Game #5068
Aston Villa
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Lost
Final
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
League Cup
Manchester United
Attendance: 88,596
Wembley Stadium
Aston Villa
1-2
Manchester United
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Phil Dowd, wilfully intended or incompetence, either way culpable, Sunday, 28 February 2010.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 28 February 2010
💥 | Referee Dowd declines to send off Nemanja Vidić in contravention of the rules
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, James Milner (pen)
🟨 | 11’ Booking, James Collins
🥅 | 12’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United), Michael Owen
🟨 | 18’ Booking, Stewart Downing
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester United
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Wayne Rooney
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Carlos Cuéllar, Sub on, John Carew
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester United
ON THIS DAY
Is this the game that changed everything?
But for a refereeing performance that was so universally condemned as poor that it didn’t come without suspicion, Villa would have won the League Cup for the sixth time.
In truth the addition of a Cup to Manchester United meant little, to Villa and Martin O’Neill however it was the reward for three seasons of re-building.
The loss, in controversial circumstances, suggested for many a ceiling had been hit. Not necessarily for the team or manager, but that the beneficiaries of official benevolence were preordained and no matter what a team did, this final obstacle seemed insurmountable.
Combined with Manchester City’s massive investment, a Chairman looking to exit and now this was it any surprise that the combustible Martin O’Neill had doubts about the future.
As O’Neill himself said in October 2008:
“We want to be up there with the top four sides, otherwise what’s the point?”
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester United
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2009-10
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #38 |
Manager Game | #176 |
Sunday, 28 February 2010
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 176 | 🟩 | 74 🟨 | 56 🟥 46 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016 🆘
Matches Officiated: 16
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 27 Dec 09, Villa 0-3 Arsenal (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Shaun Procter-Green, David Richardson
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill names Brad Friedel in goal ahead of Brad Guzan as Stiliyan Petrov, Emile Heskey and James Collins also return. Luke Young, John Carew and Fabian Delph drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.48 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 38.81 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 23.39 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |
Manchester United
GK Tomasz Kuszczak | 🇵🇱 |
LB Patrice Evra | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Nemanja Vidić | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Jonny Evans | 🇬🇧 |
RB Rafael | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
RB Antonio Valencia | 🇪🇨 |
M Ji-Sung Park | 🇰🇷 | 🔁 |
M Michael Carrick | 🏴 |
M Darren Fletcher | 🏴 |
F Michael Owen | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Dimitar Berbatov | 🇧🇬 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | for CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Rafael | 🇧🇷 | (RB Gary Neville | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Ji-Sung Park | 🇰🇷 | (M Darron Gibson | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | F Michael Owen | 🏴 | (CF Wayne Rooney | 🏴 | (⚽))
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Ben Foster | 🏴 |
CB Wes Brown | 🏴 |
M Paul Scholes | 🏴 |
CF Mame Biram Diouf | 🇸🇳 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
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 | 50%
Possession A | 50%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 18
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 9
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 11
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 28 February 2010