Game #4518
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 April 1998
Won
8th= (+3)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
West Ham United
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,372
Aston Villa
2-0
West Ham United
Assist(s) | Ian Taylor | 77’ |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
MANAGER
Harry Redknapp | 🏴 |
West Ham United
GK Bernard Lama | 🇫🇷 |
RB Steve Potts | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB David Unsworth | 🏴 |
CB Rio Ferdinand | 🏴 |
CB Ian Pearce | 🏴 |
M Steve Lomas | 🇬🇧 |
M John Moncur | 🏴 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
W Stan Lazaridis | 🇦🇺 |
W Trevor Sinclair | 🏴 |
CF John Hartson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | for RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 | FB Simon Grayson | 🏴 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 69’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Steve Potts | 🏴 | (CF Samassi Abou | 🇫🇷 |)
🟩 4 April 1998, Villa 2-0 West Ham, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 April 1998
Villa make it 5 wins in 6 Premier League games under John Gregory to lift the team to 9th in the table - their highest league position of the season.
Steve Staunton makes his 250th start in a Villa shirt (258 Starts) to make it W110 D70 L78, 19 Goals, 30 Assists, 16 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Ian Taylor contributes his 25th goal involvement on his 136th appearance in a Villa shirt (126 Starts) to make it W61 D32 L43, 17 Goals, 8 Assists and 20 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Gareth Barry, 17, makes his first appearance in the Villa squad after having joined the youth set up from Brighton & Hove Albion in July 1997.
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