Game #4806
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 May 2004
Aston Villa
0-2
Manchester United
Premier League
Manchester United
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,573
Lost
6th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Juan Pablo Ángel, penalty appeals waved away by Styles.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 May 2004
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Cristiano Ronaldo
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Ruud van Nistelrooy
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Manchester United
🔁 | 47’ Sub off, Peter Crouch, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck 🔴
🟨 | 52’ Booking, Juan Pablo Ángel
🟨 | 60’ Booking, Jlloyd Samuel
🟨 | 65’ Booking, Lee Hendrie
🟥 | 75’ Sending off, (Manchester United)
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Peter Whittingham
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Dion Dublin 🔴
🟨 | 83’ Booking, Thomas Hitzlsperger
🟥 | 85’ Sending off, (Manchester United)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Manchester United
ON THIS DAY
Villa lose to Manchester United for the third time this season and as a result are beaten to a UEFA Cup spot by Newcastle. Nothing however could detract from the job that David O’Leary had done in taking a squad, largely that which had struggled so badly under Graham Taylor, and delivered rejuvenation across the pitch.
For an appointment that wasn’t universally popular, and after a difficult opening few months, David O’Leary had proven a lot of doubters wrong and the key test was now improving the squad and building on the unexpected gains seen in 2003-04.
Centre forward Dion Dublin made his final Villa appearance aged 35 before moving on to Leicester City on a free transfer in July 2004. Dublin had played for Villa between 1998-99 and 2003-04 making 190 appearances and scoring 58 goals.
Centre forward Peter Crouch made his final appearance for Villa aged just 23 before moving on to Southampton for a fee of £2,700,000 in July 2004.
Villa had paid Portsmouth £6,750,000 for Crouch’s services in March 2002 but despite showing the potential to be an influential player, he appeared to never have been truly trusted by manager David O’Leary and was sold on.
In total Crouch made 43 appearances scoring 6 goals in his 2 years with Villa and his subsequent career simply underlined the fact that he was sold far too early.
Forward Marcus Allbäck played his final game for Villa aged 30 before moving on to Hansa Rostock for a fee of £180,000 in July 2004. Villa had paid £2,700,000 to SC Heerenveen for Allbäck just 2 years earlier. In total Allbäck made 44 appearances, scoring 7 goals.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester United
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2003-04
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Game | #38 |
Manager Game | #45 |
Saturday, 15 May 2004
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 45 | 🟩 | 20 🟨 | 11 🟥 14 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 5 Oct 03, Villa 1-1 Bolton (h)
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Peter Crouch and Olof Mellberg replace Darius Vassell and Ronny Johnsen.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.27 |
Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 29.79 |
Youngest Player |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | 19.83 |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🟨 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_0783455f6a544997bcb510527b8ab219~mv2.gif)
Manchester United
GK Tim Howard | 🇺🇸 |
LB Mikaël Silvestre | 🇫🇷 |
CB Wes Brown | 🏴 |
CB John O’Shea | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴 |
RB Phil Neville | 🏴 |
M Darren Fletcher | 🏴 | 🟥 |
M Paul Scholes | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Ryan Giggs | 🏴 |
W Cristiano Ronaldo | 🇵🇹 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CF Ruud van Nistelrooy | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | 🔴 | for CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 47’ |
🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_0783455f6a544997bcb510527b8ab219~mv2.gif)
🔁 | CB John O’Shea | 🇮🇪 | (M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 |)
🔁 | CF Ruud van Nistelrooy | 🇳🇱 | (CF Louis Saha | 🇫🇷 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_0783455f6a544997bcb510527b8ab219~mv2.gif)
GK Roy Carroll | 🇬🇧 |
M Kléberson | 🇧🇷 |
CF Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer | 🇳🇴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_0783455f6a544997bcb510527b8ab219~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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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
🔴 CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 2002-04 | 🕒 43 | 25 (18) | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 14 | #757 |
🔴 F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | 2002-04 | 🕒 44 | 20 (24) | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 14 | #760 |
🔴 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 1998-04 | 🕒 189 | 148 (41) | ⚽ 58 | 🔥 15 | 🇺 15 | #730 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 15 May 2004
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