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Game #4852

Aston Villa

1-2-2, 5 PTS

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Monday, 12 September 2005

14th (-6)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🟢 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
F Milan Baroš | 🇨🇿 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
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Substitutes

🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for F Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 57’ |
🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 62’ |
🔁 M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Gareth Barry (34)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

David O'Leary hands debuts to new signings James Milner and Wilfred Bouma who replace Peter Whittingham and Jlloyd Samuel.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.48 |

Oldest Player |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.24 |

Youngest Player |
W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.70 |

Debut Appearances

🟢 RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | #784 | £4,230,000 signing from PSV
🟢 W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #785 | Loanee from Newcastle

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-4

🟥 12 Sep 2005, Villa 0-4 West Ham, Upton Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, James Milner, Wilfred Bouma
🟨 | 21’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🥅 | 25’ Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Marlon Harewood
🥅 | 29’ Goal, 0-2, (West Ham United), Marlon Harewood
🕒 | HT West Ham United 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 0-3, (West Ham United), Marlon Harewood
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Kevin Phillips, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Patrik Berger
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Gavin McCann, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 0-4, (West Ham United), Yossi Benayoun
🕒 | FT West Ham United 4-0 Aston Villa

Season | 2005-06 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #91 |
Monday, 12 September 2005

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hampshire, 2000-2009
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hampshire, 2000-2009

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 91 | 🟩 W31 (34% ) | 🟨 D25 | 🇺(62% ) | 🟥 L35 (38% ) | ⚽ 146 | 🥅 150 | GD -4

Match Stats

Not recorded

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

🕒 91 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 24 🟥 33 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

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Premier League

West Ham United

3-1-1, 10 PTS

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Upton Park

Attendance: 29,582

GK Roy Carroll | 🇬🇧 |
LB Paul Konchesky | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tomas Řepka | 🇨🇿 |
CB Danny Gabbidon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Anton Ferdinand | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Matthew Etherington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Hayden Mullins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Yossi Benayoun | 🇮🇱 | ⚽ |
F Teddy Sheringham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Alan Pardew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Matthew Etherington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Shaun Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Hayden Mullins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Christian Dailly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Bobby Zamora | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Shaka Hislop | 🇹🇹 |
CF Jérémie Aliadière | 🇫🇷 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Thomas Sorensen | 🇩🇰 |
🕒

89

89*

🔥

0

0

🟩

34

🟨

24

🟥

31*

29

🥅

111*

LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

5

5*

🔥

0

1

🟩

1

🟨

2

🟥

2*

CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
🕒

157

157*

🔥

5

5

🟩

54

🟨

43

🟥

60*

CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

35

23*

🔥

0

1

🟩

13

🟨

7

🟥

15*

RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
🕒

1

1*

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1*

M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

276

261*

🔥

20

23

🟩

105

🟨

76

🟥

95*

M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
🕒

34

24*

🔥

2

0

🟩

10

🟨

9

🟥

15*

M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

63

63*

🔥

3

3

🟩

26

🟨

18

🟥

19*

W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1*

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1*

F Milan Baroš | 🇨🇿 |
🕒

2

2*

🔥

1

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

1*

F Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

4

4*

🔥

1

2

🟩

1

🟨

2

🟥

1*

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
🕒

145

🔁

23*

🔥

52

14

Sub 1

🟩

53

🟨

36

🟥

56*

W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 |
🕒

2

🔁

2*

🔥

0

0

Sub 2

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

1*

M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

289

🔁

55*

🔥

31

29

Sub 3

🟩

114

🟨

73

🟥

102*

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa are torn to shreds by Marlon Harewood and West Ham as they record their fifth loss in ten games under David O'Leary and leaves them with one win in five Premier League games this season.

  • Despite the result however, it’s a day to celebrate as two players who typify everything the fans value make their debuts. 

  • Dutch international right back Wilfred Bouma, 27, makes his Villa debut after joining from PSV Eindhoven for a fee of £4,230,000 in July 2005 to become the 784th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Winger James Milner, 19, makes his Villa debut after joining on a season long loan from Newcastle United in August 2005 to become the 785th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Joining the likes of Juan Pablo Ángel, Gareth Barry, Olof Mellberg, the injured Martin Laursen and Mark Delaney in the squad it remains a mystery how such talent and commitment aren’t being mobilised effectively to drive Villa forward. That they aren’t is perhaps the single biggest indictment of the O’Leary era as, despite having the nous to bring quality into the club, he continually fails to galvanise this outstanding spine of a team. 

What they Said

“We struggled, end of story. We didn’t handle them defensively and were outmuscled all over the pitch.

“The players know that, they’re an honest bunch and we have to do much better than that - we will do better.

“They played with great hunger and the way I want my teams to play - don’t let people settle, play at a high tempo and get at people. They did that to us.”

David O’Leary.

Marlon Harewood grabbed a hat-trick as West Ham went seventh in the table with their second win of the season.

The home side dominated early on and Harewood beat Thomas Sorensen after Teddy Sheringham headed the ball on.

It was 2-0 when Anton Ferdinand headed back Matthew Etherington’s corner and Harewood hooked in over Sorensen.

James Milner hit the post at the start of the second half before Harewood profited from a goalkeeping error and Yossi Benayoun completed the rout.

The Hammers were full value for their win after controlling the midfield and, in 39-year-old Sheringham, they had the game’s outstanding player.

After a slow start they pushed forward relentlessly in the first 45 minutes and could have had more than their two goals.

Benayoun shot weakly at Sorensen after a superb Sheringham dummy but it was not long before Harewood - so often criticised for his lack of poise in front of goal - delivered.

On a night when a minute’s silence was held for former Hammers favourite Noel Cantwell, it was not one for the Upton Park purists.

But Harewood, golden boots and all, was not complaining when a long punt from Paul Konchesky ended with him racing in on Sorensen and slotting home calmly.

The Hammers’ superiority was underlined when another period of pressure culminated in the powerful striker hooking the ball over Sorensen and into the net.

Villa, who were content to rely on Baros’ pace on the counter-attack, created little of note apart from a snapshot from Milner which Roy Carroll tipped wide of his near post.

West Ham should have had a penalty just before the break when Liam Ridgewell tried to pull Harewood down as he muscled his way into the area.

Two goalkeeping mistakes at the start of the second half effectively decided the result.

The home side escaped when Roy Carroll completely missed Milner’s cross and it bounced off one post then the other

But at the other end a dreadful error by Sorensen - who completely missed the ball from a corner - allowed Harewood to smash his third into an empty net.

Carroll also looked far from secure in punching away a Milner free-kick and he was all over the place when Gavin McCann’s volley was headed over by Danny Gabbidon.

But Villa looked incapable of taking advantage and boss David O’Leary threw on Juan Pablo Angel and Patrik Berger in a bid to salvage something.

Baros seized on some hesitant defending to force a save from Carroll, but there was precious little else to encourage the visiting fans.

And their misery was complete when the impressive Benayoun fired low across Sorensen from the left side of the box.

*Aston Villa boss David O’Leary:*

“We struggled, end of story. We didn’t handle them defensively and were outmuscled all over the pitch.

“The players know that, they’re an honest bunch and we have to do much better than that - we will do better.

“They played with great hunger and the way I want my teams to play - don’t let people settle, play at a high tempo and get at people. They did that to us.”

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