Game #4704
Aston Villa
Saturday, 2 March 2002
Aston Villa
2-1
West Ham United
Premier League
West Ham United
Villa Park
Attendance: 37,341
Won
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 23’ | Jlloyd Samuel | 90’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Darius Vassell, late winner
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 March 2002
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United, pen), Paolo Di Canio
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-1, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham United
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Mustapha Hadji, Sub on, Paul Merson
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-1, Darius Vassell, Assist by Jlloyd Samuel
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham United
ON THIS DAY
Villa win for the first time in five to hand new boss Graham Taylor his first Villa victory since 1990 with once again Juan Pablo Ángel and Darius Vassell doing the damage.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
UEFA Conference League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
West Ham United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 2 March 2002
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 3 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 1 🟥 1 | 1.33
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴 | Tring, 1994-2004
Matches Officiated: 16
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 26 August 2001, Villa 1-1 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Graham Taylor hands 19 year old Thomas Hitzlsperger his first start for Villa in place of Steve Stone.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.24 |
Oldest Player |
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | 38.31 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 19.92 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🔥 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Glenn Roeder | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2792464b5a694ffa86b0ca40a0be296a~mv2.gif)
West Ham United
GK David James (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴 |
CB Tomáš Řepka | 🇨🇿 |
CB Christian Dailly | 🏴 |
CB Ian Pearce | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Sebastian Schemmel | 🇫🇷 |
M Joe Cole | 🏴 |
M Richard Garcia | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
W Trevor Sinclair | 🏴 |
CF Paulo Di Canio | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ |
CF Jermain Defoe | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 M Paul Merson | 🏴 | for M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 78’ |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2792464b5a694ffa86b0ca40a0be296a~mv2.gif)
🔁 | M Richard Garcia | 🇦🇺 | (LB Vladimír Labant | 🇸🇰 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 |
F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Shaka Hislop | 🇹🇹 |
LB Scott Minto | 🏴 |
M Grant McCann | 🇬🇧 |
CF Paul Kitson | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 4/16
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2792464b5a694ffa86b0ca40a0be296a~mv2.gif)
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*
Saturday, 2 March, 2002
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