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Game #4889

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 18 April 2006

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Lost

15th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Wigan Athletic

JJB Stadium

Attendance: 17,330

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

Wigan Athletic

3-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 53’ | Gareth Barry | 67' |

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

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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

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🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

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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 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 2002-06 🕒 99 | 75 (24) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 9 | 🇺 26 | #763 |

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Wigan Athletic

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

Aston Villa

Wigan Athletic

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FIXTURE HISTORY

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Wigan Athletic

Previous 5 vs. Wigan: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Peter Walton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northamptonshire, 1998-2012
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
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

🕒 128 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 35 🟥 47 | 1.35

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Peter Walton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northamptonshire, 1998-2012
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 Dec 04, Villa 0-1 Chelsea (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Gareth Barry
🟨 James Milner

🟨 Pascal Chimbonda
🟨 Stéphane Henchoz

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

MANAGER

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | 🔴 | for LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 | 66’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Reto Ziegler |🇨🇭| (CB Lee McCulloch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Damien Francis | 🇯🇲 | (M Graham Kavanagh | 🇮🇪 |)

Substitutes

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 7/16

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/16

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

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

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

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MATCH QUOTES

“When we got back to 1-1 we lost two quick goals that should have been prevented, but our effort and commitment was not in doubt. “It sums up our season. With the chances we created we should be scoring more than two goals. “We needed more quality this season. The quality has been short in vital areas - at both ends of the pitch.” Roy Aitken.
Quotes

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Tuesday, 18 April 2006

Wigan kept up their hopes of a place in Europe with a hard-fought victory at home to Aston Villa. Jimmy Bullard opened the scoring with the pick of the game’s goals, volleying home from the edge of the area. Villa equalised through a Juan Pablo Angel tap-in before two goals in four minutes from Henri Camara put Wigan back in charge. Liam Ridgewell beat the offside trap to score from close range to give Villa hope but Wigan held on for the win. It was a predictably scrappy opening between a Wigan side struggling for form at home and a Villa outfit who have had all kinds of troubles on their travels. Bullard’s moment of class lit up a dreary opening 45 minutes at the JJB Stadium. Stand-in skipper Jason Roberts got behind the Villa defence and when his centre was half cleared by Gary Cahill it fell to Bullard, who connected beautifully with a flying volley that found the top corner. The Latics could have doubled their lead when Reto Ziegler was released by Roberts but he drilled his shot narrowly over. Villa’s only real effort of the opening period came when James Milner crossed for Gareth Barry, who turned inside Pascal Chimbonda before unleashing a shot that John Filan did well to keep out. But it took them only seven minutes of the second half to get back on level terms, Angel scoring from substitute Gabriel Agbonlahor’s cross after a positive run from Milan Baros. However, Wigan were quick to re-establish the initiative and Roberts and Camara looked by far the hungrier of the two strike partnerships on show. It was Camara who put Wigan back in the ascendancy with two quick goals as the game burst into life. The first was a fine individual effort as he teased his way into the box and showed quick feet to fire in a shot that beat Sorensen at his near post. The striker then finished off from inside the area after exchanging passes with Chimbonda and Wigan’s late push for a European place was back on track. They were given a nervous 25 minutes when Ridgewell beat Wigan’s offside trap to flick a deflected cross from Barry past Filan. And Wigan boss Paul Jewell’s heart will have been in his mouth as Angel’s shot bounced just in front of Filan and the keeper was fortunate to see it hit his hands and loop just over the bar. Bullard could have sealed it when he found himself with just the keeper to beat only to thrash his shot over the bar. It did not matter as Wigan got their first home win of 2006 to move up to eighth in the Premiership table. *Aston Villa assistant Roy Aitken:* “When we got back to 1-1 we lost two quick goals that should have been prevented, but our effort and commitment was not in doubt. “It sums up our season. With the chances we created we should be scoring more than two goals. “We needed more quality this season. The quality has been short in vital areas - at both ends of the pitch.”
Reports

🟥 18 April 2006, Villa 2-3 Wigan, JJB Stadium.

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