Game #4581
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 13 October 1999
Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 33,815
Manchester United
Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0
Manchester United
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
Former Villa ’keeper Mark Bosnich concedes 3 without reply on his return to Villa Park as young Villa 'keeper Peter Enckelman kept his fifth clean sheet in six.
KEY MAN
Julian Joachim, opened the scoring, Wednesday, 13 October 1999.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 13 October 1999
⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Julian Joachim
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester United
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ugo Ehiogu, Sub on, Steve Watson
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-0, Ian Taylor
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Alan Thompson, Sub on, Steve Stone
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-0, Steve Stone
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Manchester United
🟨 | Booking, Lee Hendrie
🟨 | Booking, George Boateng
🟨 | Booking, Dion Dublin
ON THIS DAY
Former Villa ’keeper Mark Bosnich concedes 3 without reply on his return to Villa Park as young Villa 'keeper Peter Enckelman kept his fifth clean sheet in six.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester United
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1998-99
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #71 |
Wednesday, 13 October 1999
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 71 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 | 12 🟥 22 | 1.73
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 16 Aug 99, Villa 2-2 West Ham (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Manchester United
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Villa recall Colin Calderwood after a four game absence in place of Gareth Southgate.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.10 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 31.38 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 18.65 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
CB Colin Calderwood | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |
Manchester United
GK Mark Bosnich (ex) | 🇦🇺 |
RB John Curtis | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Michael Clegg | 🏴 |
CB Danny Higginbotham | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB John O’Shea | 🇮🇪 |
M Jordi Cruyff | 🇳🇱 |
M Jonathan Greening | 🏴 |
M Ronnie Wallwork | 🏴 |
M Michael Twiss | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Luke Chadwick | 🏴 |
CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | for CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 57’ |
🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴 | ⚽ | for M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Danny Higginbotham | 🏴 | (CF David Healy | 🇬🇧 |)
🔁 | M Michael Twiss | 🏴 | (M Richie Wellens | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nick Culkin | 🏴 |
RB Lee Roche | 🏴 |
W Alex Notman | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Bosnich then defied the jeers with a cracking tip-over save from Lee Hendrie’s 30-yard volley and the substitute Darius Vassell hit a post. But Steve Stone added a third just before the final whistle."
*The Guardian*
Wednesday, 13 October 1999
Having already shunned the FA Cup, Manchester United poured scorn on its little brother last night by fielding a team of disdainful anonymity and who achieved their apparent aim of making a quick exit from this tournament.
United have used weakened sides in this cup before, but what rubbed salt into the wounds this time was that only two days previously they fielded virtually a full-strength team for Sir Alex Ferguson’s testimonial.
It really was a case of name that team? Who wear dark blue, line up 4-1-4-1 and star Luke Chadwick and Danny Higginbottom? This was United in disguise, a team with only 11 senior starts between them this season prior to last night - four for Mark Bosnich, five for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and two for John Curtis.
Only six were mentioned in the 35-strong list of United players on the back of the programme.
It was little surprise then when Villa, treating the tournament as a route to Europe by fielding a full-strength team, went ahead after 18 minutes. Julian Joachim brilliantly turned Curtis and Ronnie Wallwork on the right of the area and fired the ball into the top corner with the outside of his foot.
That pleased the home crowd, who had marked Bosnich’s first return to Villa since walking out on them last summer by booing the goalkeeper’s every touch.
But while Villa continued to produce the greater threat, it was Bosnich who denied them another. Just past the half-hour he marked his return by blocking Joachim’s goal-bound shot with his legs, and five minutes later dived to his left to keep out Ian Taylor’s header.
Although United’s motley crew had barely managed to trouble Peter Enckleman in the home goal, Villa must have gone in at half-time somewhat worried that they had failed to take greater advantage.
They remedied it three minutes after the restart. Mark Delaney’s long throw was headed into his own area by the left-back Higginbottom, the ball was allowed to bounce by a statuesque defence and Taylor stabbed home from six yards.
Bosnich then defied the jeers with a cracking tip-over save from Lee Hendrie’s 30-yard volley and the substitute Darius Vassell hit a post. But Steve Stone added a third just before the final whistle.
The defeat surely points to the shape of United’s season in the not too distant future. They are now competing in one domestic competition - the Premiership - but in three international tournaments - the Champions League, the world super cup in Tokyo and the world club championship in Brazil during January.
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