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Game #4537

Wednesday, 28 October 1998

Attendance: 26,790

Lost

League Cup 3rd Round

3rd Round

Chelsea

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Stamford Bridge

Villa lose their first game of the season in all competitions as they are beaten by Chelsea in the third round of the League Cup.

Chelsea

4-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

Tommy Jaszczun, sole Villa appearance

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MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Draper
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea), Gianluca Vialli
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Riccardo Scimeca, Sub on, Alan Thompson
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 1-2, (Chelsea), Gianluca Vialli
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, Tommy Jaszczun 🟢 🔴
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Gary Charles, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 1-3, (Chelsea), Tore André Flo
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 1-4, (Chelsea), Gianluca Vialli
🟥 | 87’ Sending off, (Chelsea), Dennis Wise
🕒 | FT Chelsea 4-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson

ON THIS DAY

John Gregory’s Villa suffered their first defeat of the season and their first for 16 games. Gregory had named a much changed side and squad for this game.

Forward Darren Byfield made his final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Walsall FC in June 2000. Byfield had played for Villa in 1997-98 and 1998-99 making 10 appearances.

Midfielder Tommy Jaszczun made his sole appearance for Villa aged 21 before moving on to Blackpool for a fee of £63,000 in January 2000.

Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1997-98

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Wednesday, 28 October 1998

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1994-2004
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1994-2004
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 14 March 1998, Villa 3-1 Palace, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Chelsea

🟥 🟨 🟨

Graham Barber

TEAM NEWS

Gareth Southgate, Gareth Barry, Lee Hendrie, Alan Thompson, Stan Collymore and Paul Merson drop out as Steve Watson (first start), Darren Byfield, Simon Grayson, Mark Draper, Julian Joachim and Riccardo Scimeca come in.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.20 |

Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.42 |

Youngest Player |
F Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.09 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 |

Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Chelsea

GK Dmitriy Kharin | 🇷🇺 |
LB Celestine Babayaro | 🇳🇬 |
CB Bernard Lambourde | 🇫🇷 |
CB Michael Duberry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dan Petrescu | 🇷🇴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
M Gustavo Poyet | 🇺🇾 |
M Jody Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tore André Flo | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
CF Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 56’ |
🔁 | LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 74’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Dan Petrescu | 🇷🇴 | (CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 | (LB Jon Harley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Mark Nicholls | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Neil Clement | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Kevin Hitchcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 16/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

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

LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

F Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES