Game #4730
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 October 2002


Drew
14th (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
Premier League
Manchester United
Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,619
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford
Manchester United
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Mark Kinsella | 35’ |
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 October 2002
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Olof Mellberg, Assist by Mark Kinsella
🕒 | HT Manchester United 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Peter Crouch
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Stefan Moore, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United), Diego Forlán
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Öyvind Leonhardsen, Sub on, Thomas Hitzlsperger
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-1 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
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 October 2002
Villa put in their best performance of the season, unrecognisable from recent fare, but are held at the last at Old Trafford to leave them with just three wins in eleven Premier League games under Graham Taylor.
Villa score for the 1st time in 3 games under Graham Taylor.
Villa now have 6 Premier League wins in 24 under Graham Taylor.
Olof Mellberg scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance to make it W14 D17 L20, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Mark Kinsella contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance to make it W4 D2 L5, 0 Goals, 1 Assist and 0 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Stefan Moore makes his 1st start in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance to make it W4 D1 L2, 1 Goal and 2 Booking so far in his Villa career.
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2000-01
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Game | #11 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Saturday, 26 October 2002
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🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Andy D'Urso | 🏴 | Essex, 1994-2015
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 29 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 7 🟥 14 | 1.07
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy D'Urso | 🏴 | Essex, 1994-2015
🕒 8 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 3 | 🆘 : 1
Cards 🟨 12 | 🟥 1 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 2 |
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 August 2002, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 David Beckham
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Mark Delaney, Ian Taylor and Öyvind Leonhardsen return as Stefan Moore is handed his first start. Darius Vassell, Alpay Özalan, Ulises de la Cruz and Lee Hendrie drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.62 |
Oldest Player |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 34.42 |
Youngest Player |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 19.09 |
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | ⚽ |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Alex Ferguson | 🏴 |

Manchester United
GK Fabien Barthez | 🇫🇷 |
LB Mikaël Silvestre | 🇫🇷 |
CB Rio Ferdinand | 🏴 |
CB Laurent Blanc | 🇫🇷 |
RB Phil Neville | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴 |
M Juan Sebastián Verón | 🇦🇷 |
M Paul Scholes | 🏴 |
W David Beckham | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 |
CF Diego Forlán | 🇺🇾 | ⚽ |
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 66’ |
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 66’ |
🔁 M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | for M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 84’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Phil Neville | 🏴 | (M Quinton Fortune | 🇿🇦 |)

🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ricardo López Felipe | 🇪🇸 |
CB John O’Shea | 🇮🇪 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 |
RB Lee Roche | 🏴 |
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
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | | 19 | 3* | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4* | 9 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 14* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford
UNAVAILABLE

Not reported
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford


MATCH REPORTS






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🟨 26 Oct 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

