🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur
Scorer(s) | Gareth Barry | 4’ | Ashley Young | 6’ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 38’ | Martin Laursen | 64’ |
Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 4' | 64' |
Fixture List
🟨 19 Jul 2008, Villa 2-2 Odense, Fionia Park
Intertoto Cup
🟩 26 Jul 2008, Villa 1-0 Odense, Villa Park
Intertoto Cup
🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur
UEFA Cup
🟩 17 Aug 2008, Villa 4-2 Manchester City, Villa Park
Premier League
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia
Premier League
🟨 28 Aug 2008, Villa 1-1 Hafnarfjordur, Villa Park
UEFA Cup
🟨 31 Aug 2008, Villa 0-0 Liverpool, Villa Park
Premier League
🟩 15 Sep 2008, Villa 2-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Premier League
🟩 18 Sep 2008, Villa 3-1 Lovech, Gradski
UEFA Cup
🟩 21 Sep 2008, Villa 2-1 Albion, Hawthorns
Premier League
🟥 24 Sep 2008, Villa 0-1 QPR, Villa Park
League Cup
🟩 27 Sep 2008, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Villa Park
Premier League
🟨 2 Oct 2008, Villa 1-1 Lovech, Villa Park
UEFA Cup
🟥 5 Oct 2008, Villa 0-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge
Premier League
🟨 18 Oct 2008, Villa 0-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
Premier League
🟩 23 Oct 2008, Villa 2-1 Ajax, Villa Park
UEFA Cup
🟩 26 Oct 2008, Villa 4-0 Wigan, JJB
Premier League
🟩 29 Oct 2008, Villa 3-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
Premier League
🟥 3 Nov 2008, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, St James'
Premier League
🟩 6 Nov 2008, Villa 1-0 Slavia Prague, Stadion Eden
UEFA Cup
🟥 9 Nov 2008, Villa 1-2 Boro, Villa Park
Premier League
🟩 15 Nov 2008, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Emirates
Premier League
🟨 22 Nov 2008, Villa 0-0 United, Villa Park
Premier League
🟨 29 Nov 2008, Villa 0-0 Fulham, Villa Park
Premier League
🟥 4 Dec 2008, Villa 1-2 MŠK Žilina, Villa Park
UEFA Cup
🟩 7 Dec 2008, Villa 3-2 Everton, Goodison
Premier League
🟩 13 Dec 2008, Villa 4-2 Bolton, Villa Park
Premier League
🟥 17 Dec 2008, Villa 1-3 Hamburg, HSH Nordbank Arena
UEFA Cup
🟩 20 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Upton Park
Premier League
🟨 26 Dec 2008, Villa 2-2 Arsenal, Villa Park
Premier League
🟩 30 Dec 2008, Villa 1-0 Hull, KC
Premier League
🟩 4 Jan 2009, Villa 2-1 Gillingham, Priestfield
FA Cup
🟩 10 Jan 2009, Villa 2-1 Albion, Villa Park
Premier League
🟩 17 Jan 2009, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Stadium of Light
Premier League
🟨 24 Jan 2009, Villa 0-0 Doncaster, Keepmoat
FA Cup
🟩 27 Jan 2009, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Fratton
Premier League
🟨 31 Jan 2009, Villa 0-0 Wigan, Villa Park
Premier League
🟩 4 Feb 2009, Villa 3-1 Doncaster, Villa Park
FA Cup
🟩 7 Feb 2009, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Ewood
Premier League
🟥 15 Feb 2009, Villa 1-3 Everton, Goodison
FA Cup
🟨 18 Feb 2009, Villa 1-1 CSKA, Villa Park
UEFA Cup
🟥 21 Feb 2009, Villa 0-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
Premier League
🟥 26 Feb 2009, Villa 0-2 CSKA, Luzhniki Stadium
UEFA Cup
🟨 1 Mar 2009, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park
Premier League
🟥 4 Mar 2009, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Eastlands
Premier League
🟥 15 Mar 2009, Villa 1-2 Spurs, Villa Park
Premier League
🟥 22 Mar 2009, Villa 0-5 Liverpool, Anfield
Premier League
🟥 5 Apr 2009, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford
Premier League
🟨 12 Apr 2009, Villa 3-3 Everton, Villa Park
Premier League
🟨 18 Apr 2009, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Villa Park
Premier League
🟨 25 Apr 2009, Villa 1-1 Bolton, Reebok
Premier League
🟩 4 May 2009, Villa 1-0 Hull, Villa Park
Premier League
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
Premier League
🟨 16 May 2009, Villa 1-1 Boro, Riverside
Premier League
🟩 24 May 2009, Villa 1-0 Newcastle, Villa Park
Premier League
On This Day
Thursday, 14 August 2008
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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 86 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 30 🟥 24 | 1.47
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Game #4978
Match Record
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Game Record
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Radek Matějek | 🇨🇿 | 2008
Kick off: 7.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Hafnarfjarðar: None
Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W1 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 4 | 🥅 1 | GD 3
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Icelandic Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
Icelandic Cup Winners: 🏆
Icelandic League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2007
Squad News
Debut Appearances
🟢 GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | #808 | £2,250,000 signing from Blackburn
🟢 LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | #809 | £3,960,000 signing from Reading
🟢 F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | #810 | Youth Team Promotiion
Final Appearances
None
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Brad Friedel, Nicky Shorey
