Game #4533
Aston Villa
Saturday, 3 October 1998
Coventry City
1-2
Aston Villa
Premier League
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 22,650
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Paul Merson | 39’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Ian Taylor, scored a brace to win it for top of the table Villa, Saturday, 3 October 1998.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 October 1998
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-0, Ian Taylor
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 2-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Paul Merson
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-2 Aston Villa
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Gary Charles, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 2-1, (Coventry City), Trond Egil Soltvedt
🕒 | FT Coventry City 1-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Gary Charles
🟨 | Booking, Stan Collymore
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson
ON THIS DAY
Villa open a 6 points lead at the top of the table as future Villa centre forward Dion Dublin and future Villa midfielder George Boateng line up for Coventry whilst former Villa winger Steve Froggatt made his debut for the Sky Blues.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Game | #8 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Saturday, 3 October 1998
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 23 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 2 🟥 3 | 2.43
Villa Career Form:
Champions
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Lodge | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1987-2001
Matches Officiated: 23
🟩 : 12
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 8 March 1998, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Gareth Barry, Lee Hendrie and Paul Merson return as Julian Joachim, Mark Draper and Simon Grayson drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.25 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 30.56 |
Youngest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 17.62 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_0d4f436b164742139f2bfd5d7f1829f0~mv2.gif)
Coventry City
GK Magnus Hedman | 🇸🇪 |
CB Gary Breen | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴 |
RB Marc Edworthy | 🏴 |
RB Roland Nilsson | 🇸🇪 |
RB Barry Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Paul Telfer | 🏴 |
W Steve Froggatt (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Noel Whelan | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 69’ |
🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 69’ |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_0d4f436b164742139f2bfd5d7f1829f0~mv2.gif)
🔁 | CB Gary Breen | 🇮🇪 | (CB Jean-Guy Wallemme | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | RB Barry Quinn | 🇮🇪 | (M Trond Egil Soltvedt | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴 |
LB Marcus Hall | 🏴 |
CB Philippe Clement | 🇧🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
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_0d4f436b164742139f2bfd5d7f1829f0~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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*The Guardian*
Saturday, 3 October 1998
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