Game #4732
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 6 November 2002
Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 12,177
Oxford United
Kassam Stadium
Oxford United
0-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa beat third division Oxford in the third round of the FA Cup.
KEY MAN
Ian Taylor, stabbed home
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 6 November 2002
🕒 | HT Oxford United 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Öyvind Leonhardsen, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🟨 | 65’ Booking, Ian Taylor
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 0-1, Ian Taylor
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Mark Kinsella, Sub on, Thomas Hitzlsperger
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 0-2, Gareth Barry
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 0-3, Dion Dublin
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Stefan Moore, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
🕒 | FT Oxford United 0-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa seek respite from their League troubles under Graham Taylor once again but they need a late cavalry charge to see off Third Division Oxford as things turn nasty off the pitch.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Oxford United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1985-86
FIXTURE HISTORY
Oxford United
Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #18 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Wednesday, 6 November 2002
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Matt Messias | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1997-2006
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 31 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 8 🟥 14 | 1.13
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Matt Messias | 🏴 | Barnsley, 1997-2006
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 2 February 2002, Villa 0-0 Fulham, Craven Cottage.
Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Oxford United
None
TEAM NEWS
Stefan Postma, Ronny Johnsen and Stefan Moore replace Peter Enckelman, Olof Mellberg and Juan Pablo Ángel.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.47 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 34.45 |
Youngest Player |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 19.12 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
Aston Villa
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Ian Atkins | 🏴 |
Oxford United
GK Andy Woodman | 🏴 |
LB Matthew Robinson | 🏴 |
CB Adi Viveash | 🏴 |
CB Andy Crosby | 🏴 |
RB Scott McNiven | 🏴 |
RB James Hunt | 🏴 |
M Matthew Bound | 🏴 |
M Dean Whitehead | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Dave Savage | 🇮🇪 |
CF Steve Basham | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Jefferson Louis | 🇩🇲 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 46’ |
🔁 M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | for M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | 75’ |
🔁 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Dean Whitehead | 🏴 | (M Chris Hackett | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Steve Basham | 🏴 | (CF Manny Omoyimni | 🇳🇬 |)
🔁 | CF Jefferson Louis | 🇩🇲 | (CF Gavin Gordon | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Wayne Henderson | 🇮🇪 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M David Waterman | 🏴 |
M Paul Powell | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not reported
UNAVAILABLE
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 reported
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Just as Oxford seemed to have weathered the storm, two goalmouth scrambles in the space of a minute then effectively decided the outcome of the game in favour of the visitors."
*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 6 November, 2002
*Villa see off Oxford*
Goal-shy Aston Villa finally found their scoring touch to beat Third Division Oxford and book their place in the fourth round of the Worthington Cup.
Villa had scored just once on their travels so far this season - at Old Trafford - but were rewarded for an improved second-half display.
Ian Taylor stabbed home the first from close range just seconds after the visitors had survived a goalmouth scramble at the other end.
And Gareth Barry doubled the lead two minutes later.
Dion Dublin then scored the third to round off a satisfactory evening for Villa boss Graham Taylor, who had fulfilled his promise to take the much-criticised competition seriously.
Taylor made just two changes to the starting 11 that drew at Blackburn. Olof Mellberg (Achilles) was replaced by Ronny Johnsen in defence, with Stefan Moore preferred up front to Juan Pablo Angel, who was demoted to the bench.
A sell-out crowd of 12,000 was creating a lively atmosphere with a large contingent of Villa fans making the short journey down the M40 to the Kassam Stadium.
They saw their side make a confident start to the game, although neither side were able to create a clear-cut chance in the opening stages.
United goalkeeper Andy Woodman had to be alert after three minutes to prevent Ian Taylor getting his head on Mark Kinsella’s free-kick at the near post.
But Steve Staunton then failed to test Woodman, the Republic of Ireland international dragging his left-foot shot well wide of the goal.
At the other end, Villa’s Stefan Postma looked assured as he stood in for Peter Enckelman, who was suspended following his dismissal against Southampton a fortnight ago.
The first half was best forgotten, three Dublin headers from JLloyd Samuel crosses the best efforts of the opening 45 minutes, and none of those were on target.
Taylor attempted to add a much-needed cutting edge to his attack with the introduction of Angel at half time at the expense of Oyvind Leonhardsen.
Just as Oxford seemed to have weathered the storm, two goalmouth scrambles in the space of a minute then effectively decided the outcome of the game in favour of the visitors.
Delaney cleared off the line before Staunton eventually cleared the danger after the ball had bounced around awkwardly in the six-yard box.
But seconds later, the home side were not so lucky as Woodman failed to gather a right-wing cross and Taylor gratefully stabbed home from close range.
Moments later their misery was complete as Barry scored Villa’s second.
Barry was allowed to advance to the edge of the area and struck a shot with his less-favoured right foot that took a slight deflection, wrong-footing Woodman and finding the bottom corner of the net.
That ended the game as a contest but Dublin was eventually rewarded for his hard work, slotting home with the outside of his right foot to seal the victory.