Game #4546
Aston Villa
Monday, 21 December 1998


Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Charlton Athletic
The Valley
Attendance: 20,043
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley
Charlton Athletic
0-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 21 December 1998
⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Richard Rufus
🕒 | HT Charlton Athletic 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Stan Collymore, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | FT Charlton Athletic 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Alan Thompson
🟨 | Booking, Steve Watson
🟨 | Booking, Ian Taylor
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 21 December 1998
Villa record their second successive victory to leave them clear at the top of the Premier League but John Gregory’s side need an own goal to beat Charlton at the Valley ahead of a critical Christmas period for their title chase.
Michael Oakes keeps his 15th clean sheet and his first in 11 games on his 46th appearance in a Villa shirt (44 Starts) W18 D11 L17, 57 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.24 goals per game and 15 Clean Sheets (33%) so far in his Villa career.
Alan Wright makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (177 Appearances) to make it W84 D43 L50, 3 Goals, 10 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Ian Taylor secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 160th appearance (148 Starts) to make it W75 D38 L47, 21 Goals, 9 Assists and 30 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Alan Thompson secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (17 Starts) to make it W10 D6 L4, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 9 Bookings at a rate of a card every 2.22 games so far in his Villa career.
Steve Watson makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W4 D3 L3, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa defender Carl Tiler and future Villa midfielder Mark Kinsella line up for Charlton.
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Charlton Athletic


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Monday, 21 December 1998
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴 | Bristol, 1995-2004
Kick off: 9.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 36 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 | 6 🟥 7 | 2.08
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴 | Bristol, 1995-2004
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Alan Thompson
🟨 Steve Watson
🟨 Ian Taylor
CARDS

🟨 Danny Mills
🟨 Carl Tiler
🟨 Steve Jones
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Stan Collymore returns after a four game absence with Gareth Barry dropping out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.43 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 30.57 |
Youngest Player |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 21.61 |
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Alan Curbishley (ex) | 🏴 |

Charlton Athletic
GK Sasa Ilić | 🇦🇺 |
LB Chris Powell | 🏴 |
RB Danny Mills | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Richard Rufus | 🏴 |
CB Carl Tiler (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Neil Redfearn | 🏴 |
M Shaun Newton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 |
W John Robinson | 🏴 |
CF Steve Jones | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Andy Hunt | 🏴 |
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 56’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Shaun Newton | 🏴 | (CF Clive Mendonca | 🏴 |)

🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Simon Royce | 🏴 |
LB Paul Konchesky | 🏴 |
CB Steve Brown | 🏴 |
M Keith Jones | 🏴 |
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

🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | | 82 | 29* | 0 | 0 | 42* | 16 | 24 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 21 Dec 1998, Villa 1-0, Charlton, The Valley


MATCH REPORTS
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