Game #4789
Wednesday, 21 January 2004
Attendance: 16,302
Lost
League Cup Semi Final
Semi Final
Bolton Wanderers
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Reebok Stadium
Villa lose a crazy League Cup semi final first leg despite a brace from Juan Pablo Ángel with it all to do in the second leg.
Bolton Wanderers
5-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
Juan Pablo Ángel, scored what were hoped to be two excellent away goals
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MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Jay-Jay Okocha
🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Kevin Nolan
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-3, (Bolton Wanderers), Stelios Giannakopoulos
⚽ | 20’ Goal, 1-3, Juan Pablo Ángel
🕒 | HT Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Olof Mellberg, Sub on, Ronny Johnsen
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 2-3, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Darius Vassell
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Thomas Hitzlsperger
🟨 | 64’ Booking, Gavin McCann
🟨 | 68’ Booking, Darius Vassell
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 2-4, (Bolton Wanderers), Bruno N’Gotty
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 2-5, (Bolton Wanderers), Jay-Jay Okocha
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Lee Hendrie
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Dion Dublin
🕒 | FT Bolton Wanderers 5-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa go three down within 17' at Bolton in the League Cup semi but to their credit bring the deficit down to one goal before Bolton the finish the game with their three goal advantage reinstalled.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Bolton Wanderers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58
FIXTURE HISTORY
Bolton Wanderers
Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #28 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Wednesday, 21 January 2004
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Score: 🟥 2-5
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 August 2003, Villa 0-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Gavin McCann, Darius Vassell and Dion Dublin replace Ronny Johnsen, Marcus Allbäck and Thomas Hitzlsperger.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.02 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 34.77 |
Youngest Player |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | 19.38 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
Sam Allardyce | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
Bolton Wanderers
GK Jussi Jääskeläinen | 🇫🇮 |
CB Bruno N’Gotty | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
CB Nicky Hunt | 🏴 |
CB Émerson Thome | 🇧🇷 |
RB Anthony Barness | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Iván Campo | 🇪🇸 |
M Kevin Nolan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Youri Djorkaeff | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Jay-Jay Okocha | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Stelios Giannakopoulos | 🇬🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Kevin Davies | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | for CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 54’ |
🔁 M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 57’ |
🔁 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 77’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Anthony Barness | 🏴 | (LB Simon Charlton | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Youri Djorkaeff | 🇫🇷 | (M Ibrahim Bá | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | W Stelios Giannakopoulos | 🇬🇷 | (CF Henrik Pedersen | 🇩🇰 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Kevin Poole (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Javi Moreno | 🇪🇸 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 6/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
"All Villa boss David O’Leary could do was show his frustration from the sidelines as the recalled Dion Dublin and Mellberg again came woefully unstuck at the back."
*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 21 January, 2004
Bolton grabbed a healthy three-goal lead over Aston Villa in a thrilling Carling Cup semi-final, first leg.
Jay-Jay Okocha, playing his last game before leaving for the African Nations Cup, opened the scoring with a curling free-kick in the second minute.
Kevin Nolan, Stelios Giannakopoulos and Bruno N’Gotty were also on target for Bolton before Okocha sealed the win with another stunning free-kick.
Juan Pablo Angel scored two vital away goals for David O’Leary’s side.
Bolton were eager to get their chase for a final place up-and-running and did not have to wait long to make their early pressure pay.
Nolan took his time to line-up his shot from 20 yards out but was denied the chance by Peter Whittingham, who clipped him from behind.
Wanderers’ skipper Okocha stepped up to take the resulting free-kick and his curling right-foot effort found the back of the net thanks to a hint of a deflection from Jlloyd Samuel.
Villa’s defence were left exposed six minutes later as Nolan was determined to get his chance in front of goal.
The midfielder out-muscled Olof Mellberg, skipping past him to slam his shot beyond a despairing Thomas Sorenson.
All Villa boss David O’Leary could do was show his frustration from the sidelines as the recalled Dion Dublin and Mellberg again came woefully unstuck at the back.
Kevin Davies rose to get the better of Dublin in the air and flicked the ball on to Giannakopoulos who grabbed a third goal for Bolton with a clinical overhead kick.
With just 17 minutes gone at the Reebok Stadium, the third goal seemed to be the wake-up call the visitors needed.
Villa were determined to battle back in the game and the industrious Angel displayed some sublime footwork to leave Davies baffled on the right.
The Colombian capitalised on his good work as his floated cross drifted beyond Jussi Jaaskelainen at the far-post and into the net.
A reinvigorated Villa side began to dictate the pace of the game and Jaaskelainen deserved credit for protecting Bolton’s lead.
The Finn got his fingertips to a Gareth Barry pass to push the ball out of reach of the looming Darius Vassell.
But the home side’s defence was breached in the 56th minute when Vassell’s goalbound effort deflected in off Angel.
Bruno N’Gotty restored Bolton’s two-goal advantage in the 74th minute, rising clear of the Villa defence to head home Youri Djorkaeff’s corner.
Okocha rounded off his farewell six minutes later with a second stunning goal.
The Nigerian’s free-kick swerved before rocketing back into the corner of the net to hand Bolton a three-goal advantage.