Game #5010
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 January 2009
Drew
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
FA Cup 4th Round
Attendance: 13,517
Doncaster Rovers
Keepmoat Stadium
Villa travel to the Keepmoat to face Championship side Doncaster but it ends goal-less as Villa can't bring their League magic to the FA Cup.
Doncaster Rovers
0-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Gareth Barry tries to breakaway from midfield but Championship side Doncaster are up for the challenge in the FA Cup to force a Villa Park replay, Saturday, 24 January 2009.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 January 2009
🕒 | HT Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Nigel Reo-Coker, Sub on, Craig Gardner
🕒 | FT Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa can only draw at Doncaster in the FA Cup in another disappointing performance in the South Yorkshire town after the infamous debacle under David O'Leary three years earlier.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Doncaster Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Doncaster Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Doncaster: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #35 |
Manager Game | #118 |
Saturday, 24 January 2009
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 118 | 🟩 | 49 🟨 | 38 🟥 31 | 1.57
Career Form:
Top 8
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 20 Dec 08, Villa 1-0 West Ham (a)
Cards: None
Mark Halsey
CARDS
Villa
None
Doncaster Rovers
None
TEAM NEWS
Zat Knight and Nicky Shorey replace Ashley Young and Luke Young.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.22 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.72 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 22.30 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Sean O’Driscoll | 🇮🇪 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
W James Milner | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
Doncaster Rovers
GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴 |
LB Gareth Roberts | 🏴 |
CB James O’Connor | 🏴 |
CB Matt Mills | 🏴 |
CB Sam Hird | 🏴 |
M Brian Stock | 🏴 |
M Martin Woods | 🏴 |
M Richie Wellens | 🏴 |
M John Spicer | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M James Coppinger | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Lewis Guy | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | for M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 70’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Spicer | 🏴 | (CB Adam Lockwood | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M James Coppinger | 🏴 | (CF Jason Price | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Lewis Guy | 🏴 | (CF Paul Heffernan | 🇮🇪 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Jos Van Nieuwstadt | 🇳🇱 |
M Mark Wilson | 🏴 |
CF Gareth Taylor | 🏴 |
F Darren Byfield (ex) | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/16
Homegrown: 4/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
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
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I thought it was a good game, and I was impressed with Doncaster.
“They played particularly well in the first half, had the better of it, and it took us some time to get into our stride.
“But in the second half we were more like ourselves. We had a couple of great chances but didn’t take them. I’m delighted that we’re still in the FA Cup.”
Martin O'Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 24 January 2009
*Aston Villa secured an FA Cup fourth-round replay despite a pulsating display by Championship side Doncaster.*
Rovers’ Martin Woods rattled the bar with a cracking first-half shot and again late on with a free-kick.
But Villa always looked dangerous and Doncaster’s veteran keeper Neil Sullivan produced fine saves to deny Gabriel Agbonlahor and Curtis Davies.
And Agbanlahor missed a great chance when he fired against the bar after being released by Steve Sidwell.
It was an uncomfortable afternoon for the Premier League side as they struggled to find any real tempo at Keepmoat Stadium.
Villa manager Martin O’Neill named a virtually full-strength line-up, although central defender Carlos Cuellar was deployed at right-back with Nigel Reo-Coker playing in midfield.
Cuellar did not look comfortable and Rovers’ Gareth Roberts sneaked behind the Spaniard early on, only to fire wide from seven yards out.
And Villa were given an even bigger scare when Cuellar’s over-hit backpass was cleared by keeper Brad Friedel as far as Woods, whose strike smashed against the upright.
Villa themselves missed an early chance, with Agbonlahor shooting high and wide after pouncing on a defensive mix-up.
O’Neill’s men also went close when James Milner headed wide from Gareth Barry’s cross, before Sullivan saved superbly from Agbonlahor.
Reo-Coker served up a terrific cross from the right and the outstretched Agbonlahor saw his effort pushed away.
Sullivan also did well to keep out Milner’s second-half free-kick as Villa enjoyed a spell of pressure.
Sidwell missed a wonderful opportunity by heading Barry’s cross wide and then sent Agbonlahor clear, but the forward’s shot came back off the woodwork.
Rovers - who will no doubt test Villa in the replay - went within a whisker of a shock victory when Woods was thwarted by the crossbar for the second time.
The midfielder’s 87th-minute free-kick beat Friedel and so nearly broke the deadlock.
There was still time for Craig Gardner to miss a golden chance to take Villa through when he shot straight at Sullivan from close range.
*Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill:*
“I thought it was a good game, and I was impressed with Doncaster.
“They played particularly well in the first half, had the better of it, and it took us some time to get into our stride.
“But in the second half we were more like ourselves. We had a couple of great chances but didn’t take them. I’m delighted that we’re still in the FA Cup.”
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