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Game #4758

Aston Villa

Monday, 21 April 2003

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Drew

14th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Premier League

Newcastle United

St James' Park

Attendance: 52,015

🟨 21 April 2003, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

Newcastle United

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Steve Staunton | 69’ |

🟨 21 April 2003, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 21 April 2003

🔁 | 32’ Sub off, Rob Edwards, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🟨 | 35’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Nolberto Solano
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Peter Whittingham 🟢
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sub on, Dion Dublin
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 1-1, Dion Dublin, Assist by Steve Staunton
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not reported

🟨 21 April 2003, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 21 April 2003

  • Villa extend their late season unbeaten run to five but draw for the fourth time to make it eleven wins in thirty five Premier League games under Graham Taylor.

  • Villa now have 14 Premier League wins in 48 matches under Graham Taylor since his return to management in 2002. 

  • Winger Peter Whittingham, 18, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after coming through the ranks at Villa and signing professional forms in July 2002 to become the 770th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟨 21 April 2003, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #770 | 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

Newcastle United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

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Newcastle United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Newcastle United

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟨 21 April 2003, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #57 |
Monday, 21 April 2003

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🟨 21 April 2003, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' 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: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
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

🕒 57 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 14 🟥 25 | 1.19

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Matches Officiated: 18
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 9
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 January 2003, FA Cup, Villa 1-4 Blackburn, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Gareth Barry

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Steve Staunton replaces Joey Guðjónsson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.26 |

Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 33.63 |

Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.52 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 21 April 2003, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

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Aston Villa

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Rob Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 |

MANAGER

Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Newcastle United

GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB Olivier Bernard | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Andrew O’Brien | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jonathan Woodgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
RB Andy Griffin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Hugo Viana | 🇵🇹 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | ⚽ |
W Kieron Dyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Craig Bellamy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Rob Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 32’ |
🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 64’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Olivier Bernard | 🇫🇷 | (CF Lomana LuaLua | 🇨🇩 |)
🔁 | CB Jonathan Woodgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Titus Bramble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Alan Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Shola Ameobi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 21 April 2003, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Steve Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Clarence Acuña | 🇨🇱 |

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

🟨 21 April 2003, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/16
Homegrown: 6/16

SQUAD STATS

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"Villa came out of the dressing room with renewed purpose and created several chances of their own."
Quotes

🟨 21 April 2003, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Monday, 21 April, 2003

*Villa clip Magpies’ wings* Newcastle’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League took a knock after they were held by Aston Villa at St James’ Park. After three consecutive league defeats, a Nolberto Solano goal stopped the rot for Newcastle but Dion Dublin’s second-half header ensured that honours were even. And with nearest rivals Chelsea and Liverpool winning, the Magpies have conceded pole position in the race for a Champions League place. A gruelling encounter saw Newcastle’s Alan Shearer and Villa’s Gareth Barry clash heads after 11 minutes which resulted in the former England captain requiring stitches and Barry not making it out for the second half. Meanwhile, Villa’s Rob Edwards limped off before half-time while Newcastle lost Jonathan Woodgate shortly after the break with a thigh injury. Shearer’s gashed head did not stop him almost nodding Newcastle ahead 10 minutes later only to see Thomas Hitzlsperger clear off the line. And it was Newcastle who looked much the more likely of the two sides to score in the first half. Solano broke the deadlock from a free-kick after Barry fouled Kieron Dyer, with the Villa defender’s protests earning a booking and prompting the referee to move the free-kick forward 10 yards. The Peruvian stepped up and with his right foot curled the ball around the wall and into the top right-hand corner of the net. But Craig Bellamy squandered two gilt-edged chances, the first after 17 minutes when Andy Griffin’s long ball hit the back of Shearer’s head and dropped nicely for him, but the Welshman’s attempt to lob Enckelman was weak. Then Bellamy was presented with another opening on the stroke of half-time after Dyer robbed Barry and surged down the right, but this time sliced his left-foot effort well wide. Shearer nearly doubled his side’s lead on 50 minutes when he blasted a first-time drive just wide after Dyer had dummied Viana’s pass. But Villa came out of the dressing room with renewed purpose and created several chances of their own. And substitute Dublin put them level on 69 minutes with virtually his first touch, a header from Staunton’s cross. There was then a sense of urgency about Newcastle’s play with Peter Enckelman producing a vital save from Bellamy with 71 minutes gone and Mellberg somehow taking the Welshman’s cross off Shearer’s toe in front of goal a minute later. Shearer, with blood seeping from his bandaged head, was then finally forced to come off the pitch but Newcastle continued to search for a winner. Substitute Lomano LuaLua hit the outside of the post in the dying seconds but in the end Newcastle’s inability to finish may cost them dearly.
Reports

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