Game #4807
Aston Villa
Saturday, 14 August 2004


Won
1st=
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Southampton
Villa Park
Attendance: 36,690
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0

Southampton

Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 12' | Darius Vassell | 34’ |
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 14 August 2004
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Martin Laursen, Carlton Cole
⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 22’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Peter Whittingham
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 2-0, Carlton Cole, Assist by Darius Vassell
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Southampton
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Peter Whittingham, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Luke Moore
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Southampton
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
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 14 August 2004
Martin Laursen, 27, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from AC Milan in July 2004 for a fee of £3,600,000 to become the 775th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Carlton Cole, 20, shows a forward line presence on his debut unfamiliar to Villa for a long time after joining on a season long loan from West Ham to become the 776th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Lee Hendrie contributes his 51st goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 257th appearance (207 Starts) to make it W103 D66 L88, 26 Goals, 25 Assists, 49 Bookings and 3 Red Cards at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.14 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Jlloyd Samuel secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 134th appearance (114 Starts) to make it W50 D35 L49, 3 Goals, 9 Assists, 16 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | #775 | £3,600,000 signing from Milan
🟢 CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | #776 | Loanee from West Ham
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
Southampton


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2004-05 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #46 |
Saturday, 14 August 2004
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🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 46 | 🟩 | 21 🟨 | 11 🟥 14 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 15
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 Apr 04, Villa 1-1 Manchester City (h)
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
David O’Leary hands debuts to Martin Laursen and Carlton Cole.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.36 |
Oldest Player |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 | 28.27 |
Youngest Player |
CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 20.77 |
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 🟢 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
CF Carlton Cole | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Paul Sturrock | 🏴 |

Southampton
GK Antti Niemi | 🇫🇮 |
LB Graeme Le Saux | 🏴 |
CB Claus Lundekvam | 🇳🇴 |
CB Danny Higginbotham | 🏴 |
RB Jason Dodd | 🏴 |
RB Mikael Nilsson | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 |
M David Prutton | 🏴 |
M Yoann Folly | 🇹🇬 | 🔁 |
W Fabrice Fernandes | 🇫🇷 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 |
CF Brett Ormerod | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | 🔁 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 22’ |
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Mikael Nilsson | 🇸🇪 | (M Anders Svensson | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | M Yoann Folly | 🇹🇬 | (M Rory Delap | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Brett Ormerod | 🏴 | (CF Peter Crouch (ex) | 🏴 |)

🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 |
M Mathieu Berson | 🇫🇷 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Paul Smith | 🏴 |
CB Darren Kenton | 🏴 |
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
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | | 44 | 18* | 1 | 4 | 18* | 11 | 15 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stefan Postma | 🇳🇱 | | 82* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 6/16
SQUAD STATS

Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/14
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 14 Aug 2004, Villa 2-0 Southampton, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS






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