Game #4797
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 March 2004


Lost
8th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 37,532
🟥 20 Mar 2004, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-2

Blackburn Rovers

Assist(s) | None
🟥 20 Mar 2004, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 March 2004
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Garry Flitcroft
🔁 | 29’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Peter Whittingham
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Jon Stead
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Nolberto Solano, Sub on, Luke Moore
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Peter Crouch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Blackburn Rovers
Match Statistics
Not recorded
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
🟥 20 Mar 2004, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 March 2004
Villa are surprisingly defeated at home by relegation threatened Blackburn as they suffer a home defeat for the first time since January but remain in 8th place in the table after a run eight wins in fourteen top flight games under David O'Leary.
Liam Ridgewell makes his 1st start in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W5 D0 L3 so far in his Villa career.
Thomas Hitzlsperger makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (56 Starts) to make it W29 D15 L31, 9 Goals, 12 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟥 20 Mar 2004, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

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
Blackburn Rovers


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 2001-02
🟥 20 Mar 2004, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2003-04 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 20 March 2004
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Andy D'Urso | 🏴 | Essex, 1994-2015
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 36 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 7 🟥 13 | 1.53
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy D'Urso | 🏴 | Essex, 1994-2015
🕒 11 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 4 | 🆘 : 1
Cards 🟨 15 | 🟥 1 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 2 |
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 25 October 2003, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Lucas Neill
🟨 Andy Todd |
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
Liam Ridgewell makes his first Villa start in place of Ronny Johnsen.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.45 |
Oldest Player |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 29.64 |
Youngest Player |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | 19.68 |
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MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Graeme Souness | 🏴 |

Blackburn Rovers
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Michael Gray | 🏴 |
CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Craig Short | 🏴 |
CB Andy Todd | 🏴 | (🟨)
M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 |
M Martin Andresen | 🇳🇴 |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Brett Emerton | 🇦🇺 |
CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 |
CF Jon Stead | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
🟥 20 Mar 2004, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 29’ |
🔁 CF Luke Moore | 🏴 | for W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Peter Crouch | 🏴 | for CF Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 81’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 | (CB Markus Babbel | 🇩🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Jon Stead | 🏴 | (CB Lorenzo Amoruso | 🇮🇹 |)

🟥 20 Mar 2004, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
CF Matt Jansen | 🏴 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
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
🟥 20 Mar 2004, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | | 37 | 11* | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 14* | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 72* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 8/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 20 Mar 2004, Villa 0-2 Blackburn, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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