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Game #5083

Aston Villa

Saturday, 14 August 2010

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Won

3rd

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Premier League

West Ham United

Villa Park

Attendance: 36,604

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-0

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West Ham United

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Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 40’ | Marc Albrighton | 66’ |

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 August 2010

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Stewart Downing
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 2-0, Stiliyan Petrov, Assist by Ashley Young
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 West Ham United
🟨 | 50’ Booking, Marc Albrighton
⚽ | 66’ Goal, 3-0, James Milner, Assist by Marc Albrighton
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, James Milner 🔴, Sub on, Nigel Reo-Coker
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Andreas Weimann 🟢
🔁 | 89’ Sub off, Marc Albrighton, Sub on, Barry Bannan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 West Ham United

Match Statistics

Possession F | 59%
Possession A | 41%
Shots F | 23
Shots A | 12
Shots on Target F | 11
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 16
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 15
Fouls A | 15

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 August 2010

  • Villa open the season in off the field turmoil as Martin O'Neill baulks at Randy Lerner's insistence on a fire sale of the club's best assets, times his departure to the most cynical point and leaves the team managerless on the eve of the campaign.

  • James Milner, 24, makes his 126th and final appearance for Villa (119 Starts) before moving on to Manchester City for a fee of just £19,800,000. A player of rare ability combined with a strong work ethic and selflessness he was immediately taken to the hearts of Villa fans when he first joined the club on a season long loan from Newcastle United. A fabulous player and Villa servant who should have been wearing claret and blue throughout his career. Sadly however, Villa's owner had a different plan and accepted just £5,800,000 more than Villa had paid for him in his desperate grab for cash. That Stephen Ireland moved the other way simply underlined the sheer folly that had overtaken the club over summer 2010. A contrast between Milner and Ireland couldn’t have been more absolute and it is unfathomable to understand how the Villa hierarchy accepted such a terrible deal with Ireland’s well documented issues underlining the folly of letting their best player leave on the cheap. Milner went on to win titles, but will always be remembered fondly as a boy in claret and blue. He should have done it here, but left prematurely W57 D36 L33, 22 Goals, 33 Assists an 19 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.29 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Forward Andreas Weimann makes his Villa debut aged 19 having joined Villa from SK Rapid Wien as a 16 year old in July 2007 to become the 825th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Barry Bannan makes his 3rd appearance in a Villa shirt (1 Start) and plays his first game in 18 months to make it W1 D0 L2 so far in his Villa career having previously started 'that' Moscow game in February 2009.

  • Stewart Downing contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (34 Starts) to make it W19 D10 L7, 4 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.60 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Ciaran Clark collects his 1st booking in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance to make it W4 D1 L1 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | #825 | Youth Team promotiion

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2005-10 🕒 126 | 119 (7) | ⚽ 22 | 🔥 33 | 🇺 2 | #785 |

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

West Ham United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Aston Villa

West Ham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2010-11 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Game | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 14 August 2010

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🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Kevin MacDonald (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Inverness, 2010
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Kevin MacDonald 2010 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 1 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 0 🟥 0 | 3.00

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Kevin MacDonald 2010 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Matches Officiated: 27
🟩 : 13
🟨 : 8
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 Apr 10, Villa 2-0, Hull (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Andy Halliday, John Flynn

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Marc Albrighton

🟨 James Tomkins
🟨 Julien Faubert

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Caretaker boss Kevin MacDonald names 20 year olds Marc Albrighton (first start since Saturday, 23 January 2010) and Ciaran Clark (first start since Sunday, 30 August 2009) in the line up for the opening game of the 2010-11 campaign.

Starting XI Average Age:
| 28.15 |

Oldest Player:
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 39.27 |

Youngest Player:
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.75 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Kevin MacDonald 2010 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | ⚽ |
M James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔴 | 🔁 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |

MANAGER

Avram Grant | 🇮🇱 |

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West Ham United

GK Robert Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Hérita Ilunga | 🇨🇩 |
CB Winston Reid | 🇦🇺 |
CB James Tomkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Radoslav Kováč | 🇨🇿 | 🔁 |
CB Matthew Upson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Julien Faubert | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
M Scott Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Luis Boa Morte | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
M Mark Noble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Carlton Cole (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | 85’ |
🔁 F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🟢 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 86’ |
🔁 M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 89’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB James Tomkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Alessandro Diamanti | 🇮🇹 |)
🔁 | CB Radoslav Kováč | 🇨🇿 | (CF Frédéric Piquionne | 🇲🇶 |)
🔁 | W Luis Boa Morte | 🇵🇹 | (W Pablo Barrera | 🇲🇽 |)

Substitutes

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Marek Stěch | 🇨🇿 |
CB Danny Gabbidon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Jonathan Spector | 🇺🇸 |
F Freddie Sears | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI: £65.25m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 5/18

