Game #4699
Aston Villa
Monday, 21 January 2002
Won
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Charlton Athletic
The Valley
Attendance: 25,681
Charlton Athletic
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Jlloyd Samuel | 8’ | George Boateng | 42’ |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
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 | 🇫🇮 |
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 | 🏴 |)
🟩 21 January 2002, Villa 2-1 Charlton, The Valley.
ON THIS DAY
Monday, 21 January 2002
Having won just once in the previous 13 games, Villa, in typical John Gregory boom or bust style, had now won 2 in 2 thanks once again to striking duo Juan Pablo Ángel and Darius Vassell.
Yet there would be no more John Gregory 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 led Villa for 189 eventful games and left with a win rate of 44% delivering 1.58 points per game - the best record for a Villa boss since Graham Taylor - and the best top flight record since Ron Saunders.
In a different era John Gregory would and probably could have achieved significantly more.
As a result of Gregory's departure, Villa face a leadership vacuum and huge uncertainty as ironically the pressure ramps up on the individual responsible.
Juan Pablo Ángel scores his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 29th start (33 Appearances) to make it W14 D7 L12, 15 Goals, 4 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.52 starts so far in his Villa career.
George Boateng contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 118th appearance (110 Starts) to make it W49 D35 L34, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 26 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
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