Game #4679
Aston Villa
Sunday, 30 September 2001
Aston Villa
2-0
Blackburn Rovers
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 28,263
Won
4th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 46’ | 72’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Juan Pablo Ángel celebrates opening the scoring against Blackburn to set Villa on the way to victory and a third win in six unbeaten Premier League games under John Gregory, Sunday, 30 September 2001.
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 30 September 2001
🟨 | 34’ Booking, Mustapha Hadji
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 1-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Lee Hendrie
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Lee Hendrie
🟨 | 77’ Booking, Darius Vassell
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Dion Dublin
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Hassan Kachloul, Sub on, Jlloyd Samuel
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
ON THIS DAY
Juan Pablo Ángel scores his second league goal in as many games to send Villa fourth.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Blackburn Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994–95
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Game | #6 |
Manager Game | #170 |
Sunday, 30 September 2001
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
John Gregory | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 169 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 45 🟥 48 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 Dec 00, Villa 2-1 Leeds (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Villa recall Steve Staunton, Darius Vassell and Juan Pablo Ángel as David Ginola, Olof Mellberg and Boško Balaban drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.24 |
Oldest Player |
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | 37.89 |
Youngest Player |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 21.31 |
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🟨 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Graeme Souness | 🏴 |
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Blackburn Rovers
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stig Inge Bjørnebye | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 |
RB Henning Berg | 🇳🇴 |
M Alan Mahon | 🇮🇪 |
M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M David Dunn | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Damien Johnson | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Hughes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Matt Jansen | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 84’ |
🔁 RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | for M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 84’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M David Dunn | 🏴 | (W Craig Hignett | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Damien Johnson | 🇬🇧 | (M Jason McAteer | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Mark Hughes | 🏴 | (CF Egil Østenstad | 🇳🇴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |
F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_3987e43935e9484b9482b66f0b01a16b~mv2.gif)
GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |
CB Gordon Greer | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 3/16
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 30 September, 2001
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