Game #5085
Aston Villa

Sunday, 22 August 2010
12th (-9)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
Kevin MacDonald 2010 | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
🔁 CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | for W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 57’ |
🔁 M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🟨 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 65’ |
🔁 RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 | for CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 89’ |
Unused Substitutes:
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
🟨 Nigel Reo-Coker
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 5 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
Kevin MacDonald reverts to the line up that opened the League campaign with one change as Stephen Ireland (debut) replaces departed James Milner.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.11 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 39.29 |
Youngest Player |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 20.77 |
Villa are hammered by Newcastle as the limitations of fielding a managerless team are laid bare.
Well at least that ruled Kevin MacDonald out of the running to replace O'Neill.
James Milner makeweight Stephen Ireland, 24, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after arriving from Manchester City earlier this month. If any game was a microcosm of his car crash of a career this was it, lightweight, self-obssessed and overpaid, the player should never have been at the club but that he was meant that he became the 828th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. A contrast to James Milner could not have been greater.
*Andy Carroll grabbed a hat-trick and Kevin Nolan scored twice as Newcastle thrashed Aston Villa.*
Joey Barton gave the Magpies the lead when he thumped in from 20 yards before Nolan headed in on the half-hour mark and Carroll drilled in to make it 3-0.
Carroll volleyed his second from 12 yards after the break, Nolan hooked in the fifth from close range before Carroll swept in his third late on.
John Carew wasted Villa’s best chance when he blazed his penalty over at 0-0.
Had Villa converted their early penalty then the game may have taken on a different complexion.
Newcastle’s major frailty remains their lack of pace and that was exposed early on by speedy forward Ashley Young.
Villa’s most potent threat won a penalty for his side in the ninth minute when he was brought down by keeper Steve Harper after Young had been picked out by Stiliyan Petrov.
Norway international Carew stepped up but smashed his penalty high over Harper’s crossbar.
The scare woke Newcastle up and moments later Barton, who promised to shave off his moustache once his side recorded their first league win, scored a spectacular opener on 12 minutes.
The former Manchester City midfielder picked up a pass from winger Jonas Gutierrez on the left before drifting inside and hitting a 20-yarder that dipped late and flew through Brad Friedel’s hands.
Up until then Villa had enjoyed more than 60% of the possession but that dominance dwindled as Newcastle’s confidence grew.
Their second goal came after 30 minutes, when left-back Jose Enrique surged forward and whipped in a cross that found Carroll at the far post. He nodded back for Nolan, whose initial header was saved by Friedel but then stayed composed to head in the rebound.
Two minutes later the Newcastle faithful were in jubilant mood as Carroll swept in after Richard Dunne had failed to clear Mike Williamson’s cushioned header from Barton’s corner.
It was expected that Villa would come out firing after the break, but that never materialised and Newcastle continued to run the game.
They charged forward again and scored their fourth when Williamson won a tussle on the edge of the area and found 6ft 3in Carroll who outmuscled his defender, kept his eye on the ball and fired in a low volley.
It was reminiscent of former Magpies number nine Alan Shearer in his pomp.
Newcastle already had four on the board but never would they have envisaged matching Arsenal’s and Chelsea’s 6-0 wins over Blackpool and Wigan this weekend.
But four soon became six in the final few minutes. First, the industrious Nolan bravely hooked in from inside the six-yard area and then Carroll put his own stamp on an unforgettable day by converting substitute Xisco’s pass from 12 yards.
*Villa caretaker boss Kevin MacDonald*
“It might have been too much playing a couple of kids, maybe I was a bit wrong with my selection,” said MacDonald.
Regarding the Villa job, he added: “I’ve said come the end of next week I’d sit down and look at things.
“It was a very disappointing result,” he stated. “We started well and got the penalty but then Carew missed and it changed the momentum.
“We then got hammered. Even if we had scored it doesn’t mean we would have held on and won the game but full credit to Newcastle. They took chances and played well, especially in the second half, but when you’re 3-0 up it helps.”

Lost
0-6
🟥 22 Aug 2010, Villa 0-6 Newcastle, St James'
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Stephen Ireland
💥 | 10' Missed Penalty, John Carew
🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Joey Barton
🥅 | 31’ Goal, 0-2, (Newcastle United), Kevin Nolan
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-3, (Newcastle United), Andy Carroll
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 3-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Marc Albrighton, Sub on, Emile Heskey
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Nigel Reo-Coker
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 0-4, (Newcastle United), Andy Carroll
🟨 | 78’ Booking, Nigel Reo-Coker
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 0-5, (Newcastle United), Kevin Nolan
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Ciaran Clark, Sub on, Habib Bèye
🥅 | 90’+3 Goal, 0-6, (Newcastle United), Andy Carroll
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 6-0 Aston Villa
Season | 2010-11 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Sunday, 22 August 2010

Manager: Kevin MacDonald (Caretaker) | 🏴 | Inverness, 2010
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2006-2021
Kick off: 1.30pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Score: 🟥 0-6
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2006-2021
Assistants: Dean Mohareb, Patrick Keane
Possession F | 40%
Possession A | 60%
Shots F | 2
Shots A | 19
Shots on Target F | 1
Shots on Target A | 13
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 14
Debut Appearances:
🟢 M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 | #828 | £8,730,000 signing from Manchester City
Final Appearances:
None
Kevin MacDonald 2010 | 🏴 |
🕒 3 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 1 🟥 1 | 1.25
Villa Career Form:
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Newcastle United

St James' Park
Attendance: 43,546
GK Steve Harper | 🏴 |
LB José Enrique | 🇪🇸 |
CB Fabricio Coloccini | 🇦🇷 |
CB Mike Williamson | 🏴 |
M James Perch | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Kevin Nolan | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Joey Barton | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Jonás Gutiérrez | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
M Alan Smith | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Wayne Routledge (ex) | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Carroll | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes:
🔁 | M Jonás Gutiérrez | 🇦🇷 | (CF Xisco | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | M Alan Smith | 🏴 | (CF Shola Ameobi | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Wayne Routledge (ex) | 🏴 | (RB Ryan Taylor | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
GK Tim Krul | 🇳🇱 |
RB James Tavernier | 🏴 |
F Haris Vučkić | 🇸🇮 |
CF Peter Løvenkrands | 🇩🇰 |
🟨 James Perch
🟨 Joey Barton
🟨 Alan Smith
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55
Matchday Squad:
Not Reported
"We thought we were going to come over here and get an easy game after our performance last week [a winning start against West Ham].
"But last week was last week and we need to be prepared for every single game. We are really disappointed because our defensive record has been great." Stiliyan Petrov.
