1998–99_Aston_Villa_F.C._season

Aston Villa
1998–99 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	John Gregory
Stadium	Villa Park
Premiership	6th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Joachim (14); All: Joachim (16)
Average home league attendance	36,937
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season

1998–99 season of Aston Villa

During the 1998–99 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). The season was Villa's eighth in the Premier League, and their eleventh consecutive season in the top division of English football.

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This would be manager John Gregory's first full season. The early-season sale of Dwight Yorke to Manchester United^[1] seemed to rule out Villa's chances of challenging for a place in Europe, but new signings Dion Dublin and Paul Merson soon revitalised the attack and the team spent much of the first half of the season at the top of the Premiership.

Eventually, the challenge from Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea proved to be too strong, and Villa's season capitulated. The team finally finished sixth below West Ham United, thus missed out on a European place.

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Byfield was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, but also qualifies to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.

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Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and would represent them at U-18, U-20, and U-21 level and be called up to the senior team before switching his international allegiance to Trinidad and Tobago and making his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009.

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Tarrant was born in Darlington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

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Myhill was born in Modesto, California, United States, but was raised in England from the age of 1, qualifying to represent any of the home nations. He represented England at U-17, and U-18, and U-20 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2008.

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Edwards was born in Madeley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Wales in March 2003.

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Nicolas was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

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Soraghan was born in Greece, but also qualified to represent Sweden internationally and represented them at U-17 level.

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"Football: United win £12m battle for Yorke". The Independent. 21 August 1998. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

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"Aston Villa 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

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"FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 1998/99".

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"Aston Villa Player Database".

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"All Aston Villa players: 1999".

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Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee

5 June 1998	LM	Alan Thompson	Bolton Wanderers	£4,500,000
24 June 1998	CM	Fabio Ferraresi	Cesena	Free transfer
24 June 1998	CB	David Unsworth	West Ham United	£3,000,000
8 September 1998	AM	Paul Merson	Middlesbrough	£6,750,000
15 October 1998	RB	Steve Watson	Newcastle United	£4,000,000
5 November 1998	CF	Dion Dublin	Coventry City	£5,750,000
1 February 1999	GK	Peter Enckelman	TPS	£200,000
9 March 1999	RB	Mark Delaney	Cardiff City	£250,000
11 March 1999	RM	Steve Stone	Nottingham Forest	£5,500,000
23 March 1999	CB	Colin Calderwood	Tottenham Hotspur	£230,000
28 April 1999	CF	Neil Tarrant	Ross County	£250,000
				£30,425,000

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee

1 July 1998	CF	Neil Davis	Walsall	Free transfer
1 July 1998	LB	Steve Staunton	Liverpool	Free transfer
1 July 1998	CF	Savo Milošević	Real Zaragoza	£3,500,000
7 July 1998	RB	Fernando Nélson	Porto	£1,100,000
20 August 1998	CF	Dwight Yorke	Manchester United	£12,600,000
21 August 1998	CF	David Unsworth	Everton	£3,000,000
27 November 1998	CB	Ben Petty	Stoke City	£100,000
14 January 1999	RB	Gary Charles	Benfica	£1,000,000
14 January 1999	LB	Lee Collins	Stoke City	Free transfer
				£21,300,000

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End

6 November 1998	CF	Darren Byfield	Preston North End	9 January 1999
27 November 1998	CF	Alan Lee	Torquay United	27 January 1999
11 December 1998	CF	Richard Walker	Cambridge United	31 May 1999
2 March 1999	CF	Alan Lee	Port Vale	31 May 1999

