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Game #4537

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 28 October 1998

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002
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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’ |

Unused Substitutes:

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

🟨 Ian Taylor
🟨 Alan Thompson

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

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

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.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.20 |

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

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

  • Villa suffer their first defeat of the season and their first in 16 games as John Gregory names a much changed side and squad for the third round of the League Cup at Chelsea.

  • Forward Darren Byfield, 22, makes his 10th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (3 Starts) before moving on to Walsall FC in June 2000, leaving with a record of W5 D1 L4, 0 Goals and 0 Assists across his 12 months in and around the first team.

  • Midfielder Tommy Jaszczun, 21, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 730th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football before moving on to Blackpool for a fee of £63,000 in January 2000.

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Lost

1-4

🟥 28 Oct 1998, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Scorer(s) | Mark Draper | 10’ |

Assist(s) | None

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

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

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Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2004

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

🟢 LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #730 | Youth Team promotiion

Final Appearances:

🔴 CF Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1997-98 🕒 10 | 3 (7) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺9 | #722 |
🔴 LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998 🕒 1 | 0 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺2 | #730 |

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

🕒 27 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 4 🟥 4 | 2.26

Villa Career Form:

Champions

Referee:

Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2004
🕒 6 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | 🆘 : 1
🕒 6 | 🟩 50% | 🟨 33% | 🟥 17% | 🆘 : 17
Cards 🟨 8 | 🟥 0 | 1.33 |
Penalty ⚽ 1 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

VAR (from 2021)

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
37
🟩
14
🟨
0
35*
🟨
9
🟥
0
0
🟥
14*
0
🥅
14
40*
RB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
2
🟩
0
🟨
0
1*
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
1*
0
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
54
🟩
28
🟨
3
39*
🟨
9
🟥
0
2
🟥
17*
2
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
101
🟩
54
🟨
4
91*
🟨
24
🟥
0
4
🟥
23*
11
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
81
🟩
41
🟨
3
53*
🟨
16
🟥
0
0
🟥
24*
0
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
168
🟩
80
🟨
8
166*
🟨
41
🟥
0
3
🟥
47*
10
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
152
🟩
71
🟨
27*
140*
🟨
36
🟥
0
21
🟥
45*
9
F Darren Byfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
10
🟩
5
🟨
0
3*
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
4*
0
LB Tommy Jaszczun | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
1
🟩
0
🟨
0
1*
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
1*
0
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
237
🟩
107
🟨
28
223*
🟨
55
🟥
2
12
🟥
75*
5
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
136
🟩
67
🟨
6
129*
🟨
32
🟥
1
9*
🟥
37*
15
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
71
🟩
30
🟨
1
38*
🟨
13
🟥
0
15
🟥
28*
4
M Alan Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
13
🟩
8
🟨
6*
1*
🟨
4
🟥
0
1
🟥
1*
0
F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
5
🟩
4
🟨
0
5*
🟨
0
🟥
0
2
🟥
1*
0
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

League Cup

Chelsea

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Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 26,790

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Gianluca Vialli | 🇮🇹 |
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Substitutes:

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

Unused Substitutes:

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

🟥 Dennis Wise
🟨 Dan Petrescu
🟨 Gianluca Vialli

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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