Game #4699
Aston Villa
Monday, 21 January 2002
Won
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Charlton Athletic
Attendance: 25,681
The Valley
Charlton Athletic
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Jlloyd Samuel | 8’ | George Boateng | 42’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Juan Pablo Ángel scores his second in as many games to make it two wins from two for Villa before manager John Gregory resigns following an apparently spiteful crusade from the Chairman Doug Ellis, Monday, 21 January 2002.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 21 January 2002
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Jlloyd Samuel
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by George Boateng
🕒 | HT Charlton Athletic 0-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Juan Pablo Ángel
💥 | 88’ Missed Penalty, (Charlton Athletic), Graham Stuart
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 2-1, (Charlton Athletic), Graham Stuart
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Gareth Barry
🕒 | FT Charlton Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Having won just once in the previous 13, Villa, in typical John Gregory boom or bust style, had now won two in two courtesy of Juan Pablo Ángel and Darius Vassell once again. Yet there would be no more John Gregory, whether boom or bust, as the manager’s relationship with the always difficult, and often incompetent, Ellis regime finally came to a head and Gregory walked.
Gregory had taken Villa on a number of occasions to the top of the Premier League and always wanted that extra player to drive Villa on to the title - something that was never forthcoming from the Chairman.
Indeed Gregory’s early record as Villa boss saw him eclipse all his predecessors but a raft of dressing room fall outs, odd over priced signings and an apparently toxic relationship with the Chairman took the shine off Gregory’s reign and stymied his potential.
Still however Gregory is looked on with great affection and his era can be reasonably viewed as the cross-over from club to player power and his reaction to the change - albeit understandable - wasn’t a recipe for dressing room harmony.
The likes of Yorke, Southgate, Ehiogu and James are just a few of the names whose careers were created and or rescued by Villa only for them to bite the hands that fed them.
Unsurprisingly the combustible Gregory gave such attitudes and players short shrift.
Overall Gregory won 43% of his 190 eventful games as Villa boss and in a different era may have achieved significantly more.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Charlton Athletic
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47
FIXTURE HISTORY
Charlton Athletic
Previous 5 vs. Charlton: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Game | #23 |
Manager Game | #190 |
Monday, 21 January 2002
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 189 | 🟩 | 82 🟨 | 50 🟥 56 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 Oct 01, Villa 2-3 Everton (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Mustapha Hadji (first start in 11) replaces Ian Taylor.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.75 |
Oldest Player |
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | 38.20 |
Youngest Player |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 20.83 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🔥 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🔥 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Alan Curbishley (ex) | 🏴 |
Charlton Athletic
GK Dean Kiely | 🇮🇪 |
LB Chris Powell | 🏴 |
CB Jorge Costa | 🇵🇹 | 🟨 |
CB Mark Fish | 🇿🇦 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Graham Stuart | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Scott Parker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Claus Jensen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
W John Robinson | 🏴 |
F Jason Euell | 🏴 |
CF Jonatan Johansson | 🇫🇮 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Luke Young | 🏴 | (LB Paul Konchesky | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Scott Parker | 🏴 | (CB Jonathan Fortune | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Claus Jensen | 🇩🇰 | (F Kevin Lisbie | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |
F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Sasa Ilić | 🇦🇺 |
M Chris Bart-Williams | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 4/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*The Guardian*
Tuesday, 22 January, 2002