Game #4720
Aston Villa
Saturday, 24 August 2002


Lost
17th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,384
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur
1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 August 2002
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Mark Kinsella
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Jamie Redknapp
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Peter Crouch, Sub on, Marcus Allbäck
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ulises de la Cruz, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Jlloyd Samuel
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not reported
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
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 August 2002
Villa lose for the 3rd consecutive game and 8th time in 15 league games under Graham Taylor as concerns mount about the season ahead. 2001-02 showed Taylor to be the wrong man at the wrong time and nothing so far makes that look like changing.
The continued trend for half time substitutions suggests one of 3 things. A lack of understanding or knowledge of the opposition’s tactics necessitating a change; panic in even the slightest adversity; or a tendency to field the wrong team in the first place. None of which give a feeling that the club is in the right hands.
Whatever is the cause the impact is disjointed performances and what seems like extreme tactical unfamiliarity for those thrown onto the pitch - not helped by the calibre of the new signings being brought into the club.
Honest and uncomplicated attitudes may be a refreshing change but these are not additions that materially improve the playing quality of the squad and it is therefore difficult to see exactly what Taylor is trying to achieve.
Irish international midfielder Mark Kinsella, 30, makes his Villa debut after joining from Charlton Athletic for a fee of £1,040,000 in July 2002 to become the 764th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Meanwhile, off the pitch Olof Mellberg is already forced to disabuse rumours of major unrest at the direction of the club under the manager and Chairman.
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | #764 | £1,040,000 signing from Charlton
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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
Tottenham Hotspur


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1998-99
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Saturday, 24 August 2002
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🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Clive Wilkes | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1990-2003
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 19 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 5 🟥 10 | 0.89
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Clive Wilkes | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1990-2003
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 28 November 2001, League Cup, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Christian Ziege
🟨 Goran Bunjevčević
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alan Wright replaces Alpay Özalan as Mark Kinsella is handed his debut ahead of Thomas Hitzlsperger.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.36 |
Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 33.62 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 21.51 |
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🔁 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Glenn Hoddle | 🏴 |

Tottenham Hotspur
GK Kasey Keller | 🇺🇸 |
LB Mauricio Taricco | 🇦🇷 |
CB Anthony Gardner | 🏴 |
CB Dean Richards | 🏴 |
M Matthew Etherington | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Jamie Redknapp | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Milenko Ačimovič | 🇸🇮 |
M Christian Ziege 🇩🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Simon Davies | 🏴 |
CF Les Ferdinand | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Teddy Sheringham | 🏴 |
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | for CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 46’ |
🔁 RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 77’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Matthew Etherington | 🏴 | (CB Goran Bunjevčević | 🇸🇰 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | M Christian Ziege 🇩🇪 | (LB Ben Thatcher | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Les Ferdinand | 🏴 | (CB Gary Doherty | 🇮🇪 |)

🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Neil Sullivan | 🏴 |
CF Sergei Rebrov | 🇺🇦 |
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
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | | 5 | 2* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 5* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 4/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
🟥 24 Aug 2002, Villa 0-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not reported
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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*The Guardian*
Monday, 26 August, 2002
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