Game #4553
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 January 1999


Lost
2nd= (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Newcastle United
St James' Park
Attendance: 36,766
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
Newcastle United
2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Julian Joachim | 61’ |
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 January 1999
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Alan Shearer
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 0-2, (Newcastle United), Temuri Ketsbaia
🔁 | 38’ Sub off, Ugo Ehiogu, Sub on, Simon Grayson
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-2, Paul Merson, Assist by Julian Joachim
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Steve Watson, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Lee Hendrie
🟨 | Booking, Paul Merson
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
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 January 1999
Villa lose to Newcastle and surrender top spot in the Premier League for the first time since the opening day of the season after a fourth defeat in twenty three top flight games under John Gregory.
Forward Alan Lee, 20, makes his sole squad appearance for Villa as an unused substitute after coming through the youth ranks. Lee would move on to Burnley for £150,000 in July 1999.
Ian Taylor suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 166th appearance (154 Starts) to make it W77 D39 L50, 21 Goals, 10 Assists and 30 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Paul Merson scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance (12 Starts) to make it W6 D4 L3, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.17 games played so far in his Villa career.
Lee Hendrie collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (48 Starts) to make it W32 D12 L18, 5 Goals, 9 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a rate of a card every 5.6 games so far in his Villa career.
Future Villa goalkeeper Shay Given lines up for Newcastle.
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

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
Newcastle United


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Game | #23 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Saturday, 30 January 1999
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🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Rob Harris | 🏴 | Oxford, 1998-2001
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 43 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 7 🟥 10 | 1.98
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Rob Harris | 🏴 | Oxford, 1998-2001
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Lee Hendrie
🟨 Paul Merson
CARDS

🟨 Temuri Ketsbaia
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
John Gregory names an unchanged line up for the second time in three games.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.58 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 30.88 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 17.95 |
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Ruud Gullit | 🇳🇱 |

Newcastle United
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB Didier Domi | 🇫🇷 |
CB Steve Howey | 🏴 |
CB Nikolaos Dabizas | 🇬🇷 |
RB Warren Barton | 🏴 |
M Stephen Glass | 🏴 |
M Temuri Ketsbaia | 🇬🇪 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Gary Speed | 🏴 |
M Dietmar Hamann | 🇩🇪 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 38’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Temuri Ketsbaia | 🇬🇪 | (CF Andreas Andersson | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | (Garry Brady | 🏴 |)

🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴 |
CF Alan Lee | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Steve Harper | 🏴 |
CB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
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

🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | | 60 | 21* | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 20* | - | - | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 30 Jan 1999, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'


MATCH REPORTS
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