SQUAD STATS

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Team Cost: £62.20m

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/18

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB James Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I have enjoyed my time at Aston Villa immensely. ”It's obviously a wrench to be leaving such a magnificent club. I would like to pay tribute to the Villa players, my coaching staff and the Villa supporters for all the support and encouragement they have given both the club and me personally during my time as manager." Martin O’Neill, 9 August 2010. "I was surprised. We trained as normal [yesterday] and I was at home with my kids when I heard the news. We were just told [during today's training). It's our duty as players to now get ready for West Ham. "It's now down to us to do the right thing for the club and the fans. Training was good this morning and hopefully it wont be an issue and we can get three points on Saturday because winning games will do a lot of good for the club right now." Brad Friedel. "There is absolutely no question that Martin [O’Neill] did a good deal for Villa and I have said, over and over, that I felt he did a fine job. "At the same time, I can promise everyone that he knew and understood the long-range plans for the club and bought into them. He knew full well about the need to bring wages in line with revenue ... the same as every Premiership club. He was absolutely supported by the owner during his time with the club ... all one needs to do is look at the money spent. The reality is that the wage to revenue issue was not addressed and Martin apparently was unwilling to help address it. He quit." Villa Non Executive Director General Charles Krulak. "I was shocked about Martin O'Neill going. I got home, got a text that the gaffer resigned, and it was true. I didn't see it coming to be honest. “But a lot of players have been frustrated by not having a fair crack of the whip and I'm one of them. ”There is no guarantee whoever comes in is going to play you or not play you. But if you feel you have got a chance, then you are happy. As long as someone who comes in is fair, I am sure people will be happy. I felt I didn't have a chance. "It is not an ideal situation four days before the season, not to have a manager, but you've got to deal with what you've got. You've got good players at this club and Kevin MacDonald (caretaker manager) is a good coach. Hopefully he has got enough time to put his stamp on us and we can pull together for him." Curtis Davies on the departed Martin O’Neill. "Having had some time to reflect on Martin leaving, I can say that our most immediate focus is supporting Kevin MacDonald and resolving the situation with Manchester City and James Milner. "As for explaining why Martin left, I can say only that we no longer shared a common view as to how to move forward. To deal in greater detail would do little but cause additional distraction for the club as it faces imminent games and the clear priority of hiring a permanent manager. "Finally, there have been no changes in our approach to building the club, aiming always to be as competitive as possible given our size and resources." Randy Lerner. “It’s too soon after the game to say I want the job (full-time). It can only get worse after winning 3-0 - maybe I should retire now!” Kevin MacDonald.
Quotes

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 14 August 2010

*Aston Villa shrugged off the loss of manager Martin O’Neill with a vibrant display as Avram Grant’s first game as West Ham boss ended in a dismal defeat.* The hosts dominated from the the start and Stewart Downing pounced on Robert Green’s parry to secure an early lead. Stiliyan Petrov’s header from an Ashley Young cross made it 2-0 before Julien Faubert fluffed a rare Hammers chance. James Milner, tipped to leave Villa, slammed home a third from 18 yards after a fine run from Marc Albrighton. It was a dazzling end to a turbulent week at Villa Park, which saw Kevin MacDonald take charge of the team after O’Neill’s shock exit five days ago. The Northern Irishman reportedly walked out after a disagreement with Villa owner Randy Lerner - but it was the American’s name the home fans were chanting at the end of an emphatic win. While it was a fine day for the Midlands club, it was a dreadful start to the new job for Grant, whose side looked disjointed and toothless as they were outplayed for most of the game by a young and committed Villa side. MacDonald’s team showed no ill-effects from the events of the past week as they started the match in blistering fashion, with John Carew heading just wide from Downing’s cross after three minutes. They went even closer to an opening goal moments later after some calamitous defending by James Tomkins. The young centre-back’s woeful back pass allowed Carew a clear run at goal and after Green got a touch with his leg, the ball ricocheted off Tomkins and then bounced back off the post. But the Hammers’ good fortune quickly evaporated and it was goalkeeper Green, mercilessly booed throughout by the Villa fans after his unfortunate World Cup exploits, who was at the centre of the action. The keeper’s poor punch from a Young cross led to a shot from Albrighton and, although Green palmed it away, Downing followed up to tap in the rebound. Referee Mike Dean waved away the protests from the Hammers defence, who thought Downing was in an offside position when the ball was fired in by Albrighton - with replays suggesting they had a case. The busy West Ham keeper partially made amends when he acrobatically tipped over Young’s clever lob. But Villa continued to excel and they soon doubled their lead when Young dinked in a cross, and Petrov beat Faubert in the air to power a header past the helpless Green from eight yards out. The goal roused the lethargic visitors into creating their only chance of the half as Luis Boa Morte cut inside and forced a good save from Brad Friedel. Manager Grant signalled his desire for more attacking intent in the second half as he sent on new signings Pablo Barrera and Frederic Piquionne. The change almost paid off when the Frenchman teed up an unmarked Faubert in the box, only for the winger to scuff wide from 12 yards out. The Hammers were left to rue the miss when Milner, possibly playing his last game for the club as he has been strongly linked with a big-money move to Manchester City, added an excellent third goal. The 20-year-old Albrighton, who was outstanding on his first Premier League start, jinked past two defenders and cut the ball back for Milner, who swept the ball past Green from the edge of the box. Villa should have extended their lead but Carew made a mess of a free header from six yards out and then saw a shot hit the inside of the post. Milner, who had been booed by some supporters at the start of the game, received a standing ovation when he was substituted in the closing stages. There was plenty here to suggest that if the midfielder does leave, Villa have the talent to thrive without him.
Reports

🟩 14 August 2010, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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