Game #4889
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 18 April 2006


Lost
15th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Wigan Athletic
JJB Stadium
Attendance: 17,330
🟥 18 Apr 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium
Wigan Athletic
3-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 53’ | Gareth Barry | 67' |
🟥 18 Apr 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 18 April 2006
🥅 | 25’ Goal, 0-1, (Wigan Athletic), Jimmy Bullard
🕒 | HT Wigan Athletic 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🟨 | 49’ Booking, Gareth Barry
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-1, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 1-2, (Wigan Athletic), Henri Camara
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 1-3, (Wigan Athletic), Henri Camara
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Aaron Hughes, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz 🔴
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 2-3, Liam Ridgewell, Assist by Gareth Barry
🟨 | 90’+4 Booking, James Milner
🕒 | FT Wigan Athletic 3-2 Aston Villa
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
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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 18 April 2006
Villa return to losing ways and David O'Leary had now overseen 17 losses in the last 40 games, winning just 9. With a record like that, unsurprisingly, O'Leary swerved the post match interview once again only for his assistant Roy Aitken to take on the mantle of preposterous comment by claiming: “We needed more quality this season. The quality has been short in vital areas - at both ends of the pitch.” Now if only we knew who had been in charge of the club for the last three years.
Villa lose at high-flying Wigan to leave them with five defeats in their last eight games and just nine wins in thirty five games under David O'Leary.
Right back Ulises de la Cruz, 31, makes his 99th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (74 Starts) as a substitute before moving on to Reading on a free transfer in July 2006. To the shock of nobody de la Cruz was not actually the “Ecuadorian David Beckham” as then manager Graham Taylor had described him on his £2,430,000 signing from Hibs in 2002 and over his 4 seasons with the club, a remarkable length of time, he recorded W36 D25 L38, 2 Goals, 9 Assists and 6 Bookings.
Juan Pablo Ángel makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (134 Starts) to make it W62 D46 L67, 55 Goals, 16 Assists and 11 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.46 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Liam Ridgewell contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 66th appearance (51 Starts) to make it W22 D16 L28, 4 Goals, 1 Assist, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Gabriel Agbonlahor contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance (2 Starts) to make it W1 D2 L3, 1 Goal and 1 Assist.
🟥 18 Apr 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 2002-06 🕒 99 | 75 (24) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 9 | 🇺 26 | #763 |
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
Wigan Athletic


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2005-06 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #128 |
Tuesday, 18 April 2006
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Peter Walton | 🏴 | Northamptonshire, 2004-2011
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 128 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 35 🟥 47 | 1.35
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Walton | 🏴 | Northamptonshire, 2004-2011
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Gareth Barry
🟨 James Milner
CARDS

🟨 Pascal Chimbonda
🟨 Stéphane Henchoz
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
Juan Pablo Ángel and Craig Gardner replace Kevin Phillips and Steven Davis.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.69 |
Oldest Player |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 30.50 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 19.41 |
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MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Milan Baroš | 🇨🇿 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Paul Jewell | 🏴 |

Wigan Athletic
GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |
LB Leighton Baines | 🏴 |
CB Pascal Chimbonda | 🇬🇵 | 🟨 |
CB Stéphane Henchoz |🇨🇭| 🟨 |
CB Reto Ziegler |🇨🇭| 🔁 |
M Paul Scharner | 🇦🇹 |
M Damien Francis | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |
M Jimmy Bullard | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Gary Teale | 🏴 |
CF Henri Camara | 🇸🇳 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Jason Roberts | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🔥 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🔴 | for LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 | 66’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Reto Ziegler |🇨🇭| (CB Lee McCulloch | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Damien Francis | 🇯🇲 | (M Graham Kavanagh | 🇮🇪 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mike Pollitt | 🏴 |
M Andreas Johansson | 🇸🇪 |
RB Ryan 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | | 6 | 4* | 1 | 1* | 1 | 2 | 3* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 7/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
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



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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