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Gareth Barry, Assist by Ashley Young
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 2-0, Ashley Young
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 3-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 3-1, (Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar), Matthías Gudmundsson
🕒 | HT Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Gareth Barry
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 4-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Ashley Young
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Moustapha Salifou
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Wayne Routledge
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Nathan Delfouneso 🟢
🕒 | FT Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1-4 Aston Villa
Officials
Referee: Radek Matějek | 🇨🇿 | 2008
Assistants: Antonín Kordula | 🇨🇿 | Martin Wilczek | 🇨🇿 |
Officials
Referee Profile
VAR Profile (Post 2021)
Officials
Villa Bookings
🟨 Gareth Barry (58)
Villa Sendings Off
None
Opposition Bookings
🟨 Tommy Nielsen
🟨 Björn Daníel Sverisson
Opposition Sendings Off
None
Match Stats
Not recorded
Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 🟢 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 🟢 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 66’ |
🔁 W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 🟢 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 76’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
Heimir Guðjónsson | 🇮🇸 |
GK Gunnar Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 |
LB Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Höskuldur Eiríksson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Dennis Slim | 🇩🇰 |
M Tommy Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
M Matthías Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ |
M Davíd Thór Viðarsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
M Björn Daníel Sverisson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 |
W Atli Guðnason | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Tryggvi Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
CF Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 🇮🇸 |
Substitutes
🔁 | D Höskuldur Eiríksson | 🇮🇸 | (D Gudmundur Sævarsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | M Davíd Thór Viðarsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Ásgeir Gunnar Ásgeirsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | W Atli Guðnason | 🇮🇸 | (CF Jónas Grani Garðarsson | 🇮🇸 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Dathi Larusson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Freyr Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
CB Birkir Sverrisson | 🇮🇸 |
M Hakon Hallfredsson | 🇮🇸 |
Team News
Aston Villa
Not recorded
Martin O'Neill hands debuts to Brad Friedel and Nicky Shorey, and hands first starts of the season to Marlon Harewood, Gareth Barry and Curtis Davies. Stuart Taylor, Wilfred Bouma, Zat Knight and Steve Sidwell drop out.
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
Not Recorded
Matchday Squads
Aston Villa
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
Match Media
What they Said
"We need to improve if we can and I think we need another player, because clearly we have problems on the left. I have sold [John Arne] Riise, [Harry] Kewell has gone, [Fabio] Aurelio is injured and [Sebastián] Leto didn't get a work permit, so we need another left-sided player. I cannot say now who that will be but Barry can fill that position and play in others, too. The rules will say we need four English and four associated players and Barry is English, who can play in three different positions, but I cannot say any more. All I can say is I will try my best but I don't know too much why we haven't signed Barry."
Rafael Benítez again tries to unsettle a contracted Villa player through the media.
“There has been a lot of comment regarding our position with regards to Gareth Barry.
”This is not about questioning the manager's judgment or the ability of a particular player. The owners have clearly demonstrated throughout the year they are willing to back Rafa in the transfer market and will continue to do so.
"It is obviously the selling club's prerogative to put whatever price they want on the player, but on this occasion Liverpool think the price quoted is too high."
An astonishingly inappropriate statement from Liverpool Chief Executive Rick Parry.
"There were a couple of scares but we have won convincingly in the end and are obviously in a very strong position for the second leg.
"We need to tighten up defensively but I'm pleased to have won.
"But I wouldn't treat the second leg lightly at all. Our intention is to try to get through."
Martin O'Neill.
*Gareth Barry set Aston Villa on the way to an easy win over FH Hafnarfjordur in the first leg of their Uefa Cup second round qualifying round tie.*
Barry, whose selection perhaps ends any prospect of a move to Liverpool, drove in from close range to put Villa ahead.
Ashley Young lashed in a shot off the post and Gabriel Agbonlahor broke clear and side-footed in to make it three.
