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Game #4978

Aston Villa

Thursday, 14 August 2008

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Won

2nd Qualifying

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

UEFA Cup

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 2,200

🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

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Aston Villa

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🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

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MATCH TIMELINE

Thursday, 14 August 2008

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Brad Friedel, Nicky Shorey
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Gareth Barry, Assist by Ashley Young
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 2-0, Ashley Young
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 3-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 3-1, (Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar), Matthías Gudmundsson
🕒 | HT Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Gareth Barry
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 4-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Ashley Young
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Moustapha Salifou
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Wayne Routledge
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Nathan Delfouneso 🟢
🕒 | FT Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1-4 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

🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

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ON THIS DAY

Thursday, 14 August 2008

  • Villa face Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar for the first time in competitive football, Hafnarfjarðar become the 152nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 35th continental European opponents and their second from Iceland after their meeting with Valur Reykavik in their 1981-82 European Cup winning campaign.

  • Goalkeeper Brad Friedel, 37, makes his Villa debut after joining from Blackburn Rovers for £2,250,000 in July 2008 to become the 808th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Left back Nicky Shorey, 27, makes his Villa debut after joining from Reading for a fee of £3,960,000 earlier this monthto become the 809th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Forward Nathan Delfouneso, 17, makes his Villa debut as a substitute after coming through the ranks as a schoolboy before signing professional forms in July 2008 to become the 810th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Craig Gardner makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (33 Starts) to make it W20 D13 L17, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | #808 | £2,250,000 signing from Blackburn
🟢 LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #809 | £3,960,000 signing from Reading
🟢 F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #810 | Youth Team Promotiion

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

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Icelandic Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
Icelandic Cup Winners: 🏆
Icelandic League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2007

FIXTURE HISTORY

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

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Previous 5 vs. Hafnarfjarðar: None

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

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PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Thursday, 14 August 2008

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Radek Matějek | 🇨🇿 | 2008
Kick off: 7.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🕒 86 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 30 🟥 24 | 1.47

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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

🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Radek Matějek | 🇨🇿 | 2008
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Antonín Kordula, Martin Wilczek

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Gareth Barry

CARDS

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🟨 Tommy Nielsen
🟨 Björn Daníel Sverisson

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Martin O'Neill hands debuts to Brad Friedel and Nicky Shorey, and hands first starts of the season to Marlon Harewood, Gareth Barry and Curtis Davies. Stuart Taylor, Wilfred Bouma, Zat Knight and Steve Sidwell drop out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.93 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.27 |

Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.73 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 🟢 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Heimir Guðjónsson | 🇮🇸 |

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Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

GK Gunnar Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 |
LB Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Höskuldur Eiríksson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Dennis Slim | 🇩🇰 |
M Tommy Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
M Matthías Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ |
M Davíd Thór Viðarsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
M Björn Daníel Sverisson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 |
W Atli Guðnason | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Tryggvi Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
CF Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 🇮🇸 |

Line Ups

🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 66’ |
🔁 W Wayne Routledge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 71’ |
🔁 F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | D Höskuldur Eiríksson | 🇮🇸 | (D Gudmundur Sævarsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | M Davíd Thór Viðarsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Ásgeir Gunnar Ásgeirsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | W Atli Guðnason | 🇮🇸 | (CF Jónas Grani Garðarsson | 🇮🇸 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Dathi Larusson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Freyr Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
CB Birkir Sverrisson | 🇮🇸 |
M Hakon Hallfredsson | 🇮🇸 |

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

🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: 6/18

SQUAD STATS

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Home Nation 🇮🇸 : 12/14

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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

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MATCH QUOTES

"We need to improve if we can and I think we need another player, because clearly we have problems on the left. I have sold [John Arne] Riise, [Harry] Kewell has gone, [Fabio] Aurelio is injured and [Sebastián] Leto didn't get a work permit, so we need another left-sided player. I cannot say now who that will be but Barry can fill that position and play in others, too. The rules will say we need four English and four associated players and Barry is English, who can play in three different positions, but I cannot say any more. All I can say is I will try my best but I don't know too much why we haven't signed Barry." Rafael Benítez again tries to unsettle a contracted Villa player through the media. “There has been a lot of comment regarding our position with regards to Gareth Barry. ”This is not about questioning the manager's judgment or the ability of a particular player. The owners have clearly demonstrated throughout the year they are willing to back Rafa in the transfer market and will continue to do so. "It is obviously the selling club's prerogative to put whatever price they want on the player, but on this occasion Liverpool think the price quoted is too high." An astonishingly inappropriate statement from Liverpool Chief Executive Rick Parry. "There were a couple of scares but we have won convincingly in the end and are obviously in a very strong position for the second leg. "We need to tighten up defensively but I'm pleased to have won. "But I wouldn't treat the second leg lightly at all. Our intention is to try to get through." Martin O'Neill.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Thursday, 14 August 2008

*Gareth Barry set Aston Villa on the way to an easy win over FH Hafnarfjordur in the first leg of their Uefa Cup second round qualifying round tie.* Barry, whose selection perhaps ends any prospect of a move to Liverpool, drove in from close range to put Villa ahead. Ashley Young lashed in a shot off the post and Gabriel Agbonlahor broke clear and side-footed in to make it three. Matthias Gudmundsson’s header pulled one back for the Icelanders but Martin Laursen nodded in Villa’s fourth. There was plenty of attention on midfielder Barry as his appearance would have all-but ended his hopes of a move to Anfield as it would mean he could not figure for a new club in Europe until next February. Barry has hankered after a move to the Reds all summer but did not show any disappointment at the diminishing prospect of it actually happening as he started and took just four minutes to put Villa ahead in front of watching England boss Fabio Capello. He had the simple task of scoring from inside the six-yard box after Young, who was causing mayhem on the left wing, put in a cross which was not cleared by the FH defence. Young then left his marker in a daze as he wriggled one way and another before unleashing an angled strike, which keeper Gunnar Sigurdsson got a hand to but could not keep out. It was all too easy for Villa and they took their foot off the pedal to allow the part-timers a few sights on goal. Atli Gudnason headed off target when he might have done better before Gudmundsson had a shot blocked by centre-back Curtis Davies. Matthias Vihjalmsson seized on the rebound and blazed his shot over from 16 yards. But Agbonlahor produced a burst of pace at the other end which was too much for the FH defence to handle as he went clean through on goal and calmly slotted home. Villa looked threatening up front but unconvincing in defence and Gudmundsson took advantage when he headed in namesake Tryggvi Gudmundsson’s cross. Tryggvi Gudmundsson chested down a cross at the start of the second half and had a clear sight of goal only to strike his effort over the bar. Villa’s grip was loosening as FH grew in confidence and the home side produced some neat passages of play. However, the home side’s defensive display was their downfall and Laursen powered in Young’s outswinging corner to leave Villa with what should be an unassailable lead heading into the second leg on 28 August.
Reports

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