#	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Apps	Gls
Goalkeepers
1	Mark Bosnich	GK	Liverpool	(1972-01-13)13 January 1972 (aged 26)	Sydney Croatia	28 February 1992	Free transfer	211	0
13	Michael Oakes	GK	Northwich	(1973-10-30)30 October 1973 (aged 24)	Academy	1 July 1991	—	33	0
30	Adam Rachel	GK	Birmingham	(1976-12-30)30 December 1976 (aged 21)	Academy	1 July 1995	—	0	0
39	Peter Enckelman	GK	Turku	(1977-03-10)10 March 1977 (aged 21)	TPS	1 February 1999	£200,000	-	-
40	Matthew Ghent	GK	Burton upon Trent	(1980-09-05)5 September 1980 (aged 17)	Academy	1 July 1997	—	0	0
Defenders
2	Gary Charles	RB	Newham	(1970-04-13)13 April 1970 (aged 28)	Derby County	6 January 1995	£1,450,000	88	2
3	Alan Wright	LB	Ashton-under-Lyne	(1971-09-28)28 September 1971 (aged 26)	Blackburn Rovers	10 March 1995	£1,000,000	154	3
4	Gareth Southgate (c)	CB	Watford	(1970-09-03)3 September 1970 (aged 27)	Crystal Palace	1 July 1995	£3,500,000	120	3
5	Ugo Ehiogu	CB	Hackney	(1972-11-03)3 November 1972 (aged 25)	West Bromwich Albion	12 July 1991	£40,000	224	12
6	Steve Watson	RB	North Shields	(1974-04-01)1 April 1974 (aged 24)	Newcastle United	15 October 1998	£4,000,000	-	-
15	Gareth Barry	LB	Hastings	(1981-02-23)23 February 1981 (aged 17)	Academy	1 January 1998	—	2	0
16	Simon Grayson	RB	Ripon	(1969-12-16)16 December 1969 (aged 28)	Leicester City	26 June 1997	£1,300,000	44	2
20	Riccardo Scimeca	CB	Leamington Spa	(1975-06-13)13 June 1975 (aged 23)	Academy	1 July 1995	—	51	0
23	David Hughes	LB	Wrexham	(1978-02-01)1 February 1978 (aged 20)	Academy	1 July 1996	—	7	0
24	Lee Collins	LB	Birmingham	(1977-09-10)10 September 1977 (aged 20)	Academy	1 July 1997	—	0	0
24*	Mark Delaney	RB	Haverfordwest	(1976-05-13)13 May 1976 (aged 22)	Cardiff City	9 March 1999	£250,000	-	-
26	Ben Petty	LB	Solihull	(1977-03-02)2 March 1977 (aged 21)	Academy	1 July 1998	—	-	-
28	Tommy Jaszczun	CB	Kettering	(1977-09-16)16 September 1977 (aged 20)	Academy	1 July 1998	—	-	-
31	Jlloyd Samuel	LB	San Fernando	(1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 17)	Academy	1 January 1999	—	-	-
32	Aaron Lescott	CB	Birmingham	(1978-12-02)2 December 1978 (aged 19)	Academy	1 July 1998	—	-	-
34	Colin Calderwood	CB	Stranraer	(1965-01-20)20 January 1965 (aged 33)	Tottenham Hotspur	23 March 1999	£230,000	-	-
Midfielders
7	Ian Taylor	CM	Birmingham	(1968-06-04)4 June 1968 (aged 30)	Sheffield Wednesday	21 December 1994	£1,000,000	140	18
8	Mark Draper	CM	Long Eaton	(1970-11-11)11 November 1970 (aged 27)	Leicester City	5 July 1995	£3,250,000	125	8
10*	Paul Merson	AM	Harlesden	(1968-03-20)20 March 1968 (aged 30)	Middlesbrough	8 September 1998	£6,750,000	-	-
11	Alan Thompson	LM	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1973-12-22)22 December 1973 (aged 24)	Bolton Wanderers	5 June 1998	£4,500,000	-	-
17	Lee Hendrie	RM	Solihull	(1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (aged 21)	Academy	1 July 1995	—	34	3
18	Fabio Ferraresi	CM	Fano	(1979-05-24)24 May 1979 (aged 19)	Cesena	24 June 1998	Free transfer	-	-
26*	Steve Stone	RM	Gateshead	(1971-08-20)20 August 1971 (aged 26)	Nottingham Forest	11 March 1999	£5,500,000	-	-
27	Michael Standing	AM	Shoreham-by-Sea	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 17)	Academy	1 July 1998	—	-	-
Forwards
9	Stan Collymore	CF	Tittensor	(1971-01-22)22 January 1971 (aged 27)	Liverpool	13 May 1997	£7,000,000	37	8
10	Dwight Yorke	CF	Canaan	(1971-11-03)3 November 1971 (aged 26)	Signal Hill	19 July 1991	£120,000	277	98
12	Julian Joachim	CF	Peterborough	(1974-09-20)20 September 1974 (aged 23)	Leicester City	24 February 1996	£1,890,000	57	12
14	Dion Dublin	CF	Leicester	(1969-04-22)22 April 1969 (aged 29)	Coventry City	5 November 1998	£5,750,000	-	-
21	Darren Byfield	CF	Sutton Coldfield	(1976-09-29)29 September 1976 (aged 21)	Academy	1 July 1997	—	8	0
22	Darius Vassell	CF	Birmingham	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 18)	Academy	1 January 1998	—	0	0
25	Alan Lee	CF	Galway	(1978-08-21)21 August 1978 (aged 19)	Academy	1 July 1998	—	-	-
29	Richard Walker	CF	Bloxwich	(1977-11-08)8 November 1977 (aged 20)	Academy	1 July 1997	—	1	0

