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Condition: 9/10 Superb
Size: Adult Extra Large
Chest Measurement: 49-51 Inches / 125-130 CM
Manufacturer: Reebok
Colour: Light blue, black & white trim
Material: Polyester
Seasons: 1998/1999 & 1999/2000 (3rd)
Player: N/A
Patches: N/A
Official Reebok Aston Villa away long sleeved football shirt from the 1998/99 season.
The condition of this original football jersey is 9/10 – Superb (see photos).
The early-season sale of Dwight Yorke to Manchester United 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 fellow blue-claret team West Ham United and thus missing out on a European place.
Aston Villa matched their 1998/99 season's finish, with solid sixth place finish in 1999/00. After starting the campaign brightly, a run of nine matches without a win dragged Villa down to 15th. However, after that Villa rallied to go 12 matches unbeaten, and thereafter lost only two more games all season to finish sixth. Villa also reached the FA Cup final for the first time in 43 years, but their hopes of winning the famous trophy for the eighth time were ended by a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea, whose success was achieved in the last game at Wembley before the old stadium was rebuilt.
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