Game #4752
Aston Villa
Monday, 3 March 2003
Aston Villa
0-2
Birmingham City
Premier League
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,602
Lost
14th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Dion Dublin feigns a headbutt and gets a red as Villa put on a shameful performance on and off the pitch to leave them well beaten by a relegation threatened Birmingham side, Monday, 3 March 2003
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 3 March 2003
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Stefan Moore, Sub on, Mustapha Hadji
🟥 | 51’ Sending off, Dion Dublin
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Stan Lazaridis
🟨 | 75’ Booking, Joey Guðjónsson
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-2, (Birmingham City), Geoff Horsfield
🟨 | 81’ Booking, Joey Guðjónsson
🟥 | 81’ Sending off, Joey Guðjónsson
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, Peter Crouch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Birmingham City
ON THIS DAY
Villa lose for the third successive game and have now failed score in fourteen of 29 league matches and Graham Taylor records a 20th Premier League defeat in 42 games. The once venerated manager is no longer the subject of deference as his defeatist, dismissive and self absorbed response to defeat exacerbates the chasm that this most torrid of seasons had begun to create.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Birmingham City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Monday, 3 March 2003
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 51 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 10 🟥 24 | 1.20
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013 🆘
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 Dec 02, Villa 1-3 Manchester City (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Jlloyd Samuel, Dion Dublin, Lee Hendrie and Stefan Moore return with Alpay Özalan, Ulises de la Cruz, Mark Kinsella and Peter Crouch drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.94 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 33.88 |
Youngest Player |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 19.44 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-03
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Joey Guðjónsson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🟥 |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_afaca0bac3d245d884162807ffb22461~mv2.gif)
Birmingham City
GK Nico Vaesen | 🇧🇪 |
LB Jamie Clapham | 🏴 |
CB Kenny Cunningham | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Matthew Upson | 🏴 |
RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Damien Johnson | 🇬🇧 |
M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 |
W Stan Lazaridis | 🇦🇺 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Clinton Morrison | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Christophe Dugarry | 🇫🇷 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | for CF Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_afaca0bac3d245d884162807ffb22461~mv2.gif)
🔁 | M Robbie Savage | 🏴 | (M Darren Carter | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Stan Lazaridis | 🇦🇺 | (M Paul Devlin | 🏴 | (🟨) )
🔁 | CF Clinton Morrison | 🏴 | (CF Geoff Horsfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Rob Edwards | 🏴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_afaca0bac3d245d884162807ffb22461~mv2.gif)
GK Ian Bennett | 🏴 |
CF Stern John | 🇹🇹 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 7/16
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_afaca0bac3d245d884162807ffb22461~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not reported
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_afaca0bac3d245d884162807ffb22461~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 reported
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Monday, 3 March, 2003
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