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1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Transfers

Transferred in

Loaned in

Transferred out

Loaned out

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Income

Balance

Squad

First Team

Final league table

Results

FA Cup

League Cup

UEFA Cup

Players

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Leeds United	38	18	13	7	62	34	+28	67	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	West Ham United	38	16	9	13	46	53	−7	57	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
6	Aston Villa	38	15	10	13	51	46	+5	55
7	Liverpool	38	15	9	14	68	49	+19	54
8	Derby County	38	13	13	12	40	45	−5	52

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	10	13	51	46	+5	55	10	3	6	33	28	+5	5	7	7	18	18	0

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L
Position	6	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Competition	Scorers
15 August 1998	Everton	A	0–0	Premier League
23 August 1998	Middlesbrough	H	3–1	Premier League	Joachim 6', Charles 52', Thompson 78'
29 August 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–0	Premier League	Joachim 37'
9 September 1998	Newcastle United	H	1–0	Premier League	Hendrie (pen.) 63'
12 September 1998	Wimbledon	H	2–0	Premier League	Merson 45', Taylor 59'
19 September 1998	Leeds United	A	0–0	Premier League
26 September 1998	Derby County	H	1–0	Premier League	Merson 14'
3 October 1998	Coventry City	A	2–1	Premier League	Taylor 29', 39'
17 October 1998	West Ham United	A	0–0	Premier League
24 October 1998	Leicester City	H	1–1	Premier League	Ehiogu 67'
7 November 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–2	Premier League	Dublin 31', 35', Collymore 48'
14 November 1998	Southampton	A	4–1	Premier League	Dublin 3', 56', 85', Merson 77'
21 November 1998	Liverpool	H	2–4	Premier League	Dublin 47', 64'
28 November 1998	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	Premier League	Joachim 59', 63'
5 December 1998	Manchester United	H	1–1	Premier League	Joachim 55'
9 December 1998	Chelsea	A	1–2	Premier League	Hendrie 32'
13 December 1998	Arsenal	H	3–2	Premier League	Joachim 62', Dublin 65', 83'
21 December 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	1–0	Premier League	Rufus (og) 3'
26 December 1998	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	Premier League	Scimeca 81'
28 December 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	Premier League	Southgate 7', Ehiogu 85'
9 January 1999	Middlesbrough	H	0–0	Premier League
18 January 1999	Everton	H	3–0	Premier League	Joachim 40', 51', Merson 78'
30 January 1999	Newcastle United	A	1–2	Premier League	Merson 60'
6 February 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–3	Premier League	Joachim 69'
17 February 1999	Leeds United	H	1–2	Premier League	Scimeca 76'
21 February 1999	Wimbledon	A	0–0	Premier League
27 February 1999	Coventry City	H	1–4	Premier League	Dublin (pen.) 55'
10 March 1999	Derby County	A	1–2	Premier League	Thompson 44'
13 March 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1	Premier League
21 March 1999	Chelsea	H	0–3	Premier League
2 April 1999	West Ham United	H	0–0	Premier League
6 April 1999	Leicester City	A	2–2	Premier League	Hendrie 2', Joachim 49'
10 April 1999	Southampton	H	3–0	Premier League	Draper 13', Joachim 66', Dublin 89'
17 April 1999	Liverpool	A	1–0	Premier League	Taylor 52'
24 April 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	2–0	Premier League	Draper 45', Barry 57'
1 May 1999	Manchester United	A	1–2	Premier League	Joachim 33'
8 May 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	3–4	Premier League	Barry 7', Joachim 66', 79'
16 May 1999	Arsenal	A	0–1	Premier League

