Game #4615
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 April 2000
Aston Villa
2-2
Leicester City
Premier League
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 31,229
Drew
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Assist(s) | Dion Dublin | 31’ | Steve Watson | 48’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Paul Merson, gave Villa the lead early in the second half, Saturday, 22 April 2000.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 April 2000
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 1-0, Alan Thompson, Assist by Dion Dublin
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-1, (Leicester City), Matt Elliott
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester City
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 2-1, Paul Merson, Assist by Steve Watson
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Neil Lennon
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Alan Thompson, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Julian Joachim
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Leicester City
🟨 | Booking, Lee Hendrie
🟨 | Booking, George Boateng
🟨 | Booking, Steve Watson
ON THIS DAY
Full back Steve Watson made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Everton for £3,380,000 in July 2000. Villa had signed Watson 18 months earlier from Newcastle United for £5,400,000 and during his time with Villa made 54 appearances and scoring once.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Leicester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1999-00 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #105 |
Saturday, 22 April 2000
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 105 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 | 23 🟥 29 | 1.75
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Matches Officiated: 13
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 January 2000, FA Cup, Villa 3-2 Leeds, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Villa name an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.63 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 32.11 |
Youngest Player |
FB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 19.08 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK David James | 🏴 |
RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
F Benito Carbone | 🇮🇹 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 |
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Leicester City
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
CB Phil Gilchrist | 🏴 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴 |
CB Gerry Taggart | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Matt Elliott | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Andy Impey | 🏴 |
M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
M Neil Lennon | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴 |
M Stefan Oakes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 | for M Alan Thompson | 🏴 | 72’ |
🔁 | F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 | (M Theo Zagorakis | 🇬🇷 |)
🔁 | M Stefan Oakes | 🏴 | (CF Lawrie Dudfield | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Najwan Ghrayib | 🇮🇱 |
D Jonathan Bewers | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Pegguy Arphexad | 🇫🇷 |
CB Steve Walsh | 🏴 |
CF Ian Marshall | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_4a6c05605d2b4ef8998ee9a72ee797b1~mv2.gif)
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
🔴 RB Steve Watson | 🏴 | 1998-00 | 🕒 53 | 50 (3) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 4 | 🇺 15 | #728 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*The Guardian*
Sunday, 23 April 2000
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