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Game #4750

Aston Villa

Saturday, 8 February 2003

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Lost

12th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Fulham

Loftus Road

Attendance: 17,092

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

Fulham

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dion Dublin | 3’ |

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 February 2003

⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Gareth Barry, Assist by Dion Dublin
🟨 | 8’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🥅 | 14’ Goal, (Fulham, pen), Steed Malbranque
🟨 | 34’ Booking, Joey Guðjónsson
🟨 | 35’ Booking, Rob Edwards
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-2, (Fulham), Jon Harley
🕒 | HT Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Stefan Moore, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Rob Edwards, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sub on, Peter Crouch
🕒 | FT Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not reported

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 February 2003

  • Villa lose for the second time in four games to make it ten wins in twenty seven Premier League games under Graham Taylor.

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

Fulham

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Fulham

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Fulham

Previous 5 vs. Fulham: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Game | #27 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Saturday, 8 February 2003

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🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 49 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 10 🟥 22 | 1.24

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Matches Officiated: 14
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 September 2002, Villa 0-1 Bolton, Reebok Stadium 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Gareth Barry
🟨 Joey Guðjónsson
🟨 Rob Edwards

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🟨 Andy Melville

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Rob Edwards replaces Mark Delaney.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.41 |

Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.82 |

Youngest Player |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.38 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

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Aston Villa

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Rob Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Joey Guðjónsson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jean Tigana | 🇫🇷 |

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Fulham

GK Maik Taylor | 🇬🇧 |
LB Jon Harley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Andy Melville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Djetou | 🇫🇷 |
CB Alain Goma | 🇫🇷 |
RB Steve Finnan | 🇮🇪 |
M Steed Malbranque | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
M Sean Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Luís Boa Morte | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Steve Marlet | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Louis Saha | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for F Stefan Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Rob Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Peter Crouch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 67’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Luís Boa Morte | 🇵🇹 | (M Bjarne Goldbæk | 🇩🇰 |)
🔁 | CF Steve Marlet | 🇫🇷 | (CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Louis Saha | 🇫🇷 | (CF Facundo Sava | 🇦🇷 |)

Substitutes

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Martín Herrera | 🇦🇷 |
M Junichi Inamoto | 🇯🇵 |

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

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 7/16

SQUAD STATS

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Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/14

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not reported

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

"We made a very good start but I've no complaints about the result. Our season would have been on the threshold of turning around if we had got the three points." Graham Taylor.
Quotes

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

Opens in New Window

*The Guardian*
Sunday, 9 February, 2003

*Riding high on back of Harley* Jon Harley, who could hardly be called a regular since joining Fulham two years ago, popped up with his first goal for the club to seal victory over Aston Villa and ease their relegation fears. Harley, so promising at Chelsea that he was a contender for England’s Euro 2000 squad while still a teenager, has returned to the Fulham team only since the sale of left-back Rufus Brevett to West Ham United just over a week ago. So Harley chose the perfect time to come up with his first goal for Fulham, a superb 35-yard shot that swerved and dipped beyond the grasp of goalkeeper Peter Enckelman in the 36th minute of a match that suggested it is back to business as usual for Villa. Having struggled to score away from home all season, Graham Taylor’s team went goal crazy in their previous away match, a 5-2 victory against Middlesbrough. And they carried that confident form into his match when Gareth Barry put them ahead after only three minutes. Barry, another youngster who at one stage looked as if he would be the answer to England’s left-sided problems, ran on to a pass from Dion Dublin and slotted the ball past Maik Taylor from 10 yards with his trusty left foot. Villa could have doubled their lead five minutes later when a volley by Dublin was cleared off the line by Luis Boa Morte, who went on to become the game’s key player. The Portugal winger tormented the Villa defence all afternoon and was awarded a penalty when Joey Gudjonsson tripped him in the 14th minute, allowing Steed Malbranque to equalise from the penalty spot. Boa Morte forayed down the left to cause chaos in the Villa defence, creating chances for Steve Marlet, Louis Saha and Sean Davis. But it was Harley who hit the decisive goal and from that moment Fulham were firmly in control. Jean Tigana’s team would have increased their margin of victory but for Enckelman making fine saves to keep out efforts from Davis, Saha and Malbranque, who also missed a sitter when he volleyed wide from close range late in the game. But it made no difference as Fulham held on to the victory that lifts them farther away from the foot of the table.
Reports

🟥 8 February 2003, Villa 1-2 Fulham, Loftus Road.

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