Game #4513
Aston Villa
Sunday, 8 March 1998
Won
13th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Attendance: 33,018
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 51’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
John Gregory secures a second consecutive Premier League victory since taking over from Brian Little as Villa climb to thirteenth in the table.
KEY MAN
Julian Joachim, scored the winner
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 8 March 1998
🕒 | HT Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 51’ Goal, Julian Joachim, Assist by Mark Draper
🕒 | FT Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Steve Staunton
ON THIS DAY
Back to back Premier League wins for new boss John Gregory as Chelsea followed Liverpool in being beaten by a seemingly revitalised Villa.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Chelsea
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1996-97
FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Sunday, 8 March 1998
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 3 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 0 🟥 1 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
John Gregory | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 February 1998, Villa 0-1 Newcastle, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Steve Lodge
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Chelsea
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Julian Joachim and Steve Staunton return as Stan Collymore and Riccardo Scimeca drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.43 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.78 |
Youngest Player
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 20.82 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 |
Chelsea
GK Ed De Goey | 🇳🇱 |
LB Andy Myers | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Frank Leboeuf | 🇫🇷 |
CB Michael Duberry | 🏴 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴 |
M Jody Morris | 🏴 |
M Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 | 🔁 |
M Eddie Newton | 🏴 |
CF Tore André Flo | 🇳🇴 |
CF Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 | 🟨 |
CF Mark Nicholls | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Andy Myers | 🏴 | (RB Laurent Charvet | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | M Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 | (F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴 |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Kevin Hitchcock | 🏴 |
CB Bernard Lambourde | 🇫🇷 |
M Paul Hughes | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Steve Harkness [in the Liverpool game] called me a coon. There were other things being said worse than that.
“I will not accept the kind of racist stuff I had to endure. It was out of order and hurt me."
“Stan Collymore.”
*The Irish Independent*
Monday, 9 March 1998
JULIAN JOACHIM eased Aston Villa's relegation worries with his fifth goal of the season as Chelsea suffered another European hangover at Stamford Bridge which severely dented their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions' League.
Joachim, whose previous four goals had all come as a substitute was given a starting role in the absence of injured Stan Collymore, and he put the memories of his midweek miss against Atletico Madrid behind him as he coolly slotted the ball past Chelsea 'keeper Ed de Goey after 50 minutes.
Yesterday's victory lifts Villa above Newcastle to 13th place, 11 points clear of the relegation zone.
While new Villa boss John Gregory now has a 100% Premiership record since taking charge, the top flight's other new recruit, Gianluca Vialli, has lost all three league games while in the hot seat.
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