Game #4688
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 28 November 2001


Lost
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
League Cup
Sheffield Wednesday
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,526
🟥 28 Nov 2001, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1

Sheffield Wednesday

Assist(s) | None
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 28 November 2001
🥅 | 40’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Efan Ekoku
🔁 | 41’ Sub off, Mustapha Hadji (injury), Sub on, George Boateng
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, David Ginola
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Boško Balaban, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 28 November 2001
John Gregory weakens his team too much to allow second tier side Wednesday to win at Villa Park and knock Villa out of the League Cup.
Villa fail to score for the 3rd time in 4 games under John Gregory as they're knocked out of the League Cup by first division Wednesday.
Olof Mellberg makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W3 D5 L2, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Lee Hendrie suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 168th appearance (129 Starts) to make it W73 D45 L50, 19 Goals, 17 Assists, 30 Bookings and 3 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
🟥 28 Nov 2001, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Sheffield Wednesday


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #23 |
Manager Game | #179 |
Wednesday, 28 November 2001
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Clive Wilkes | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1990-2003
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 178 | 🟩 | 80 🟨 | 47 🟥 51 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Clive Wilkes | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1990-2003
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 November 2001, Villa 0-3 Newcastle, St James' Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Derek Geary
🟨 Leigh Bromby
🟨 Paul McLaren
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Steve Staunton, Dion Dublin, Moustapha Hadji, Ian Taylor and Boško Balaban are recalled for the League Cup as Alan Wright, George Boateng, Paul Merson, Darius Vassell and Juan Pablo Ángel drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 29.70 |
Oldest Player |
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | 38.05 |
Youngest Player |
F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 23.14 |
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MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Terry Yorath | 🏴 |

Sheffield Wednesday
GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴 |
RB Danny Maddix | 🏴 |
RB Steve Haslam | 🏴 |
RB Derek Geary | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Leigh Bromby | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Trondt Soltvedt | 🇳🇴 |
M Phil O’Donnell | 🏴 |
M Owen Morrison | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Alan Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
W Simon Donnelly | 🏴 |
CF Gerald Sibon | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | for M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 41’ |
🔁 W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 63’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Owen Morrison | 🇬🇧 | (M Paul McLaren | 🏴 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | M Alan Quinn | 🇮🇪 | (CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Gerald Sibon | 🇳🇱 | (CB Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Chris Stringer | 🏴 |
CF Pablo Bonvin | 🇦🇷 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | | 108 | 8* | 5 | 0 | 46 | 33 | 29* | - | - | 25 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 87* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 3/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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