Game #4547
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 December 1998
Lost
1st= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 27,536
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
Villa suffer outrageous misfortune at Ewood Park as a poor refereeing performance hands Blackburn a Christmas gift of an undeserved win and forced Villa to share top spot in the Premier League table.
Blackburn Rovers
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Michael Oakes, sent off as the referee brings Christmas gifts for Blackburn
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 December 1998
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Kevin Gallacher
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
🟥 | 56’ Sending off, Michael Oakes
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Adam Rachel 🟢 🔴
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Stan Collymore
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 1-1 Riccardo Scimeca
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 1-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Tim Sherwood
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Riccardo Scimeca
ON THIS DAY
Villa suffered their third defeat in 19 League games in a controversial loss at Blackburn. As a result, Villa fell from top spot to second place in the league for the first time in 14 games having been top of the table for 3 months.
Adam Rachel made his sole appearance for Villa aged 22 following the sending off of Michael Oakes. Rachel moved on to Blackpool in September 1999 without adding to his appearances.
Future Villa boss Tim Sherwood scored the winner for Blackburn against 10 man Villa on 88’ whilst future Villa centre forward Chris Sutton lined up for the Rovers.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Blackburn Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994–95
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 26 December 1998
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Kick off: 6.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 37 | 🟩 | 23 🟨 | 6 🟥 8 | 2.03
Career Form:
Top 4
John Gregory | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007 🆘
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 11 April 1998, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Dermot Gallagher
CARDS
Villa
🟥 🟨
Blackburn Rovers
🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Riccardo Scimeca returns with Stan Collymore dropping out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.04 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 30.58 |
Youngest Player |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 21.62 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
Brian Kidd | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 | 🟥 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Blackburn Rovers
GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |
LB Callum Davidson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Christian Dailly | 🏴 |
CB Stéphane Henchoz | 🇨🇭 | 🔁 |
RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 |
M Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Billy McKinlay | 🏴 |
W Jason Wilcox | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Keith Gillespie | 🇮🇪 |
CF Kevin Gallacher | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 57’ |
🔁 | CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 69’ |
🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Stéphane Henchoz | 🇨🇭 | (CB Marlon Broomes | 🏴 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | CF Kevin Gallacher | 🏴 | (W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Chris Sutton | 🏴 | (CF Kevin Davies | 🏴 | 🟨 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Alan Fettis | 🇬🇧 |
M Damien Johnson | 🇬🇧 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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