Game #4558
Wednesday, 10 March 1999
Attendance: 26,836
Lost
Premier League
5th= (-)
Derby County
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
Pride Park
A ten day break does little for Villa as they continue their startling losing form with defeat at Pride Park - their sixth defeat in seven winless games in all competitions.
Derby County
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 44’ |
KEY MAN
Stan Collymore, mixed up
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Francesco Baiano
🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-2, (Derby County), Deon Burton
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-2, Alan Thompson, Assist by Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Derby County 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Riccardo Scimeca, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🕒 | FT Derby County 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Stan Collymore
🟨 | Booking, Lee Hendrie
🟨 | Booking, Paul Merson
🟨 | Booking, Gareth Southgate
ON THIS DAY
One win in 8 League games, including 5 losses saw Villa in 5th place and falling.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Derby County
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75
FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1998-99 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Wednesday, 10 March 1999
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gary Willard | 🏴 | Worthing, 1990–2000
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 November 1998, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Mark Bosnich replaces Michael Oakes in goal as Gareth Barry, Alan Thompson, Mark Draper and Stan Collymore also return. Dropping out are Steve Watson, Simon Grayson, Julian Joachim and Ian Taylor.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.31 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 30.99 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 18.05 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
Jim Smith | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Derby County
GK Russell Hoult | 🏴 |
CB Stefan Schnoor | 🇩🇪 |
CB Spencer Prior | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Igor Štimac | 🇭🇷 |
CB Jacob Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Lars Bohinen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
M Daryl Powell | 🇯🇲 | 🟨 |
M Stefano Eranio | 🇮🇹 |
F Francesco Baiano | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ |
CF Deon Burton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Paulo Wanchope | 🇨🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Paulo Wanchope | 🇨🇷 | (M Kevin Harper | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CB David Hughes | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
LB Aaron Lescott | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mart Poom | 🇪🇪 |
CB Horacio Carbonari | 🇦🇷 |
CB Steve Elliott | 🏴 |
CF Malcolm Christie | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
"When the sides met last September John Gregory’s side sat atop the Premiership but they have long since fallen from those dizzy heights and in this sixth defeat in their last seven outings they were always second-best to a slick Derby team"
*The Guardian*
Wednesday, 10 March 1999
*Baiano style spoils Collymore return*
Stan Collymore’s return for Aston Villa presented this most mixed-up of footballers and the rest of his team with many more reasons for feeling fed up with life. Torn apart in a devastating first-half spell, they were lucky not to lose by more.
When the sides met last September John Gregory’s side sat atop the Premiership but they have long since fallen from those dizzy heights and in this sixth defeat in their last seven outings they were always second-best to a slick Derby team quickly erasing their FA Cup frustration.
Collymore, still undergoing treatment for stress, joined Paul Merson up front with Dion Dublin employed as a central defender in front of Mark Bosnich, who was appearing for the first time since injuring his shoulder in October. At one time Merson and Collymore could have been attacking partners for England; now they make an interesting case study for an army of counsellors.
Derby were full of running and clever thoughts, the surges of Francesco Baiano from between midfield and attack giving the home side a look of danger every time they ventured forward.
The smaller of Derby’s two Italians initiated the move that put them ahead. Spencer Prior took it on and, when Stefano Eranio sent the ball across, Baiano thumped it past a helpless Bosnich.
The goal that followed three minutes later was even better. Baiano, centrally involved again, produced a clever backheel that set up Deon Burton. Once more the shot, struck with considerable power, from 25 yards, left the goalkeeper grasping at thin air.
Villa were being pulled around and were not working effectively enough to prevent the ball from the flanks. A neat Collymore touch gave Merson a glimpse of goal, but Derby were dictating things.
Then out of the blue Villa hauled themselves back into contention when Alan Thompson delivered a rasping shot into the corner of the net a minute before the interval.
Villa saw much more of the ball in the second half but struggled to exert sustained pressure. Bosnich pulled off a splendid save to tip away Paulo Wanchope’s header. Igor Stimac collected the rebound and hit the outside of a post. Then Wanchope should have scored but allowed the keeper to block with his legs.