2 January 1999 (1999-01-02) R3	Aston Villa	3-0	Hull City	Birmingham
15:00	Collymore 45' 67' Joachim 61'			Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,217 Referee: Scott Mathieson

22 January 1999 (1999-01-22) R4	Aston Villa	0-2	Fulham	Birmingham
15:00			Morgan 8' Hayward 43'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,260 Referee: David Elleray

28 October 1998 (1998-10-28) R3	Chelsea	4-1	Aston Villa	London
19:45	Vialli 32' 67' 85' Flo 71'		Draper 10'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 26,790 Referee: Graham Barber

15 September 1998 (1998-09-15) R1 L1	Aston Villa	3-2	Strømsgodset	Birmingham
19:45	Charles 83' Vassell 89' 90'		Michelsen 21' George 23'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 28,893 Referee: Hartmut Strampe

29 September 1998 (1998-09-29) R1 L2	Strømsgodset	0-3 (2-6 agg.)	Aston Villa	Drammen
18:00			Collymore 10' 23' 64'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Dieter Schoch

20 October 1998 (1998-10-20) R2 L1	Celta Vigo	0-1	Aston Villa	Vigo
21:15			Joachim 15'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Oğuz Sarvan

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	10	13	51	46	+5	55	10	3	6	33	28	+5	5	7	7	18	18	0

3 November 1998 (1998-11-03) R2 L2	Aston Villa	1-3 (2-3 agg.)	Celta Vigo	Birmingham
19:45	Collymore 30' (pen)		Sánchez 26' Mostovoi 34' Penev 48'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,910 Referee: Armand Ancion

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	AUS	Mark Bosnich	17	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	GK	ENG	Michael Oakes	28	0	23	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
30	GK	ENG	Adam Rachel	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ENG	Alan Wright	45	0	38	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
4	DF	ENG	Gareth Southgate	44	1	38	1	2	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF	ENG	Ugo Ehiogu	31	2	23+2	2	2	0	1	0	3	0
6	DF	ENG	Steve Watson	30	0	26+1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Gareth Barry	37	2	27+5	2	2	0	0	0	3	0
16	DF	ENG	Simon Grayson	20	0	4+11	0	0+1	0	1	0	2+1	0
24	DF	WAL	Mark Delaney	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	ENG	Tommy Jaszczun	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Aaron Lescott	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	SCO	Colin Calderwood	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ENG	Ian Taylor	38	4	31+2	4	1	0	1	0	2+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Mark Draper	29	3	13+10	2	1	0	1	1	3+1	0
10	MF	ENG	Paul Merson	28	5	21+5	5	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson	29	2	20+5	2	0	0	0+1	0	3	0
17	MF	ENG	Lee Hendrie	37	3	31+1	3	2	0	0	0	3	0
18	MF	ITA	Fabio Ferraresi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	MF	ENG	Riccardo Scimeca	24	2	16+2	2	2	0	1	0	1+2	0
26	MF	ENG	Steve Stone	10	0	9+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Stan Collymore	24	7	11+9	1	1	2	0	0	3	4
12	FW	ENG	Julian Joachim	43	16	29+7	14	2	1	1	0	4	1
14	FW	ENG	Dion Dublin	24	11	24	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	ENG	Darren Byfield	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	FW	ENG	Darius Vassell	11	2	0+6	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+3	2
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF	ENG	Gary Charles	17	2	10+1	1	0+1	0	1	0	4	1
10	FW	TRI	Dwight Yorke	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	10	13	51	46	+5	55	10	3	6	33	28	+5	5	7	7	18	18	0