Game #5028
Aston Villa
Saturday, 9 May 2009


Lost
5th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Fulham
Craven Cottage
Attendance: 25,660
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
Fulham
3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | James Milner | 14’ |
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 May 2009
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Fulham, pen), Danny Murphy
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-1, Ashley Young, Assist by James Milner
🕒 | HT Fulham 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 1-2, (Fulham), Diomansy Kamara
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 1-3, (Fulham), Diomansy Kamara
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Nicky Shorey, Sub on, Nigel Reo-Coker
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Luke Young, Sub on, Emile Heskey
🕒 | FT Fulham 3-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 50%
Possession A | 50%
Shots F | 9
Shots A | 14
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 9
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 12
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
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 May 2009
Villa's poor form continues to leave them with one win in fourteen games in all competitions as they are beaten at Craven Cottage.
Villa lose for the 1st time in 5 to remain 5th with 2 games left to play.
Zat Knight, 29, makes his 54th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (52 Starts) before moving on to Bolton Wanderers for a fee of £4,230,000 in July 2009. Knight left with a record of W17 D20 L17, 2 Goal, 1 Assist, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card from his 2 seasons with Villa.
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | 2007-09 | 🕒 54 | 52 (2) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 37 | #803 |
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
Fulham


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #53 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #136 |
Saturday, 9 May 2009
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🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1999-2013
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 136 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 | 44 🟥 39 | 1.49
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1999-2013
Assistants: Andy Garratt, Trevor Massey
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Danny Murphy
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.90 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 38.00 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 22.59 |
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Roy Hodgson | 🏴 |

Fulham
GK Mark Schwarzer | 🇦🇺 |
LB Paul Konchesky | 🏴 |
CB Aaron Hughes (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
CB Brede Hangeland | 🇳🇴 |
RB John Paintsil | 🇬🇭 |
M Zoltán Gera | 🇭🇺 |
M Danny Murphy | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Dickson Etuhu | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
W Diomansy Kamara | 🇸🇳 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Clint Dempsey | 🇺🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Erik Nevland | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | for LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 64’ |
🔁 CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | for RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 64’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Dickson Etuhu | 🇳🇬 | (M Olivier Dacourt | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Clint Dempsey | 🇺🇸 | (CF Julian Gray | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Erik Nevland | 🇳🇴 | (CF Bobby Zamora | 🏴 |)

🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Pascal Zuberbühler | 🇨🇭 |
CB Chris Smalling | 🏴 |
RB Fredrik Stoor Siekkinen | 🇸🇪 |
M Chris Baird | 🇬🇧 |
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

🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | | 73 | 5* | 3 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 21* | - | - | 15 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 39* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/18
Homegrown: 5/18
SQUAD STATS

Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬 🇧 : 5/14
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 9 May 2009, Villa 1-3 Fulham, Craven Cottage


MATCH REPORTS






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