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Game #4549

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 2 January 1999

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

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

🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 59’ |
🔁 | RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.| 🔴 | for RB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70’ |
🔁 | LB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76’ |

Unused Substitutes:

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Mark Draper and Stan Collymore come in for Ian Taylor and Dion Dublin.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.03 |

Oldest Player |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28.35 |

Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.87 |

  • Villa sweep aside bottom of the Football League Hull in the third round of the FA Cup.

  • Left back Aaron Lescott, 20, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 733rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday for £135,000 in October 2000.

  • Right back Gary Charles, 28, makes his 104th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (102 Starts) before moving on to S.L. Benfica for a fee of £1,500,000 later this month. Charles missed the entire 1996-97 season after suffering a horrific injury in April 1996 and fought his way back to first team contention. Charles however wouldn’t be able to hold down a place or reach his pre injury form and was mainly used as a substitute under John Gregory - although he hit 3 goals in 9 games following his return. In total, Charles would leave with a record of W55 D24 L25, 4 Goals, 11 Assists and 4 Bookings across his interrupted Villa career.

  • Julian Joachim contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 87th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W35 D15 L32, 20 Goals, 5 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.28 games played so far in his Villa career.

*Collymore leads Double speak after slaying Tigers*

Although the Villa manager John Gregory is adamant that the Premiership is the only prize he is interested in this season, it has not escaped his players’ notice that the FA Cup provides an excellent alternative route to much needed silverware.

Steve Watson and Stan Collymore in particular are eager to fare well in the Cup to erase the disappointment they have suffered in the competition. Watson was a beaten finalist with Newcastle last May and Collymore suffered a similar fate with Liverpool two seasons earlier.

Both played prominent roles in ensuring that the Premiership leaders were not unhinged by a Hull side six points adrift at the bottom of the Third Division.

Collymore’s goals either side of Julian Joachim’s precise header, coupled with Watson’s powerful breaks down the right, had Hull firmly on the defensive after they had held out manfully until a minute before half-time.

Six of Collymore’s seven goals this season have been scored in cup matches and the striker is in no doubt Villa can have a big say in this competition. “We have already played against and beaten a lot of the teams you would expect to find in the latter stages of the FA Cup,” he said.

“I see no reason why we cannot figure prominently and of course the double of league title and FA Cup would be very nice. We have a long way to go in both, but why not?”

Watson, growing in stature with every game since his arrival from Newcastle, echoed his colleague’s sentiments: “A good cup run makes a nice break from the league. I would love to return for another Wembley final and hopefully go one better. And why not?”

Unfortunately for Gregory, injuries are mounting at this crucial stage of the season. Alan Thompson is the latest casualty, damaging ankle ligaments in training. He is likely to be absent for a month, joining his fellow midfielders Ian Taylor and Paul Merson on the sidelines.

If Villa are to realise their dream of winning a trophy, or even two, Gregory can ill afford to see any more of his talented but small squad sit out important matches because of injury or suspension.

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Won

3-0

🟩 2 Jan 1999, Villa 3-0 Hull, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Stan Collymore | 45’ | 67’ | Julian Joachim | 51’ |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Stan Collymore
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Hull City
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 2-0, Julian Joachim
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Simon Grayson
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 3-0, Stan Collymore
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Steve Watson, Sub on, Gary Charles 🔴
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Aaron Lescott, 🟢 🔴
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Hull City

Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Saturday, 2 January 1999

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Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Scott Mathieson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Referee: Scott Mathieson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1999

Previous 5 vs. Hull: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

🟢 LB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #733 | Youth Team promotiion

Final Appearances:

🔴 RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1995-99 🕒 104 | 92 (12) | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 11 | 🇺 22 | #703 |
🔴 LB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🕒 1 | 0 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺4 | #733 |

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

🕒 39 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 6 🟥 8 | 2.08

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
49
🟩
20*
🟨
0
47*
🟨
11
🟥
1
0
🟥
18
0
🥅
16*
59
RB Steve Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
13
🟩
6*
🟨
1
12*
🟨
3
🟥
0
0
🟥
4
2
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
85
🟩
44*
🟨
4
56*
🟨
16
🟥
0
1
🟥
25
0
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
145
🟩
71*
🟨
8
145*
🟨
34
🟥
0
4
🟥
40
0
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
249
🟩
113*
🟨
31
235*
🟨
57
🟥
2
14
🟥
79
6
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
24
🟩
15*
🟨
2
23*
🟨
6
🟥
0
0
🟥
3
0
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
58
🟩
31*
🟨
8
44*
🟨
11
🟥
1
5
🟥
16
8
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
54
🟩
26*
🟨
9
46*
🟨
8
🟥
2
15*
🟥
20
7
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
104
🟩
55*
🟨
4
12*
🟨
24
🟥
0
4
🟥
25*
11
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
180
🟩
86*
🟨
9
178*
🟨
43
🟥
0
3
🟥
51
11
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
142
🟩
71*
🟨
7
131*
🟨
32
🟥
1
9
🟥
39
15
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
82
🟩
35*
🟨
1
47*
🟨
15
🟥
0
20*
🟥
32
5
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
58
🟩
30*
🟨
3
19*
🟨
9
🟥
0
2
🟥
19
2
LB Aaron Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
1
🟩
1*
🟨
0
1*
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

FA Cup

Hull City

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Villa Park

Attendance: 39,217

GK Steve Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gregor Rioch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Justin Whittle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Matt Hocking | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ben Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Warren Joyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David D'Auria | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Craig Faulconbridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |

Warren Joyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | M Mark Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Brian McGinty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Warren Joyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Steve Hawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF David Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Richard Peacock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

M Adam Bolder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Lee Ellington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Gregor Rioch
🟨 David Brown

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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

“We have already played against and beaten a lot of the teams you would expect to find in the latter stages of the FA Cup.

“I see no reason why we cannot figure prominently and of course the double of league title and FA Cup would be very nice.

“We have a long way to go in both, but why not?”

Stan Collymore.



A good cup run makes a nice break from the league. I would love to return for another Wembley final and hopefully go one better. And why not?”

Steve Watson.

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

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