Game #4523
Sunday, 10 May 1998
Attendance: 39,372
Won
Premier League
7th (-)
Arsenal
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Villa Park
Villa end the season in seventh place with a tenth win in twelve Premier League games after their remarkable recovery under John Gregory.
Aston Villa
1-0
Arsenal
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Gareth Barry, full debut at 17
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🟥 | 24’ Sending off, Ugo Ehiogu
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Stan Collymore
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 | Booking, Mark Draper
ON THIS DAY
Villa fielded their youngest side of season.
17 year old midfielder Gareth Barry made his full debut.
Villa had now won 9 of their 11 Premier League games under John Gregory finishing the season 7th in the table.
Right back Fernando Nélson made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to FC Porto for a fee of £1,020,000. Nélson played for Villa in 1996-97 and 1997-98 making 73 appearances.
Former Villa defender Martin Keown lined up for Arsenal with former Villa midfielder David Platt entering the fray as a 66’ substitute.
Centre forward Savo Milošević made his final squad appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Real Zaragoza in July 1998.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Arsenal
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1997–98
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Game | #38 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Sunday, 10 May 1998
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 Feb 98, Villa 2-1 Liverpool (h)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
Villa
🟥 🟨 🟨
Arsenal
🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Mark Bosnich is recalled for the final game of the season as Gareth Barry makes his full debut aged 17.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.19 |
Oldest Player
FB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | 28.42 |
Youngest Player
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.22 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Arsène Wenger | 🇫🇷 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🔴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Arsenal
GK David Seaman | 🏴 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown (ex) | 🏴 |
M Gilles Grimandi | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
M Patrick Viera | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
M Ray Parlour | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Emmanuel Petit | 🇫🇷 |
W Marc Overmars | 🇳🇱 |
CF Nicolas Anelka | 🇫🇷 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | for CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 73’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ray Parlour | 🏴 | (M David Platt (ex) | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Ian Wright | 🏴 | (CF Christopher Wreh | 🇱🇷 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Alex Manninger | 🇦🇹 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴 |
M Stephen 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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
