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Game #4938

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 28 August 2007

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Wrexham

Racecourse Ground

Attendance: 8,221

🟩 28 Aug 2007, Villa 5-0 Wrexham, Racecourse

Wrexham

0-5

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Aston Villa

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🟩 28 Aug 2007, Villa 5-0 Wrexham, Racecourse

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 28 August 2007

⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Shaun Maloney
🕒 | HT Wrexham 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-0, Luke Moore, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 3-0, Nigel Reo-Coker, Assist by Marlon Harewood
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Nigel Reo-Coker, Sub on, Stiliyan Petrov
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 4-0, Shaun Maloney
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 5-0, Marlon Harewood, Assist by Gary Cahill
🕒 | FT Wrexham 0-5 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

🟩 28 Aug 2007, Villa 5-0 Wrexham, Racecourse

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
  • A much changed team makes short work of Wrexham.

  • Centre back Gary Cahill, 22, makes his 31st and final appearance in a Villa shirt (28 Starts) before being sold to Bolton Wanderers for a fee of £5,400,000 in January 2008 in a move that stunned and shocked the fan base in equal measure. Cahill, like Peter Crouch, Steven Davis and Thomas Hitzlsperger before him was clearly of the class to make a long term career with Villa but Martin O'Neill deemed Cahill surplus to requirements as he had with Steven Davis and as his predecessor had done with Crouch and Hitzlsperger. Perhaps it was with Martin Laursen and Olof Mellberg being his first choice centre back pairing he saw no room for Cahill. But, given the injuries Laursen carried and the expectation that Mellberg would leave the club at the end of his contract the decision worried many. Rumours of strong personalities and playing demands clashing also shone a light on issues not previously public. That O’Neill subsequently recruited lesser players as Cahill’s de facto replacements made the move even more perplexing. As for Cahill himself, although his initial destination was curious, to the surprise of nobody he went on to be a Premier League winning captain and the first chink in the mighty Martin O’Neill armour was opened. Cahill left with a record of W7 D9 L15, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings.

  • Shaun Maloney celebrates his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (6 Starts) with a brace against League Two side Wrexham (who would be relegated from the League at the end of the campaign) to make it W5 D4 L1, 4 Goals and 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.

  • Marlon Harewood scores his 1st goal and contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance (1 Start) to make it W2 D0 L0, 1 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

🟩 28 Aug 2007, Villa 5-0 Wrexham, Racecourse

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CB Gary Cahill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2005-08 🕒 31 | 28 (3) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 17 | #786 |

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

Wrexham

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Wrexham
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Previous 5 vs. Wrexham: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Wrexham

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Wrexham

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #46 |
Tuesday, 28 August 2007

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MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Graham Laws | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 2007
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🕒 46 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 18 🟥 13 | 1.37

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Graham Laws | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 2007

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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🟨 Ryan Valentine

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

Martin O'Neill makes mass changes for the League Cup with Stuart Taylor recalled and Gary Cahill, Luke Moore, Shaun Maloney, Isaiah Osbourne and Marlon Harewood making their first starts of the season. Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Stiliyan Petrov and John Carew drop out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.00 |

Oldest Player |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 30.00 |

Youngest Player |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.82 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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Aston Villa

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Brian Carey | 🇮🇪 |

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Wrexham

GK Michael Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gareth Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Shaun Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Ryan Valentine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Simon Spender | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Chris Llewellyn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Conall Murtagh | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Levi Mackin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Eifion Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Michael Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | for M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Conall Murtagh | 🇬🇧 | (CF Marc Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Eifion Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Michael Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Josh Johnson | 🇹🇹 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Scott Carson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Tony Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Mike Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

🟩 28 Aug 2007, Villa 5-0 Wrexham, Racecourse

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Homegrown: 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16
Homegrown: 6/16

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
"Chris Llewellyn was denied a Wrexham equaliser by a fine save from Stuart Taylor, but Luke Moore’s floated header doubled Villa’s lead moments later."
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
*Shaun Maloney scored twice as Aston Villa ran riot at the Racecourse to reach the Carling Cup third round.* The Scot curled home the opener from the left side of box on 29 minutes. Chris Llewellyn was denied a Wrexham equaliser by a fine save from Stuart Taylor, but Luke Moore’s floated header doubled Villa’s lead moments later. Nigel Reo-Coker slotted in Villa’s third on 62 minutes, Maloney grabbed his second 10 minutes later and Marlon Harewood hit the fifth from a corner.
Reports

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