Game #4607
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 March 2000
Aston Villa
1-0
Coventry City
Premier League
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,177
Won
6th= (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Paul Merson | 45’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Ugo Ehiogu, scored the winner to beat Coventry, Saturday, 11 March 2000.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 March 2000
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Ugo Ehiogu, Assist by Paul Merson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Steve Stone
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Richard Walker
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🟨 | Booking, Alan Wright
ON THIS DAY
Future Villa midfielder Mustafa Hadji and former Villa winger Steve Froggatt lined up for Coventry as Villa won their first League game in three and rose to a season high of 6th in the table and unbeaten in 12 Premier League outings.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 11 March 2000
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 97 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 20 🟥 28 | 1.72
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 3 Jan 00, Villa 2-1 Leeds (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Benito Carbone and George Boateng return in place of Richard Walker and Steve Stone.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.70 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 32.00 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 19.06 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 |
MANAGER
Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |
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Coventry City
GK Magnus Hedman | 🇸🇪 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴 |
RB Tomas Antonelius | 🇸🇪 |
M John Eustace | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Youssef Chippo | 🇲🇦 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🟨 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴 |
W Steve Froggatt (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Cédric Roussel | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
CF Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 80’ |
🔁 | F Richard Walker | 🏴 | for F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M John Eustace | 🏴 | LB David Burrows | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | (CF Noel Whelan | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Neil Cutler | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Morten Hyldgaard | 🇩🇰 |
M Barry Quinn | 🇮🇪 |
M Craig Pead | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*The Guardian*
Sunday, 12 March 2000
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