Game #4534

Aston Villa

6-3-0, 21 PTS

Saturday, 17 October 1998

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Drew

0-0

🟨 17 Oct 1998, Villa 0-0 West Ham, Upton Park

Premier League

West Ham United

3-4-2, 13 PTS

Upton Park

Attendance: 26,002

On This Day

Villa extend their unbeaten run to 11 games and 9 Premier League matches under John Gregory but are held at Upton Park to prompt Gregory to extol the virtues of the defensive art.
Michael Oakes keeps his first clean sheet in 13 games dating back to April 1997 under Brian Little to make it 34 Appearances (32 Starts) W13 D8 L13, 35 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.03 goals per game and 13 Clean Sheets (38%) so far in his Villa career.
Ian Taylor makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (138 Starts) to make it W71 D35 L44, 21 Goals, 9 Assists and 26 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games played so far in his Villa career.
Alan Thompson collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance to make it W8 D3 L0, 1 Goal and 5 Bookings at a rate of a card every 2.20 games so far in his Villa career.

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Alan Thompson (4)
🟨 Stan Collymore (5)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Michael Oakes replaces Mark Bosnich in goal.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.12 |

Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.60 |

Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.66 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Starting XI

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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✅

32*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

13*

🥅

RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

88*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

23*

🟥

CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

234

✅

220*

⚽

🔥

🟩

107

🟨

54*

🟥

CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

131

✅

131*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

31*

🟥

LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

165

✅

163*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

40*

🟥

M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

150

✅

138*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

35*

🟥

M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

11*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

30*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

11*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

38*

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

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🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

None

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🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

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🔁

⚽

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Sub 5

🟩

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🟥

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson
🟨 | Booking, Stan Collymore

Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Game | #9 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 17 October 1998

Match Record

Game Record

Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1991–2000
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Officials

Referee: Paul Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1991–2000

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Head to Head

Total 🕒 80 | 🟩 W28 (35% ) | 🟨 D18 | 🇺(57% ) | 🟥 L34 (43% ) | ⚽ 128 | 🥅 134 | GD -6

Match Stats

Not recorded

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

🕒 24 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 2.38

Villa Career Form:

Champions

What they Said

"Strikers win matches, defenders win championships."

John Gregory.

GK Shaka Hislop | 🇹🇹 |
LB Julian Dicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Rio Ferdinand | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Lomas | 🇬🇧 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eyal Berkovic | 🇮🇱 |
W Trevor Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF John Hartson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Harry Redknapp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Andy Impey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Ian Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Paul Kitson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Craig Forrest | 🇨🇦 |
M Marc Keller | 🇫🇷 |
M John Moncur | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

1998-99

Playing Squad

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #732 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Solihull Moors 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | #688 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Sydney Olympic 🇦🇺 Retired

GK Matthew Ghent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Rushall Olympic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #699 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Cardiff City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | #739 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

IFK Mariehamn 🇫🇮 Retired

D Ben Petty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Defender

Where are they now?

Redditch United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #735 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Nottingham Forest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #719 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Cardiff City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #708 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #709 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Cardiff City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Retired

CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #677 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

RB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #733 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Halesowen Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #705 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Fleetwood Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #703 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

West Ham United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

FB Jlloyd Samuel | 🇹🇹 | #741 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Egerton FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died

RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #736 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

FB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #721 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Blackpool 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

FB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #729 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield Wednesday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #730 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Wellingborough Whitworth FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #725 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Leeds United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Fabio Ferraresi | 🇮🇹 | #728 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Renato Curi Angolana 🇮🇹 Retired

M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #724 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #701 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Northampton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #712 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Basford United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #706 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Michael Standing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Shoreham FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #727 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Tamworth FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #734 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Leeds United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Alan Lee | 🇮🇪 | Unused Sub |

Forward

Where are they now?

Ipswich Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #726 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Leicester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #722 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Redditch United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #731 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Norwich City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | #668 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Sunderland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #713 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Bourne Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Richard Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #723 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Solihull Moors 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #720 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Real Oviedo 🇪🇸 Retired

Match Media

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