Game #4794
Aston Villa
Sunday, 22 February 2004
Drew
7th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Premier League
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,061
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
2-2
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 21’ |
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 22 February 2004
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 2-0, Thomas Hitzlsperger
🔁 | 52’ Sub off, Ronny Johnsen, Sub on, Dion Dublin
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Peter Whittingham
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 2-1, (Birmingham City), Mikael Forssell
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Luke Moore 🟢
🥅 | 90’+4 Goal, 2-2, (Birmingham City), Stern John
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Birmingham City
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 22 February 2004
Villa are now unbeaten in 4 games under David O’Leary and as a result a team that two months previously were in 18th place and firmly in the relegation places were now 7th in the League and looking upwards for European qualification at the season end.
Villa are held to a draw both home and away by Birmingham for the first time since 1955 and are now without a win in 4 against their neighbours despite having won their previous 6 encounters by an aggregate 17 goals to 1.
It could have been even better for Villa but a game that almost became an exhibition display for the home team, bred over confidence allowing their near neighbours to score in the final seconds of stoppage time.
The celebrations of the St Andrews’ men for earning a point at their more accomplished neighbours was something to behold. Despite the Small Heath team having spent much of the season above Villa in the table and having finished above Villa for the first time in decades the previous season, manager Steve Bruce and his backroom staff invaded the pitch amid delirious celebrations from players and fans alike.
The media got over excited too, but the diverse reactions of the two camps spoke volumes and reinforced the reality that there was a huge gap between the clubs that regardless of results on the pitch, was unlikely to be narrowed.
Ironically just over a decade later Steve Bruce would be manager of Villa and would extend Villa’s winning record over his former club many times over, never invading the pitch in doing so.
Forward Luke Moore, 18, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after coming through the ranks as a schoolboy and signing professional forms in July 2003 to become the 774th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Darius Vassell scores his 40th goal in a Villa shirt on his 169th appearance (96 Starts) to make it W64 D40 L65, 40 Goals, 12 Assists, 15 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.25 games played so far in his Villa career.
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
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Game | #26 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Sunday, 22 February 2004
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Kick off: 12.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 33 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 7 🟥 11 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jeff Winter | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1992-2004
Matches Officiated: 23
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 10
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 31 January 2004, Villa 5-0 Leicester, Walkers Stadium.
Cards: 🟨
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ulises de la Cruz replaces Mark Delaney.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.75 |
Oldest Player |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 34.73 |
Youngest Player |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 21.90 |
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | (🤡)
Birmingham City
GK Maik Taylor | 🇬🇧 |
CB Kenny Cunningham | 🇮🇪 |
CB Darren Purse | 🏴 |
CB Olivier Tébily | 🇨🇮 |
RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴 |
M Bryan Hughes | 🏴 |
M Damien Johnson | 🇬🇧 |
M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Mikael Forssell | 🇫🇮 | ⚽ |
CF Christophe Dugarry | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | for CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 | 52’ |
🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 56’ |
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 🟢 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 81’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Jeff Kenna | 🇮🇪 | (CF Stern John | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | M Stephen Clemence | 🏴 | (M David Dunn | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Christophe Dugarry | 🇫🇷 | (CF Clinton Morrison | 🏴 |)
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Ian Bennett | 🏴 |
CB Martin Taylor | 🏴 |
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
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | | 184 | 36* | 58 | 19 | 70 | 49* | 65 | - | - | 17 | 2 |
UNUSED
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
Homegrown: 7/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 22 February 2004, Villa 2-2 Birmingham, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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