Game #4521
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 April 1998


Lost
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Bolton Wanderers
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,392
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-3

Bolton Wanderers

Assist(s) | Savo Milošević | 57’ |
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 April 1998
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Neil Cox
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 0-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Bob Taylor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Bolton Wanderers
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 1-2, Ian Taylor, Assist by Savo Milošević
🔁 | 32’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🔁 | 45’ Sub off, Gareth Southgate, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Stan Collymore
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 1-3, (Bolton Wanderers), Nathan Blake
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Bolton Wanderers
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
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 April 1998
Villa lose for the first time in 7 games under John Gregory as they suffer a surprise defeat to relegation threatened Bolton but remain 8th in the table.
Centre forward Savo Milošević, 24, makes his 117th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (110 Starts) before moving on to Real Zaragoza in July 1998 leaving after a highly eventful spell with a record of W53 D30 L34, 34 Goals, 14 Assists and 15 Bookings at a Goal per Game rate of one for every 3.44 games played and a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.44 games played across his 3 seasons with Villa.
Left back Steve Staunton, 29, makes the final appearance of his first spell with Villa before returning to Liverpool in July 1997 on a free transfer. Staunton made 261 appearances in a Villa shirt (253 Starts) between 1991-92 and 1997-98 but allowed his contract to run down to facilitate a return to Liverpool. Staunton would leave with a record of W112 D70 L79, 19 Goals, 30 Assists, 16 Goals and 1 Red Card before returning in 2000.
Julian Joachim makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (56 Appearances) to make it W19 D10 L27, 11 Goals and 2 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.31 games played so far in his Villa career.
Alan Wright contributes his 10th assist in a Villa shirt on his 152nd appearance (150 Starts) to make it W69 D37 L46, 3 Goals, 10 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa full back Neil Cox scores the opening goal for his new club and future Villa midfielder Alan Thompson lined up for Bolton.
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 1995-98 🕒 117 | 110 (7) | ⚽ 34 | 🔥 14 | 🇺 8 | #708 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Bolton Wanderers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 25 April 1998
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🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1989-2002
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 11 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 0 🟥 3 | 2.18
Villa Career Form:
Champions
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1989-2002
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Alan Thompson
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Savo Milošević replaces Simon Grayson.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.91 |
Youngest Player
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 20.95 |
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔥 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Colin Todd | 🏴 |

Bolton Wanderers
GK Keith Branagan | 🇮🇪 |
RB Neil Cox (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Gerry Taggart | 🇬🇧 |
CB Guðni Bergsson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Mark Fish | 🇿🇦 | 🔁 |
LB Jimmy Phillips | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 |
M Per Frandsen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
CF Bob Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Nathan Blake | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 32’ |
🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 45’ |
🔁 | CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 58’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Mark Fish | 🇿🇦 | (CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Per Frandsen | 🇩🇰 | (M Michael Johansen | 🇩🇰 |)
🔁 | CF Bob Taylor | 🏴 | (CF Gaetano Giallanza | 🇨🇭 |)

🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Jussi Jääskeläinen | 🇫🇮 |
W John Salako | 🏴 |
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

🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | | 73 | 25* | 0 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 23* | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 25 Apr 1998, Villa 1-3 Bolton, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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