Matthias Gudmundsson’s header pulled one back for the Icelanders but Martin Laursen nodded in Villa’s fourth.
There was plenty of attention on midfielder Barry as his appearance would have all-but ended his hopes of a move to Anfield as it would mean he could not figure for a new club in Europe until next February.
Barry has hankered after a move to the Reds all summer but did not show any disappointment at the diminishing prospect of it actually happening as he started and took just four minutes to put Villa ahead in front of watching England boss Fabio Capello.
He had the simple task of scoring from inside the six-yard box after Young, who was causing mayhem on the left wing, put in a cross which was not cleared by the FH defence.
Young then left his marker in a daze as he wriggled one way and another before unleashing an angled strike, which keeper Gunnar Sigurdsson got a hand to but could not keep out.
It was all too easy for Villa and they took their foot off the pedal to allow the part-timers a few sights on goal.
Atli Gudnason headed off target when he might have done better before Gudmundsson had a shot blocked by centre-back Curtis Davies.
Matthias Vihjalmsson seized on the rebound and blazed his shot over from 16 yards.
But Agbonlahor produced a burst of pace at the other end which was too much for the FH defence to handle as he went clean through on goal and calmly slotted home.
Villa looked threatening up front but unconvincing in defence and Gudmundsson took advantage when he headed in namesake Tryggvi Gudmundsson’s cross.
Tryggvi Gudmundsson chested down a cross at the start of the second half and had a clear sight of goal only to strike his effort over the bar.
Villa’s grip was loosening as FH grew in confidence and the home side produced some neat passages of play.
However, the home side’s defensive display was their downfall and Laursen powered in Young’s outswinging corner to leave Villa with what should be an unassailable lead heading into the second leg on 28 August.
Match Highlights
Team Selection
Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Substitutes
None
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⚽
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Sub 4
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🟨
🟥
None
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⚽
🔥
Sub 5
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🟥
2008-09
First Team Squad
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | #808 |
Goalkeeper
Where are they now?
Tottenham Hotspur 🏴 Retired
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | #788 |
Goalkeeper
Where are they now?
Southampton 🏴 Retired
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | #804 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Cheltenham Town 🏴 Retired
CB Shane Lowry | 🇦🇺 | #819 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Johor Darul Ta’zim 🇲🇾
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | #811 |
Full Back
Where are they now?
QPR 🏴 Retired
M Barry Bannan | 🏴 | #814 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Sheffield Wednesday 🏴
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | #724 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
West Bromwich Albion 🏴 Retired
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | #800 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
MK Dons 🏴 Retired
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | #791 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Aston Villa 🏴 Retired
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | #816 |
Winger
Where are they now?
Leicester City 🏴 Retired
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | #790 |
Forward
Where are they now?
Aston Villa 🏴 Retired
CF Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | #810 |
Forward
Where are they now?
Hednesford Town 🏴 Retired
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | #813 |
Goalkeeper
Where are they now?
Atlanta United 🇺🇸
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | #812 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv FC 🇮🇱 Retired
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | #776 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Aston Villa 🏴 Retired
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | #803 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Reading 🏴 Retired
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | #809 |
Full Back
Where are they now?
Colchester United 🏴 Retired
DM Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | #829 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Terengganu FC 🇲🇾 Retired
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | #794 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Barwell FC 🏴
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 | #799 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Hull City 🏴 Retired
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | #797 |
Winger
Where are they now?
Ipswich Town 🏴
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | #806 |
Winger
Where are they now?
Swansea City 🏴 Retired
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | #798 |
Forward
Where are they now?
West Ham United 🏴 Retired
GK Elliot Parish | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
Goalkeeper
Where are they now?
St. Johnstone 🏴 Retired
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | #820 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Stoke City 🏴 Retired
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | #833 |
Centre Back
Where are they now?
Bristol City 🏴 Retired
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 | #827 |
Full Back
Where are they now?
Fatih Karagümrük 🇹🇷 Retired
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | #784 |
Full Back
Where are they now?
PSV Eindhoven 🇳🇱 Retired
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | #789 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Birmingham City 🏴 Retired
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | #805 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Türkspor Augsburg 🇩🇪 Retired
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | #807 |
Midfielder
Where are they now?
Brighton & Hove Albion 🏴Retired
W James Milner | 🏴 | #785 |
Winger
Where are they now?
Brighton & Hove Albion 🏴
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | #815 |
Forward
Where are they now?
Bolton Wanderers 🏴 Retired
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | #802 |
Forward
Where are they now?
Nuneaton Town 🏴 Retired
Matchday Programme
League Table
