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Game #4745

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 January 2003

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

FA Cup

Blackburn Rovers

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,884

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-4

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🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 January 2003

🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Matt Jansen
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-1, Juan Pablo Ángel
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 1-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Dwight Yorke
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 1-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Matt Jansen
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Mark Kinsella, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Rob Edwards, Sub on, Liam Ridgewell
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 1-4, (Blackburn Rovers), Dwight Yorke
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Blackburn Rovers

Match Statistics

Not reported

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 January 2003

  • Graham Taylor's difficult second coming continues as Villa are routed at home by Blackburn, even more embarrassing than the result was that the defeat was inspired by a shadow of his former self Dwight Yorke.

  • Liam Ridgewell, 18, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth team to become the 768th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Juan Pablo Ángel scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt but suffers his 25th defeat on his 47th start (64 Appearances) to make it W25 D14 L25, 20 Goals, 7 Assists and 6 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.77 starts so far in his Villa career.

  • Dion Dublin makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (124 Starts) to make it W56 D42 L52, 50 Goals, 17 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.24 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Darius Vassell suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 124th appearance (64 Starts) to make it W45 D29 L50, 28 Goals, 9 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.35 games played so far in his Villa career.

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #768 | Youth Team promotiion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Blackburn Rovers

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2001-02

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 4 January 2003

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🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 44 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 9 🟥 20 | 1.23

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Matches Officiated: 17
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 8
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 22 September 2002, Villa 3-2 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Taylor recalls Mark Kinsella in place of Thomas Hitzlsperger.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.58 |

Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.73 |

Youngest Player |
CB Rob Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 20.04 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

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Aston Villa

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Rob Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 |
CB Andy Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jay McEveley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Neil Danns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Matt Jansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Egil Østenstad | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
F Dwight Yorke (ex) | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Kinsella | 🇮🇪 | 63’ |
🔁 CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 63’ |
🔁 CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Rob Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 69’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Neil Danns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Egil Østenstad | 🇳🇴 | (W Keith Gillespie | 🇬🇧 |)

Substitutes

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Wayne Henderson | 🇮🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Alan Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
LB Nils-Eric Johansson | 🇸🇪 |

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

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 4/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 8/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"It wasn't a case of Dwight coming back to haunt me because I regard him as the best signing I ever made." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 4 January, 2003

*Rovers rout Villa* Dwight Yorke and Matt Jansen each scored twice as Blackburn Rovers routed disappointing Aston Villa to reach the FA Cup fourth round. Juan Pablo Angel’s fortuitous rebound had given Villa hope in the first half, cancelling out Jansen’s opener - the Blackburn man’s first goal since his summer motorbike accident. But Rovers dominated after the break as Yorke silenced the boo-boys with a brace against his former club, either side of Jansen’s header, sending Blackburn into round four. Blackburn boss Graeme Souness made four changes from the side which beat Middlesbrough on New Year’s Day, but his reshuffled team made an unconvincing start. Although David Dunn forced a good early save from Villa keeper Stefan Postma, the home team began well. Dion Dublin held his head in his hands after volleying Ulises de la Cruz’s penetrating cross over from just five yards on seven minutes. Lee Hendrie and Angel both saw shots blocked as Villa turned up the pressure, but Blackburn took the lead on 17 minutes. Jansen latched on to a loose long ball and rifled home in style from 18 yards - and he nearly added a second shortly afterwards, forcing a great save from the diving Postma. Garry Flitcroft saw a powerful drive blocked, Neil Danns fired the rebound wide and Dunn forced another save as rejuvenated Blackburn took control. For Villa, Dublin came close as he attempted to scoop Gareth Barry’s cross goalwards, but the ball drifted inches wide. De la Cruz’s curling cross almost surprised Brad Friedel on 40 minutes, but the Blackburn keeper could do nothing to stop Angel’s equaliser one minute later. Barry created the goal, cutting into the box and shooting low past Friedel. McEveley cleared on the line, but hit the ball against Angel, who watched in delight as it rebounded into the net. Friedel then saved brilliantly from Angel on the stroke of half-time. Souness made a double substitution at the break, Tugay and Keith Gillespie coming on, and the fresh blood seemed to raise their spirits. Rovers regained their lead on 52 minutes, with Yorke hammering home the rebound after Postma had saved the former Villa man’s header. And the visitors compounded Villa’s misery eight minutes later when Jansen headed home from six yards with the home team’s defence utterly static. Barry nearly gave Villa a lifeline on 71 minutes, his jinking run and shot forcing a save from Friedel, and Dublin headed wide from the resulting corner. But they were made to regret the missed chance seconds later as Yorke latched on to Dunn’s incisive pass and slid the ball home from 18 yards. Blackburn sat back and Villa fashioned a host of half-chances late on - but the visitors’ defence was resolute and held firm.
Reports

🟥 4 January 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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