Game #4980
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 August 2008


Lost
7th (-5)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Stoke
Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 27,500
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia
Stoke City
3-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 63’ |
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 August 2008
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-1, (Stoke City, pen), Liam Lawrence
🕒 | HT Stoke City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 1-1, John Carew, Assist by Ashley Young
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Nicky Shorey, Sub on, Wayne Routledge
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 1-2, (Stoke City), Ricardo Fuller
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 2-2, Martin Laursen
🥅 | 90’+4 Goal, 2-3, (Stoke City), Mamady Sidibé
🕒 | FT Stoke City 3-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 59%
Possession A | 41%
Shots F | 6
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 8
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 5
Fouls A | 15
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 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 August 2008
Martin O'Neill's Villa suffer a shock defeat to a bunch of hod carriers in football shirts to fall back to 7th in the table.
Martin Laursen scores his 10th goal on his 70th start in a Villa shirt (72 Appearances) to make it W28 D26 L18, 10 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia

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
Stoke


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #88 |
Saturday, 23 August 2008
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🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 88 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 30 🟥 25 | 1.47
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1996-2013
Matches Officiated: 28
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 9
🟥 : 11
🆘 : 4
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 29 Mar 08, Villa 0-4 United (a)
Cards: None
Assistants: Andy Garratt, Trevor Massey
REFEREE PROFILE
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.62 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.29 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.88 |
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Tony Pulis | 🏴 |

Stoke
GK Thomas Sørensen (ex) | 🇩🇰 |
RB Andy Griffin | 🏴 |
CB Leon Cort | 🇬🇾 |
CB Abdoulaye Faye | 🇸🇳 |
LB Carl Dickinson | 🏴 |
M Seyi Olofinjana | 🇳🇬 |
M Liam Lawrence | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Amdy Faye | 🇸🇳 | 🔁 |
M Rory Delap | 🇮🇪 |
CF Ricardo Fuller | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Dave Kitson | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | for LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 73’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Amdy Faye | 🇸🇳 | (M Salif Diao | 🇸🇳 |)
🔁 | CF Ricardo Fuller | 🇯🇲 | (CF Richard Cresswell | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Dave Kitson | 🏴 | (CF Mamady Sidibé | 🇲🇱 | ⚽ |)

🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Steve Simonsen | 🏴 |
RB Andy Wilkinson | 🏴 |
CB Ryan Shawcross | 🏴 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
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 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | | 4 | 4* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | | 110* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 23 Aug 2008, Villa 2-3 Stoke, Britannia


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