Game #4521
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 April 1998
Aston Villa
1-3
Bolton Wanderers
Premier League
Bolton Wanderers
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,392
Lost
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Assist(s) | Savo Milošević | 57’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Ian Taylor, spectacular goal
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
ON THIS DAY
Villa suffered a surprise defeat to relegation club Bolton - their first loss in 7 games under John Gregory.
Former Villa full back Neil Cox and future Villa midfielder Alan Thompson lined up for Bolton.
Cox scored the opening goal for his new club at Villa Park.
Centre forward Savo Milošević made his final Villa appearance aged 24 before moving on to Real Zaragoza in July 1998. Milošević played for Villa between 1995-96 and 1997-98 making 117 eventful appearances and scoring 34 goals.
Left back Steve Staunton made the final appearance of his first spell with Villa aged 29 before returning to Liverpool in July 1997 on a free transfer. Staunton had played for Villa between 1991-92 and 1997-98. Staunton had allowed his contract to run down to facilitate a return to Liverpool. Staunton would however return to Villa again in 2000 after his move to Liverpool and subsequent loans failed to work out.
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
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 25 April 1998
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 11 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 0 🟥 3 | 2.18
Villa Career Form:
Champions
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Matches Officiated: 21
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 20 December 1997, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Savo Milošević replaces Simon Grayson.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.91 |
Youngest Player
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 20.95 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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 | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2b1575b3ac224dee9c0d530562527662~mv2.gif)
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 | 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
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🔁 | CB Mark Fish | 🇿🇦 | (CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Per Frandsen | 🇩🇰 | (M Michael Johansen | 🇩🇰 |)
🔁 | CF Bob Taylor | 🏴 | (CF Gaetano Giallanza | 🇨🇭 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2b1575b3ac224dee9c0d530562527662~mv2.gif)
GK Jussi Jääskeläinen | 🇫🇮 |
W John Salako | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
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
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2b1575b3ac224dee9c0d530562527662~mv2.gif)
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
🔴 CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 1995-98 | 🕒 117 | 110 (7) | ⚽ 34 | 🔥 11 | 🇺 8 | #707 |
🔴 LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Sunday, 26 April 1998
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