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Game #4759

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 April 2003

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Lost

14th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Premier League

Everton

Goodison Park

Attendance: 40,167

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

Everton

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dion Dublin | 49’ |

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 April 2003

🕒 | HT Everton 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ronny Johnsen, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Rob Edwards, Sub on, Peter Whittingham
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 1-0, Marcus Allbäck, Assist by, Dion Dublin
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 1-1, (Everton), Kevin Campbell
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Öyvind Leonhardsen, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🟨 | 86’ Booking, Darius Vassell
🥅 | 90’+ Goal, 2-1, (Everton), Wayne Rooney
🕒 | FT Everton 2-1 Aston Villa

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

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 April 2003

  • Villa lose for the first time in six to make it eleven wins in thirty six Premier League games under Graham Taylor.

  • Rob Edwards, 20, makes his 9th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (8 Starts) before moving on to Wolves for £203,000 in June 2004 having recorded W3 D3 L3 during his short Villa career. Edwards would go on to be a successful manager taking Luton Town from the third tier into the Premier League for the 2023-24 season.

  • Marcus Allbäck scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 23rd appearance (10 Starts) to make it W69 D6 L8, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.83 games played so far in his Villa career.

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Rob Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 2002-03 🕒 9 | 8 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 4 | #767 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Everton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994-95

FIXTURE HISTORY

Everton

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Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2002-03 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #58 |
Saturday, 26 April 2003

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🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

🕒 58 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 14 🟥 26 | 1.17

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2002-2003

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Matches Officiated: 23
🟩 : 10
🟨 : 8
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 11 Sep 02, Villa 2-0 Charlton (h)
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dion Dublin and Joey Guðjónsson return in place of Darius Vassell and Gareth Barry.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.55 |

Oldest Player |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 34.29 |

Youngest Player |
CB Rob Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 20.35 |

Referee

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

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 Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
M Joey Guðjónsson | 🇳🇴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
F Marcus Allbäck | 🇸🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

David Moyes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Everton

GK Richard Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gary Naysmith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alan Stubbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Weir | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Unsworth (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Steve Watson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Tony Hibbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Thomas Gravesen | 🇩🇰 |
M Lee Carsley | 🇮🇪 |
CF Kevin Campbell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Wayne Rooney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 46’ |
🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Rob Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for M Öyvind Leonhardsen | 🇳🇴 | 67’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB David Unsworth (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Duncan Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)
🔁 | RB Steve Watson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Leon Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | F Wayne Rooney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Scott Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Paul Gerrard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joseph Yobo | 🇳🇬 |

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

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: 4/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

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MATCH QUOTES

"Villa took the lead early in the second half through Marcus Allback."
Quotes

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 26 April, 2003

*Rooney strike stuns Villa* Wayne Rooney kept Everton on course for the Uefa Cup with a brilliant injury-time strike against Aston Villa. Everton’s recent barren run looked set to continue until the 17-year-old sent Goodison Park wild with delight with a stunning finish. Villa took the lead early in the second half through Marcus Allback against an Everton side low on confidence after Easter defeats against Liverpool and Chelsea. But Kevin Campbell equalised and set the stage for Rooney to win all three points in the dying seconds Everton kept faith with Rooney, with leading goalscorer Tomasz Radzinski still out injured. And the youngster almost gave Everton an early lead when he outpaced Ronny Johnsen from Campbell’s flick but pulled his finish wide. Everton created the best opening of the game 10 minutes before half-time when Thomas Gravesen’s through ball released Campbell. Villa goalkeeper Peter Enckelman plunged bravely at his feet to save, and Alan Wright cleared in desperation to deny Rooney. Campbell came close again after 41 minutes when he met Gravesen’s cross with a powerful header that was well saved by Enckleman. Villa boss Graham Taylor made two changes at half-time, replacing Rob Edwards and Ronny Johnsen with Peter Whittingham and Ian Taylor coming on. And on 49 minutes Villa stole ahead through Allback. Joey Gudjonsson’s cross in from the right was missed by Dion Dublin diving in the box, but it ran on for Allback to score. Everton desperately needed to do something, and Moyes replaced David Unsworth with Duncan Ferguson. And Everton were level on the hour, when Gary Naysmith’s cross found Campbell perfectly placed to equalise. Rooney was Everton’s hero again as time ran out, drilling a left-foot finish past Enckleman to take the points.
Reports

🟥 26 Apr 2003, Villa 1-2 Everton, Goodison

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