Game #4714
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 May 2002
Won
8th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,709
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea
1-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Steve Stone | 21’ | 63’ |
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 May 2002
🟨 | 12’ Booking, Thomas Hitzlsperger
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Crouch, Assist by Steve Stone
🕒 | HT Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 53’ Sub off, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Steve Stone
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 2-1, (Chelsea, pen), Eiður Guðjohnsen
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Dion Dublin
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Peter Crouch, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 3-1, Dion Dublin
🕒 | FT Chelsea 1-3 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 May 2002
Villa boss Graham Taylor ends the season with the worst record of any permanent manager. Taylor has achieved a win rate of 23% after winning just 3 of his 13 games in charge as he continues to struggle to deal with the vast cultural differences between 1980s football and 2000s football.
That, concerning, as it was, was not the full story.
Taylor had lowered the average age of the Villa XI which in recent seasons had risen to alarming heights, and he had begun a more focused team selection policy than the ever changing merry-go-round under John Gregory.
The flip side however was that Taylor made the nonsensical decision of effectively marginalising Villa’s best player, Juan Pablo Ángel, and lent on the talents of the likes of Paul Merson and Lee Hendrie far less than a progressive, attacking manager would.
Taylor’s purchase of the likeable Peter Crouch sadly typified the stereotype of the “big man up front” to which Taylor was so wedded, however Crouch’s ability made the consequence of that decision far less impactful on the style of football than it could have been.
Still though the wretched run under Taylor until the final three games showed that he was not the long term solution to Villa’s Doug Ellis shaped problems and that a different approach was desperately needed to help this kernel of a strong team blossom in 2002-03.
The process towards that nucleus of a team had been begun by John Gregory as he began to marginalise, and dispose of, the troubled malcontents that had blighted Villa’s squad in recent seasons.
A core team of Crouch, Hitzlsperger, Mellberg, Delaney, Barry and Ángel, supported by Hendrie, Samuel and Vassell with a sprinkling of old heads for experience and guidance from the likes of Merson, Stone and Dublin promised much if the right calls were made over the close season.
George Boateng makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (133 Appearances) to make it W52 D41 L40, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 29 Bookings so far in his Villa career but is unlikely to add many more as he puts in a transfer request, allegedly in the dressing room after final whistle.
Goalkeeper Wayne Henderson, 18, makes his first squad appearance for Villa after coming through the youth ranks following his move from Cherry Orchard in 1999.
Peter Enckelman secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 28th appearance (26 Starts) to make it W10 D10 L8, 25 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.89 goals per game (1.11 in League football) and 10 Clean Sheets (36%) (32% League) so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Chelsea
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1999-00
Aston Villa
Chelsea
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Game | #38 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Saturday, 11 May 2002
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 13 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 4 🟥 6 | 1.00
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴 | Kent, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 5 Mar 02, Villa 0-3 Blackburn (a)
Cards: 🟨
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.62 |
Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 33.33 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 20.11 |
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Claudio Ranieri | 🇮🇹 |
Chelsea
GK Carlo Cudicini | 🇮🇹 |
CB William Gallas | 🇫🇷 |
LB Graeme Le Saux | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Mario Melchiot | 🇳🇱 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
M Boudewijn Zenden | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Emmanuel Petit | 🇫🇷 |
W Jesper Grønkjær | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 |
F Gianfranco Zola | 🇮🇹 |
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 53’ |
🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 85’ |
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Graeme Le Saux | 🏴 | (CB Robert (Huth | 🇩🇪 |)
🔁 | M Boudewijn Zenden | 🇳🇱 | (M Samuele Dalla Bona | 🇮🇹 |)
🔁 | W Jesper Grønkjær | 🇩🇰 | (CF Eidur Guðjohnsen | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ |)
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Wayne Henderson | 🇮🇪 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Ed De Goey | 🇳🇱 |
W Mario Stanic | 🇭🇷 |
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
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | | 185 | 43* | 20 | 17 | 77* | 51 | 57 | - | - | 31 | 3 |
UNUSED
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
Homegrown: 2/16
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 11 May 2002, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
MATCH REPORTS
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