Game #4894
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 23 August 2006


Won
5th (+5)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Reading
Villa Park
Attendance: 37,329
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1

Reading

Assist(s) | Peter Whittingham | 61’ |
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Reading), Kevin Doyle
🟨 | 9’ Booking, Gavin McCann
🟥 | 33’ Sending off, (Reading), Ibrahima Sonko
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-1, Juan Pablo Ángel (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Reading
🟨 | 47’ Booking, Jlloyd Samuel
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Jlloyd Samuel, Sub on, Peter Whittingham
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-1, Gareth Barry, Assist by Peter Whittingham
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Reading
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
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Villa win their first home game under Martin O'Neill as Reading are swatted aside.
Martin O'Neill records his first win as Villa boss to rise to 5th in the early Premier League table.
Jlloyd Samuel secures his 70th win in a Villa shirt on his 197th appearance (171 Starts) to make it W70 D52 L75, 3 Goals, 10 Assists, 26 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Peter Whittingham contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance (37 Starts) to make it W24 D17 L22, 2 Goals, 5 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, 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
Reading


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2006-07 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
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🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 2 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 25 Mar 06, Villa 0-0 Fulham (h)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Gavin McCann
🟨 Jlloyd Samuel
CARDS

🟥 Ibrahima Sonko
🟨 Ívar Ingimarsson
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill named an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.50 |
Oldest Player |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 30.85 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 19.87 |
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Steve Coppell | 🏴 |

Reading
GK Marcus Hanhemann (yth) | 🇺🇸 |
RB Graeme Murty | 🏴 |
CB Ibrahima Sonko | 🇸🇳 | 🟥 |
CB Ívar Ingimarsson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
M James Harper | 🏴 |
M Bobby Convey | 🇺🇸 |🔁 |
W Ky-hyeon Seol | 🇰🇷 |
CF Leroy Lita | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Kevin Doyle | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | 🔥 | for RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 59’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Bobby Convey | 🇺🇸 | (M Stephen Hunt | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Leroy Lita | 🏴 | (M Brynjar Gunnarsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Kevin Doyle | 🇮🇪 | (CF Shane Long | 🇮🇪 |)

🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Graham Stack | 🇮🇪 |
M John Oster | 🏴 |
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
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 | | 63 | 26* | 2 | 5* | 24* | 17 | 22 | - | - | 6 | 0 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/16
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 23 Aug 2006, Villa 2-1 Reading, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS






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