arne Hansen | 🇳🇴 |
CB Erland Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
CB Thomas Wæhler | 🇳🇴 |
CB Erik Hagen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
CB Pal Skistad | 🇳🇴 |
M Ousman Nyan | 🇳🇴 |
M Rune Hagen | 🇳🇴 |
M Lars Granås | 🇳🇴 |
W Christer George | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
W Sander Solberg | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
CF Jostein Flo | 🇳🇴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CB Erik Hagen | 🇳🇴 | (M Hans Erik Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 |)
🔁 | W Sander Solberg | 🇳🇴 | (CB Vegard Ström | 🇳🇴 |)
🔁 | W Christer George | 🇳🇴 | (CF Lasse Olsen | 🇳🇴 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Thomas André Ödegaard | 🇳🇴 |
GK Per Öyvind Dahl | 🇳🇴 |
RB Anders Michelsen | 🇳🇴 |
CB Vegard Ström | 🇳🇴 |
M Tor Arne Sannerholt | 🇳🇴 |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Stan Collymore
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 2-0, Stan Collymore
🕒 | HT Strømsgodset IF 0-2 Aston Villa
🔁 | 51’ Sub off, Gary Charles, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 3-0, Stan Collymore
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Fabio Ferraresi 🟢 🔴
🕒 | FT Strømsgodset IF 0-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson
On This Day
Villa cruise through to the UEFA Cup second round with a comfortable win in Norway.
Midfielder Fabio Ferraresi, 19, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt as a substitute after joining from Cesena Youth in June 1998 to become the 728th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Ferraresi would move on to Chievo Verona in July 1999 without making a further appearance.
Stan Collymore scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 40th appearance (36 Starts) to make it W18 D6 L16, 11 Goals, 4 Assists, 3 Booking and 1 Red Card at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.00 games played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 15 September 1998, Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset, Villa Park.
Game #4529
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Hartmut Strampe | 🇩🇪 | Handorf, 1993-2001
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Tuesday, 15 September 1998
Scorer(s) | Gary Charles | 83’ | Darius Vassell | 89’ | 90’ |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 | for RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 37’ |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 66’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | for CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 | 80’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴 |
LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴 |
M Fabio Ferraresi | 🇮🇹 |
Starting XI
GK Glen-Arne Hansen | 🇳🇴 |
D Morten Kihle | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
CB Thomas Wæhler | 🇳🇴 |
CB Kenneth Karlsen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Pal Skistad | 🇳🇴 |
RB Anders Michelsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Hans Erik Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Rune Hagen | 🇳🇴 |
M Lars Granås | 🇳🇴 |
M Ousman Nyan | 🇳🇴 |
W Sander Solberg | 🇳🇴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Hans Erik Ødegaard | 🇳🇴 | (W Christer George | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | W Christer George | 🇳🇴 | (CB Vegard Ström | 🇳🇴 |)
🔁 | RB Anders Michelsen | 🇳🇴 | (CF Lasse Olsen | 🇳🇴 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Thomas André Ödegaard | 🇳🇴 |
CB Espen Horsrud | 🇳🇴 |
CB Erland Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
M Tor Arne Sannerholt | 🇳🇴 |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (Strømsgodset IF), Anders Michelsen
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-2, (Strømsgodset IF), Christer George
🔁 | 37’ Sub off, Simon Grayson, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Strømsgodset IF
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🟥 | 68’ Sending off, (Strømsgodset IF)
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Darren Byfield, Sub on, Darius Vassell
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 1-2, Gary Charles
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 2-2, Darius Vassell
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 3-2, Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Strømsgodset IF
🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
On This Day
Villa face Strømsgodset IF for the first time in competitive football, Strømsgodset become the 140th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 25th continental European opponents and their first from Norway.
Gary Charles scores his 3rd goal in 9 games having scored just once in his first 84 appearances as he hits his 4th goal, contributes his 15th goal involvement and secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 93rd appearance (83 Starts) to make it W50 D21 L22, 4 Goals, 11 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Darius Vassell scores a brace on his European debut despite only coming off the bench after 80’. Vassell’s first goals in a Villa shirt come on his 3rd appearance (0 Starts) to make it W3 D0 L0 and 2 Goals. Had Villa unearthed another youth gem?
Mark Bosnich secures his 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 217th appearance (216 Starts) to make it W100 D51 L66, 1 Assist, 212 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.98 goals per game, 84 Clean Sheets (39%), 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Simon Grayson secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance (37 Starts) and make it W25 D8 L16, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.