Game #4752
Aston Villa
Monday, 3 March 2003


Lost
14th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,602
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Aston Villa
0-2

Birmingham City

Assist(s) | None
🟥 3 Mar 2003, Villa 0-2 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 3 March 2003
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Stefan Moore, Sub on, Mustapha Hadji
🟥 | 51’ Sending off, Dion Dublin
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Stan Lazaridis
🟨 | 75’ Booking, Joey Guðjónsson
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-2, (Birmingham City), Geoff Horsfield
🟨 | 81’ Booking, Joey Guðjónsson
🟥 | 81’ Sending off, Joey Guðjónsson
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Alan Wright, Sub on, Peter Crouch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Birmingham City
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
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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 3 March 2003
Villa lose for the 3rd successive game having failed to score in 14 of 29 league matches under Graham Taylor
Villa are beaten for the 20th time.in 42 Premier League games under Graham Taylor.
The once venerated manager is no longer the subject of deference as his defeatist, dismissive and self absorbed response to defeat exacerbates the chasm that this most torrid of seasons had begun to create.
Villa lose home and away to Birmingham for the first time since 1978.
Dion Dublin is sent off for the 2nd time in a Villa shirt on his 156th appearance (130 Starts) to make it W58 D43 L55, 54 Goals, 18 Assists, 15 Bookings and 2 Red Cards at a goal involvement
Joey Guðjónsson is sent off for the 1st time in a Villa shirt on his 5 appearance to make it W2 D0 L3, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a rate of a card every game he has played so far in his Villa career.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
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
Birmingham City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Monday, 3 March 2003
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003
🕒 51 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 10 🟥 24 | 1.20
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013 🆘
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 Dec 02, Villa 1-3 Manchester City (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟥 Dion Dublin
🟥 Joey Guðjónsson
🟨 Joey Guðjónsson
🟨 Joey Guðjónsson
CARDS

🟨 Kenny Cunningham
🟨 Paul Devlin
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Jlloyd Samuel, Dion Dublin, Lee Hendrie and Stefan Moore return with Alpay Özalan, Ulises de la Cruz, Mark Kinsella and Peter Crouch drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.94 |
Oldest Player |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 33.88 |
Youngest Player |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 19.44 |
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MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 2002-2003

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Joey Guðjónsson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🟥 |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | (ft)

Birmingham City
GK Nico Vaesen | 🇧🇪 |
LB Jamie Clapham | 🏴 |
CB Kenny Cunningham | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CB Matthew Upson | 🏴 |
RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Damien Johnson | 🇬🇧 |
M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 |
W Stan Lazaridis | 🇦🇺 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Clinton Morrison | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Christophe Dugarry | 🇫🇷 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | for CF Stefan Moore | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | for LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 89’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Robbie Savage | 🏴 | (M Darren Carter | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Stan Lazaridis | 🇦🇺 | (M Paul Devlin | 🏴 | (🟨) )
🔁 | CF Clinton Morrison | 🏴 | (CF Geoff Horsfield | 🏴 | ⚽ |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CB Rob Edwards | 🏴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ian Bennett | 🏴 |
CF Stern John | 🇹🇹 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | | 42 | 16* | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 19* | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 32* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 7/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not reported
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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