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Game #4513

Aston Villa

Sunday, 8 March 1998

Chelsea

0-1

Aston Villa

Premier League

Chelsea

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 33,018

Won

13th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

Villa Vs.

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Matches Officiated: 22
🟩 : 11
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 February 1998, Villa 0-1 Newcastle, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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🟨

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 |

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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

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Andy Myers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Laurent Charvet | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | M Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 | (F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Kevin Hitchcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bernard Lambourde | 🇫🇷 |
M Paul Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH 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.”

MATCH REPORT

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*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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