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Game #4730

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 October 2002

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Drew

14th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

Premier League

Manchester United

Old Trafford

Attendance: 67,619

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

Manchester United

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Mark Kinsella | 35’ |

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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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

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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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 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆. 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Manchester United

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2000-01

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Game | #11 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Saturday, 26 October 2002

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🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

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Timeline
On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 29 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 7 🟥 14 | 1.07

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Andy D'Urso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1994-2015
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 August 2002, Villa 0-1 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨 David Beckham

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🇺🇾 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 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

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🔁 | RB Phil Neville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Quinton Fortune | 🇿🇦 |)

Substitutes

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 4/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/16

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I’m disappointed we could not hold on to all three points. “A good answer to the criticism we’ve received.” Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH REPORTS

Opens in New Window

*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 26 October, 2002

*Villa hold Man Utd* Diego Forlan’s first Premiership goal rescued a point for Manchester United against Aston Villa. The misfiring Uruguyuan striker finally found his range from open play with a well-taken header 13 minutes from time. Olof Mellberg had given Villa a first-half lead and Graham Taylor’s side seemed set to secure their first away win of the season. But United hit back after the break and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could have snatched all three points for the hosts, only to see Peter Enckelman pull off a superb save late on. Villa boss Taylor will take heart from the performance, while Sir Alex Ferguson will be left contemplating yet more ground lost to leaders Liverpool, who are eight points clear of United. Rio Ferdinand returned to the United line-up for the first time in a month following knee surgery. But Ryan Giggs, initially named among the substitutes, was forced to watch the game from the stands after pulling up with a slight twinge in the warm-up. Despite the clouds gathering over Taylor’s Villa, who started the day in 15th place, the visitors adhered to their manager’s attack-minded tactics from the outset. Indeed, only youngster Stefan Moore’s profligacy spared United from suffering an early setback, first shooting wide and then seeing his second effort expertly saved by Fabien Barthez. With David Beckham’s industry in midfield the exception, United lacked their customary sense of purpose early on. And they were made to pay for their lethargy when Villa deservedly took the lead on 35 minutes. Not for the first time this season, Laurent Blanc was the culprit. The United defender tried to run the ball along his own goal-line but succeeded only in nodding it out for a corner. He then failed to pick up Mellberg, who powered home a header from Mark Kinsella’s curling effort. It was left to United’s true thoroughbreds - Beckham and Paul Scholes - to lead the charge for an equaliser. Both went close - England captain Beckham’s left-foot shot crashing off the crossbar and Scholes’ strike fizzing just wide. United stepped up the tempo after the interval and their endeavour was finally rewarded on 77 minutes. Forlan rose headed home United’s equaliser from a Mikael Silvestre cross to send the Old Trafford faithful into raptures.
Reports

🟨 26 October 2002, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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