Game #4524
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 August 1998
Everton
0-0
Aston Villa
Premier League
Everton
Goodison Park
Attendance: 40,112
Drew
8th=
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Dwight Yorke, pitiful
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 August 1998
💥 | 8' Missed Penalty, (Everton), John Collins
🕒 | HT Everton 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, M Alan Thompson, Sub on, M Mark Draper
🕒 | FT Everton 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Lee Hendrie
🟨 | Booking, Julian Joachim
🟨 | Booking, Riccardo Scimeca
ON THIS DAY
Midfielder Alan Thompson made his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Bolton Wanderers in June 1998 for a fee of £6,480,000.
Forward Dwight Yorke made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Manchester United for a fee of £12,600,000. Yorke had played for Villa between 1989-90 and 1998-99.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Everton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994-95
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Saturday, 15 August 1998
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 14 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 1 🟥 3 | 2.21
Villa Career Form:
Champions
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alan Wilkie | 🏴 | Chester-le-Street | 1988-2000
Matches Officiated: 13
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 18 April 1998, Villa 2-1 Southampton, The Dell.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
17 year old Gareth Barry is named in the starting line up for the opening game of the season as is wantaway Dwight Yorke.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.21 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 30.22 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.48 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🏴 | 🤡 |
MANAGER
Walter Smith | 🏴 |
Everton
GK Thomas Myhre | 🇳🇴 |
LB Michael Ball | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Carl Tiler (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Craig Short | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Marco Materazzi | 🇮🇹 |
RB Alec Cleland | 🏴 |
M Nick Barmby | 🏴 |
M John Collins | 🏴 |
M Olivier Dacourt | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF John Spencer | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Duncan Ferguson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Mark Draper | 🏴 | for M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 74’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Olivier Dacourt | 🇫🇷 | (M Don Hutchison | 🏴 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | CF John Spencer | 🏴 | (W Danny Cadamarteri | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
M Ben Petty | 🏴 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Paul Gerrard | 🏴 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴 |
CF Michael Branch | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
🟢 M Alan Thompson | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 1990-98 | 🕒 286 | 246 (40) | ⚽ 98 | 🔥 34 | 🇺 16 | #667 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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