Game #4805
Aston Villa
Saturday, 8 May 2004
Drew
5th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Southampton
Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 32,054
Southampton
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔴 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Paul Sturrock | 🏴 |
Southampton
GK Antti Niemi | 🇫🇮 |
CB Claus Lundekvam | 🇳🇴 |
CB Fitz Hall | 🏴 |
CB Danny Higginbotham | 🏴 |
RB Paul Telfer | 🏴 |
M Anders Svensson | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
M David Prutton | 🏴 |
M Yoann Folly | 🇹🇬 |
W Fabrice Fernandes | 🇫🇷 |
CF James Beattie | 🏴 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 68’ |
🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 86’ |
🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 90’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟨 8 May 2004, Villa 1-1 Southampton, St Mary's
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 May 2004
Villa are held by Southampton in the penultimate game of the campaign at a strangely angry St Mary's.
Villa’s completely unpredicted challenge for a Champions League place falters but David O’Leary’s side sit in a remarkably strong UEFA Cup qualifying 5th place with one game to play.
Despite a challenging start to the season, a rejuvenated Juan Pablo Ángel, the creative skills of Nobby Solano and the mass of young players available to the squad, hopes were unexpectedly high for a strong return in 2004-05.
Centre back Ronny Johnsen, 34, makes his 57th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (53 Starts) before moving on to Newcastle United on a free transfer in July 2004. Johnsen left with a record of W22 D13 L22, 1 Goal and 6 Bookings across his 2 years with Villa.
Thomas Sørensen concedes his 50th goal in a Villa shirt on his 44th appearance to make it W20 D11 L13, 50 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.14 goals per game and 17 Clean Sheets (39%) so far in his Villa career.
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