Game #5030
Aston Villa
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Aston Villa
1-0
Newcastle United
Premier League
Newcastle United
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,585
Won
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
The Holte End prompts a new rivalry as the renowned thin skinned and perennially weak Newcastle are mocked all the way to relegation, Sunday, 24 May 2009.
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 24 May 2009
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Damian Duff
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Emile Heskey
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Nigel Reo-Coker
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Steve Sidwell
🟥 | 90’+4 Sending off, (Newcastle United), David Edgar
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United
ON THIS DAY
Villa end the season on a high with a second win in four and sixth place in the Premier League having only dropped out of the top five on the penultimate game of the season.
Villa’s season had been remarkable in many ways as their form from August to February was scintillating enabling Martin O’Neill’s side to ride to third and spend the vast majority of the season in the top five.
Equally remarkable was O’Neill’s penchant for playing weakened teams in Cup matches which ultimately cost Villa progression in the UEFA Cup and set in motion a downturn in results that was scarcely believable.
Ultimately Martin O’Neill had built an outstanding first XI but so good was that first choice team, and so poor the wider squad recruitment, that a 45 game season would prove a challenge, let alone a 55 match campaign. When the squad was called upon it inevitably failed to reach the same standards as the first XI and in consequence results suffered.
Nothing, not even Martin O’Neill’s Moscow surrender could take away from the first 6 months of the campaign when a top three spot or maybe something better seemed eminently possible.
Meanwhile, Villa’s paper thin squad would be further weakened ahead of 2009-10 as Gareth Barry made his final appearance for Villa aged 28 before moving on to Manchester City for just £12,510,000 in June 2009.
Barry had made his Villa debut as a 17 year old in May 1998 and went on to be the record appearance holder for the club in the modern era.
Barry’s loss would simply make the required squad improvements even more necessary and inevitably more difficult, having already lost Wilfred Bouma and Martin Laursen to career ending injuries, the Villa 1st XI needed significant support if they were to better 2008-09.
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 DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #55 |
League Game | #38 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Sunday, 24 May 2009
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 138 | 🟩 | 54 🟨 | 45 🟥 39 | 1.50
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Foy | 🏴 | St. Helens, 1996-2015
Matches Officiated: 19
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 7
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 Mar 09, Villa 0-2 Abu Dhabi (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Andrew Butler, Bob Pollock
TEAM NEWS
Craig Gardner replaces Emile Heskey.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.70 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.37 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.96 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
W James Milner | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Alan Shearer | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_d4653adc06d94b11822ca7bc8d604f6d~mv2.gif)
Newcastle United
GK Steve Harper | 🏴 |
CB Fabricio Coloccini | 🇦🇷 |
CB Steven Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB David Edgar | 🇨🇦 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Kevin Nolan | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Danny Guthrie | 🏴 |
M Nicky Butt | 🏴 |
W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 |
CF Obafemi Martins | 🇳🇬 |
CF Peter Løvenkrands | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Viduka | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 84’ |
🔁 M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Kevin Nolan | 🏴 | (F Michael Owen | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Peter Løvenkrands | 🇩🇰 | (LB José Enrique | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Mark Viduka | 🇦🇺 | (CF Shola Ameobi | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Tim Krul | 🇳🇱 |
CB Jonás Gutiérrez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Ryan Taylor | 🏴 |
M Alan Smith | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 5/18
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_d4653adc06d94b11822ca7bc8d604f6d~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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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
🔴 M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 1998-09 | 🕒 440 | 422 (18) | ⚽ 52 | 🔥 31 | 🇺 22 | #723 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 53%
Possession A | 47%
Shots F | 14
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 3
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 10
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 24 May 2009
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