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Game #4848

Aston Villa

Saturday, 13 August 2005

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Drew

7th

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Premier League

Bolton Wanderers

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,263

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-2

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Bolton Wanderers

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Assist(s) | Aaron Hughes | 4’ | Kevin Phillips | 9’ |

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 13 August 2005

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Aaron Hughes, Kevin Phillips
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Phillips, Assist by Aaron Hughes
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 1-1, (Bolton Wanderers), Kevin Davies
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-2, (Bolton Wanderers), Iván Campo
🥅 | 9’ Goal, 2-2, Steven Davis, Assist by Kevin Phillips
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-2 Bolton Wanderers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Bolton Wanderers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 13 August 2005

  • Villa open the season with a remarkable draw against Bolton as all four goals come in the first nine minutes. Villa's debutants combine to create and score two goals in 9' but the game ends in a draw as familiar frailties are exposed on the opening day of the season. 

  • Left back Aaron Hughes, 25, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Newcastle United for a fee of £1,350,000 in July 2005 to become the 780th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Forward Kevin Phillips, 32, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Southampton for £1,350,000 in July 2005 to become the 781st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 | #780 | £1,350,000 signing from Newcastle
🟢 F Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #781 | £1,350,000 signing from Southampton

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

Bolton Wanderers

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58

Aston Villa

Bolton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bolton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2005-06 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Saturday, 13 August 2005

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🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 87 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 23 🟥 31 | 1.40

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 23
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 9
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 Mar 05, Villa 0-2 Birmingham (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨 Tal Ben Haim
🟨 El-Hadji Diouf

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David O'Leary hands debuts to new signings Aaron Hughes and Kevin Phillips.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.37 |

Oldest Player |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.16 |

Youngest Player |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | 20.63 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

MANAGER

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

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Aston Villa

GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Sam Allardyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bolton Wanderers

GK Jussi Jääskeläinen | 🇫🇮 |
CB Nicky Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Radhi Jaïdi | 🇹🇳 |
M Iván Campo | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CB Tal Ben Haim (yth) | 🇮🇱 | 🟨 |
M Kevin Nolan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Speed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Ricardo Gardner | 🇯🇲 |
CF Henrik Pedersen | 🇩🇰 |
CF Kevin Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF El-Hadji Diouf | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Iván Campo | 🇪🇸 | (M Jay-Jay Okocha | 🇳🇬 |)

Substitutes

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Ian Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stelios Giannakopoulos | 🇬🇷 |
W Ricardo Vaz Te | 🇵🇹 |
CB Abdoulaye Faye | 🇸🇳 |

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

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 6/16

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/16

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

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

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I thought our football was good, particularly in the first half - but against Bolton you have got to defend against set pieces. “We did not do that and looked vulnerable all through the game - they could have scored more. “You know what you are going to get all the time and if you don’t defend well they will make life hard for you.” David O’Leary.
Quotes

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Guardian*
Sunday 14 August 2005

*Phillips first off the mark in Villa Park goal rush* An intoxicating start that yielded four goals in the opening nine minutes could not be sustained, inevitably, as Villa and Bolton were forced to share a point apiece in this lively encounter. Optimism is an unfamiliar concept for many Villa fans, though they will be encouraged by the display of Kevin Phillips in particular. The England international scored on his debut before setting up another and might have ended on the winning side but for Villa’s frailties in defence. Kevin Davies and Ivan Campo took advantage of poor marking to swing the match back in Bolton’s favour. It was no more than the visitors deserved after taking the game to Villa for much of the second half during which El-Hadji Diouf might have had a penalty. Unfortunately, his reputation precedes him. Phillips is one of four new faces at Villa Park this summer. Of the others, Aaron Hughes also made his debut. Patrik Berger failed to recover from a thigh injury and the former Arsenal goalkeeper Stuart Taylor was on the bench. For Bolton, Stelios Giannakopoulos, whom Manchester City are understood to have bid for, joined Jay-Jay Okocha in the dug-out. Given Okocha’s talismanic qualities, it was a difficult decision to rationalise, as were the opening 10 minutes. Phillips started the mayhem in Villa’s first attack. Hughes, who impressed at right-back, swapped passes with Nolberto Solano and Juan Pablo Angel in a sweeping move before delivering a curling cross from the right for Phillips to head home. The former Southampton striker scoring on his debut for the third consecutive club. Villa were still celebrating their breakthrough when Bolton drew level. Kevin Nolan delivered a long throw into the six-yard box where Rhadi Jaidi outjumped Jlloyd Samuel. The flick-on fell invitingly for Davies who hooked the ball past a startled Thomas Sorensen. Six minutes on the clock, two goals. Villa, like those watching, were still pausing for breath when Bolton took the lead. Gary Speed swung in a corner from the right and Campo, completely unmarked, headed past Sorensen. O’Leary’s frustration was tangible. In his pre-match comments the Villa manager had spoken of the visitors’ threat at set-pieces. If only his players had heeded the warning. They did, though, respond immediately. Phillips turned provider, hooking the ball beyond Bolton’s Ricardo Gardner into the path of the onrushing Steve Davis. So perfectly timed was the young midfielder’s run he did not have to break his stride before side- footing a volley high into the roof of the net. Nine minutes on the clock, four goals. The explosive start could not continue, though both sides carved further openings. Davies was unlucky to see a left-foot shot slide the wrong side of the post while Villa had a penalty appeal turned down when Samuel was upended. Predictably Diouf enhanced his status as opposition fans’ bete noire, picking up a yellow card for a reckless tackle on Samuel. But Diouf, for all his foibles, remains a talent when he has the ball at his feet. That much was evident early in the second half when he cut in from the left before unleashing a right-foot shot from 25-yards that flashed past Sorensen’s near post. Sam Allardyce, sensing Bolton had regained the impetus, replaced Campo with Okocha. The Nigerian’s impact was immediate. His long throw from the right was headed on by Jaidi - in a move remarkably similar to Bolton’s first goal - only for Nolan’s header to be repelled by Sorensen at the far post. Bolton, though, will feel aggrieved they were denied a penalty midway through the second half. Diouf shaped to head towards goal only to bundled to the floor by a challenge from Solano. Mike Riley waved away the appeals. Villa’s threat was sporadic though Angel might have done better when he raced clear of the Bolton defence. The Colombian, though, lacks the confidence of Phillips, and the chance came to nothing.
Reports

🟨 13 August 2005, Villa 2-2 Bolton, Villa Park.

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