Game #4743
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 December 2002
Aston Villa
1-0
Middlesbrough
Premier League
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,637
Won
14th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Assist(s) | Juan Pablo Ángel | 11’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Dion Dublin, winner
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 December 2002
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Rob Edwards
🔁 | 4’ Sub off, Mustapha Hadji, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Juan Pablo Ángel
🟥 | 24’ Sending off, (Middlesbrough), Mark Wilson
🟨 | 33’ Booking, Ulises de la Cruz
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ronny Johnsen, Sub on, Alan Wright
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Jlloyd Samuel
🟨 | 78’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Ulises de la Cruz, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
ON THIS DAY
Villa record their second win in five League games to climb two places to 14th in the table as Graham Taylor ends 2002 with a record of 10 wins in 34 Premier League matches.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Middlesbrough
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #42 |
Saturday, 28 December 2002
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 42 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 9 🟥 19 | 1.21
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 30 Mar 02, Villa 2-3 Bolton (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Stefan Postma, Ronny Johnsen and Juan Pablo Ángel return and Rob Edwards is handed his debut as Ulises de la Cruz, Darius Vassell, Steve Staunton and Peter Enckelman drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.57 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 33.71 |
Youngest Player |
CB Rob Edwards | 🏴 | 20.02 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Stefan Postma | 🇫🇮 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Rob Edwards | 🏴 | 🟢 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Steve McLaren | 🏴 |
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Middlesbrough
GK Mark Schwarzer | 🇦🇺 |
LB Frank Queudrue | 🇫🇷 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate (ex) | 🏴 |
RB Stuart Parnaby | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Luke Wilkshire | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
M Mark Wilson | 🏴 | 🟥 |
M Jonathan Greening | 🏴 |
M Njitap Geremi | 🇨🇲 |
CF Joseph-Désiré Job | 🇨🇲 |
F Szilard Németh | 🇸🇰 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🟨 | 🔁 | for M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 4’ |
🔁 LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | for CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 46’ |
🔁 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 81’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | RB Stuart Parnaby | 🏴 | (CF Massimo Maccarone | 🇮🇹 |)
🔁 | RB Luke Wilkshire | 🇦🇺 | (LB Tony Vidmar | 🇦🇺 |)
🔁 | F Szilard Németh | 🇸🇰 | (CF Noel Whelan | 🏴 | 🟨 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Wayne Henderson | 🇮🇪 |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Mark Crossley | 🏴 |
CF Dean Windass | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not reported
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_f6254e1a51ff4baea74f4b986027d3b3~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
🟢 CB Rob Edwards | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not reported
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*The Guardian*
Sunday 29 December 2002
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