Game #4738
Aston Villa
Saturday, 7 December 2002
Lost
15th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 35,446
Newcastle United
Villa Park
Villa lose consecutive Premier League games to make it five wins in seventeen under Graham Taylor as they fall back to 15th in the table having failed to score for the tenth time this season.
Aston Villa
0-1
Newcastle United
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Juan Pablo Ángel, best chance
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 December 2002
🔁 | 42’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Mark Kinsella
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle United
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🟨 | 69’ Booking, Ronny Johnsen
🥅 | 82’ Goal, (Newcastle United), Alan Shearer
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Newcastle United
ON THIS DAY
Villa fail to score in the Premier League for the tenth time in seventeen games to leave Graham Taylor with 14 defeats in 30 League games since taking over in 2001-02.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Newcastle United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55
FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Game | #17 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 7 December 2002
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 37 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 9 🟥 16 | 1.22
Career Form:
Mid Table
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 21 Oct 02, Villa 0-1 Southampton (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Steve Bennett
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Newcastle United
None
TEAM NEWS
Ulises de la Cruz replaces Steve Staunton.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.47 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 33.65 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 20.69 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Bobby Robson | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
Newcastle United
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB Olivier Bernard | 🇫🇷 |
CB Andrew O’Brien | 🇮🇪 |
CB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
RB Andy Griffin | 🏴 |
M Jermaine Jenas | 🏴 |
W Kieron Dyer | 🏴 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 |
W Laurent Robert | 🇫🇷 |
W Craig Bellamy | 🏴 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 42’ |
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 66’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Steve Harper | 🏴 |
CB Steven Caldwell | 🏴 |
M Clarence Acuña | 🇨🇱 |
CF Shola Ameobi | 🏴 |
CF Lomano LuaLua | 🇨🇩 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 6/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“Our disappointment is that we’d spoken about it and thought we’d handled it.
“What you can’t do with Alan is leave him on the back post and it wasn’t as if he’d drifted off; he’d been there for some considerable time.”
"I felt we deserved a minimum of a draw but you will pay the price if you don't take chances when on top."
Graham Taylor
“I look at the table but I don’t look down.
“I look at the top half and I think we deserve to be there. I think we are getting there.”
Olof Mellberg
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 7 December 2002
Alan Shearer’s late header gave sixth-placed Newcastle only their second away win in the Premiership this season.
The veteran striker struck nine minutes from time as Newcastle added Aston Villa’s scalp to that of the Midlanders’ bitter rivals Birmingham.
Villa went into the game on the back of three consecutive home wins, but after controlling the first half they fell away in the second 45 minutes.
Juan Pablo Angel hit the bar with a late header for the hosts, but Villa remain firmly in the bottom third after their eighth Premiership defeat of the season.
Villa made a positive start and Dion Dublin could have put them ahead after only 90 seconds but his volley flew straight at Newcastle keeper Shay Given.
Craig Bellamy then seized onto a pass from Laurent Robert and created a yard of space for himself, but his effort was well wide of Villa keeper Peter Enckelman’s goal.
Thomas Hitzlsperger scored two spectacular recent goals for Villa, against Arsenal and Preston, but he was well off target with two early attempts.
Gareth Barry was more accurate and his swerving 25-yard effort was tipped over by Given before Olaf Mellberg headed wide from the resulting corner.
An under-hit back pass from Andy O’Brien almost let in Darius Vassell, Given saving bravely at his feet, before the pacy striker volleyed wide from close range after Aaron Hughes had failed to clear.
Hitzlsperger then fired well wide with another ambitious 30-yard drive as Villa continued have the upper hand, but just before the break Newcastle were handed a great opportunity to take the lead.
Enckelman failed to hold onto a straightforward cross from Nolberto Solano but Bellamy poked the ball wide with the goal at his mercy.
Villa ended the stronger, with Given saving at the feet of Barry, while Hitzlsperger sent a scorching drive just wide and Dublin powered a header over.
The second half started scrappily and both sides struggled to create much in the way of openings.
Given twice did his best to gift Villa a goal, first mis-controlling a back pass and then hammering a clearance against Dublin.
Late winner
Robert produced a fine effort from a narrow angle to remind Villa that Newcastle were still a threat, before Angel, on for Dublin, headed against the bar.
That was as close as the hosts were to come to a goal and with nine minutes to go Shearer made them pay.
The veteran striker out-jumped Ulises de la Cruz and headed the winner for Newcastle.
Given nearly handed Villa an injury-time equaliser but the Magpies rode their luck to take the points.
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