Game #4745
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 January 2003


Lost
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
FA Cup
Blackburn Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,884
🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-4

Blackburn Rovers

Assist(s) | None
🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park


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
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
🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park

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 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | #768 | Youth Team promotiion
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Blackburn Rovers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2001-02
🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 4 January 2003
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🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


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: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 44 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 9 🟥 20 | 1.23
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
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
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park

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 |
🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

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 | 🏴 |

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) | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

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

🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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

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
🟥 4 Jan 2003, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park
