Game #5007
Aston Villa
Sunday, 4 January 2009
Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
FA Cup 3rd Round
Attendance: 10,107
Gillingham
KRBS Priestfield Stadium
Villa narrowly beat League Two side Gillingham in the FA Cup third round against angry opponents thanks to two James Milner goals.
Gillingham
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
James Milner scores from the spot to win it for Villa against Gillingham at the Priestfield in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup, Sunday, 4 January 2009.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 4 January 2009
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, James Milner, Assist by Stiliyan Petrov
🟨 | 24’ Booking, Nathan Reo-Coker
🟨 | 35’ Booking, Curtis Davies
🕒 | HT Gillingham 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 1-1, (Gillingham), Simeon Jackson
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Nathan Delfouneso, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-1, James Milner (pen)
🕒 | FT Gillingham 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa navigate a tricky FA Cup tie to open the year with a win and are now unbeaten in nine in domestic competition with six wins.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Gillingham
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Gillingham
Previous 5 vs. Gillingham: 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #115 |
Sunday, 4 January 2009
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Keith Stroud | 🏴 | Hampshire, 2004-2010
Kick off: 1.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 115 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 37 🟥 31 | 1.55
Career Form:
Top 8
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Stroud | 🏴 | Hampshire, 2004-2010
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 29 Oct 08, Villa 3-2 Blackburn (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Keith Stroud
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Gillingham
🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Craig Gardner, Nicky Shorey and Nathan Delfouneso replace Luke Young, Gareth Barry and Gabriel Agbonlahor as Martin O'Neill resists the temptation to play his full 'Cup' team.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.90 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.66 |
Youngest Player |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 17.93 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Mark Stimson | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔥 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Gillingham
GK Simon Royce | 🏴 |
LB John Nutter | 🏴 |
CB Simon King | 🏴 |
CB Gary Mulligan | 🇮🇪 |
M Stuart Lewis | 🏴 |
M Mark Bentley | 🏴 |
M Adam Miller | 🏴 |
M Curtis Weston | 🏴 |
W Andy Barcham | 🏴 |
CF Simeon Jackson | 🇨🇦 | ⚽ | (🤡)
CF Dennis Oli | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 72’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Shane Lowry | 🇮🇪 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Alan Julian | 🇬🇧 |
CB Connor Essam | 🏴 |
M Jack Payne | 🏴 |
M Dean Rance | 🏴 |
M Luke Rooney | 🏴 |
CF Andy Pugh | 🏴 |
CF Charlie Stimson | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 5/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/18
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 56%
Possession A | 44%
Shots F | 5
Shots A | 4
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 0
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 9
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 12
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“If our players didn’t know they were in a contest early on they knew after 10 minutes.
“Never for one minute did I feel comfortable, Gillingham were always in the game even when we were leading 1-0.
“They got the equaliser and the game could have gone either way, but I felt we were dangerous enough on the break.”
Martin O'Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 4 January 2009
*James Milner marked his 23rd birthday with two goals as Aston Villa saw off a dogged Gillingham side in a hugely entertaining FA Cup tie.*
His first came from Adam Miller’s error but Gillingham replied well with Dennis Oli and Simeon Jackson going close.
Nathan Delfouneso wasted a great chance when he volleyed wide and was made to pay when Jackson beat marker Zat Knight to equalise on 57 minutes.
But when Miller fouled Ashley Young in the box Milner won it from the spot.
Gillingham began brightly so Villa were fortunate to go ahead on 13 minutes.
Stiliyan Petrov and Milner combined well after captain Miller lost possession on the edge of the box with Milner curling the ball into the left-hand corner.
But rather than being deflated by the early goal, Gillingham went on the attack.
Gary Mulligan served notice of intent when his twists and turns on the right wing left his marker on his backside, and fired the ball in to Oli, who shot just wide of the post, although an off-side flag would have ruled it out anyway.
Milner gifted the Gills another chance when his backpass put his defence under pressure, and only an expertly-timed Knight challenge took the ball off Jackson’s toes.
After enduring something of a battering from the home side, Villa had a great chance to double their lead just before the break.
Milner sent over a beautiful cross to Delfouneso, who wasted the chance, volleying over when he had more time then he realised.
Villa began the second half brightly, with Simon Royce forced to make a fine double save from Milner and Delfouneso, but when the next goal came, it was for Gillingham.
The diminutive Jackson had been closely marked by Knight all afternoon but judged Mulligan’s flick-on perfectly to turn the Villa defender, sprint to the edge of the box and unleash an unstoppable shot past Brad Friedel.
The pace of the game was relentless, with Craig Gardner having two shots blocked as Villa tried to kill off their opponents, and tempers began to fray on the pitch and on the touchline.
The longer the game went on, the more Villa’s class began to show and eventually it paid off when Young was sent sprawling in box by Miller.
It was a debatable decision, with suggestions that Young went down easily.
But the referee had a perfect view and pointed to the spot, from which Milner scored on 79 minutes.
As time ran out Gillingham hurled everything into attack but in the end they were just found short.
*Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:*
“If our players didn’t know they were in a contest early on they knew after 10 minutes.
“Never for one minute did I feel comfortable, Gillingham were always in the game even when we were leading 1-0.
“They got the equaliser and the game could have gone either way, but I felt we were dangerous enough on the break.”
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