Game #4921
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Lost
14th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Newcastle United
Attendance: 49,201
St James' Park
Newcastle United
3-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Ashley Young encourages his new team mates after scoring on debut against Newcastle, Wednesday, 31 January 2007.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ashley Young, John Carew
🥅 | 5’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), James Milner
🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-2, (Newcastle United), Kieron Dyer
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-2, Ashley Young, Assist by Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Patrik Berger
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel 🔴
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
🥅 | 90’+3 Goal, 1-3, (Newcastle United), Antoine Sibierski
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 3-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
A debut goal from Ashley Young and a fine bow from fellow new boy John Carew are not enough to stop Villa falling to defeat as Villa are made painfully aware of what they missed out on with Newcastle's off season shenanigans as James Milner opens the scoring.
Meanwhile Martin O’Neill’s squad restructuring continues as legendary Villa centre forward Juan Pablo Ángel makes his final appearance aged 31 before moving on to the New York Red Bulls in April 2007.
Ángel epitomised everything the Villa faithful love in a player - dedication, triumph through adversity, more than a little skill and a strong no. 9.
Ángel played for Villa between 2000-01 and 2006-07 making 205 appearances and scoring 63 goals.
However as one Villa legend in departed, another two arrived.
Centre forward John Carew made his debut aged 27 after joining in the swap deal that took Milan Baroš to Olympique Lyonnais. Carew would go on to be one of the greatest cult heroes in the club’s history.
Whilst winger Ashley Young also made his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from Watford for a fee of £11,880,000 earlier this month. Young’s signature was something of a coup for Villa and his arrival showed a new, reinvigorated impetus to drive Villa up the league with an attacking football philosophy. Young would return to Villa in 2021, now a veteran, after a stellar 10 year trophy winning career.
For all its problems and disappointments, this era of Villa had now produced not one but seven bona fide club legends in Olof Mellberg, James Milner, Ashley Young, Martin Laursen, Stiliyan Petrov, Juan Pablo Ángel and John Carew.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Newcastle United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55
FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2006-07 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Game | #25 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴 | Rotherham, 2000-2014
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 29 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 11 🟥 10 | 1.21
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Howard Webb | 🏴 | Rotherham, 2000-2014
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 13 Jan 07, Villa 1-3 United (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill hands debuts to Ashley Young and John Carew and recalls Stiliyan Petrov. Milan Baroš, Juan Pablo Ángel and Steven Davis drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.76 |
Oldest Player |
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 | 30.58 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 20.32 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
RB Phil Bardsley | 🏴 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🟨 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Glenn Roeder | 🏴 |
Newcastle United
GK Steve Harper | 🏴 |
CB Titus Bramble | 🏴 |
CB Stephen Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Paul Huntington | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Stephen Carr | 🇮🇪 |
M Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 |
M James Milner (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Scott Parker | 🏴 |
M Nicky Butt | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Kieron Dyer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Obafemi Martins | 🇳🇬 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 69’ |
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔴 | for RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Nicky Butt | 🏴 | (M Antoine Sibierski | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Pavel Srnicek | 🇨🇿 |
CB David Edgar | 🇨🇦 |
M Alan O'Brien | 🇮🇪 |
CF Andy Carroll | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 4/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
🟢 CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 2001-07 | 🕒 205 | 158 (47) | ⚽ 63 | 🔥 14 | 🇺 23 | #751 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Wednesday, 31 January 2007