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Game #5131

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Hereford United

Villa Park

Attendance: 21,058

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Hereford United

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Assist(s) | Marc Albrighton | 80' | Andreas Weimann | 88' |

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Hereford United
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Charles N’Zogbia, Sub on, Nathan Delfouneso
🟨 | 70’ Booking, Eric Lichaj
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Darren Bent, Sub on, Andreas Weimann
🟨 | 77’ Booking, Andreas Weimann
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-0, Eric Lichaj, Assist by Marc Albrighton
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Chris Herd, Sub off, Habib Bèye 🔴
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 2-0, Nathan Delfouneso, Assist by Andreas Weimann
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Hereford United

Match Statistics

Possession F | 52%
Possession A | 48%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 11
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 12

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

  • A second string Villa side toils to an uninspired victory at home to League Two Hereford in the second round of the League Cup as Alex McLeish already faces loud demands to up the attacking tempo of his teams.

  • Eric Lichaj scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance (7 Starts) to make it W5 D2 L2, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Andreas Weimann makes his first appearance for a year due to injury to make it 3 substitute appearances, W2 D1 L0 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Chris Herd makes his first appearance for five months and first under Alex McLeish to make it 8 appearances in a Villa shirt (3 Starts), W3 D1 L4 so far in his Villa career.

  • Midfielder Jean Makoun plays first game in 4 months and first under Alex McLeish in what is his 8th and final appearance for Villa aged 28 before moving on to Stade Rennais for a fee of £2,700,000 in July 2013. Former manager Gérard Houllier had brought Makoun to the club just 7 months before his final game spending £5,580,000 on the player who frankly looked completely out of his depth in English football regardless of the standard of opposition, and whose sole contribution was the regularity with which he accumulated cards. Makoun would leave with a record of W3 D3 L2, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

  • Right back Habib Bèye, makes his first appearance in 13 months, his first under Alex McLeish and his final in a Villa shirt. Bèye, who was an eyebrow raising signing under Martin O'Neill had looked well below the necessary standard before being placed on Gérard Houllier's infamous 'bomb squad' of first team players not to be considered for duty during 2010-11. Bèye, 34, was released by Villa before subsequently joining Doncaster Rovers with whom he had spent a loan spell. Bèye had been bought by Martin O’Neill for £2,610,000 in 2009. Bèye left with a record of W8 D3 L7, 1 Assist, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card across his 3 seasons with the club and, despite having spent previous seasons in English football with Newcastle, never looked of sufficient standard to play in the top flight.

  • Marc Albrighton contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 26th start (44 Appearances) to make it W17 D11 L16, 6 Goals, 9 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Stephen Ireland makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) and first under Alex McLeish having failed in his loan spell at Newcastle (where he was shipped just 6 months after his regretted arrival at the club) and even against League Two Hereford contributed precisely nothing, just as he had done throughout his 12 months with Villa. Ireland's record stands at W3 D4 L8, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 | 2009-11 🕒 18 | 15 (3) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 45 | #817 |
🔴 M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | 2011 🕒 8 | 8 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 5 | #833 |

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Aston Villa

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

Hereford United

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

Aston Villa

Hereford United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Hereford United

Previous 5 vs. Hereford: 🟩

Hereford United

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Hereford United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2011-12 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Tuesday, 23 August 2011

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🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Alex McLeish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 2011-2012
Referee: Kevin Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, 2003-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Alex McLeish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2011-2012

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 2.33

Villa Career Form:

Champions

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Alex McLeish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2011-2012

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Kevin Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, 2003-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Eric Lichaj
🟨 Andreas Weimann

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🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Alex McLeish hands Brad Guzan his first start of the season and first appearance since September 2010 and recalled Stephen Ireland, Marc Albrighton, Jean Makoun, Ciaran Clark (first start of the season), Barry Bannan, Eric Lichaj (first start of the season) and Chris Herd (first start of the season). Luke Young, Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Fabian Delph, Emile Heskey and Stiliyan Petrov drop out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.06 |

Oldest Player |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 | 31.94 |

Youngest Player |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 21.74 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Alex McLeish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2011-2012

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | 🔴 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jamie Pitman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Hereford United

GK David Cornell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Joe Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Michael Townsend | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ryan Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Harry Pell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M James McQuilkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Danny Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe Colbeck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Featherstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stuart Fleetwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Delroy Facey | 🇬🇩 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | 58’ |
🔁 F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🔥 | 🟨 | for F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72’ |
🔁 RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 | 🔴 | for M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | 87’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M James McQuilkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Kenny Lunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | F Stuart Fleetwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (M Tom John | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Delroy Facey | 🇬🇩 | (CF Yoann Arquin | 🇲🇶 |)

Substitutes

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Andy Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jonathan Hogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Shane Lowry | 🇦🇺 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Russell Hoult | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kyle McCarthy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Nathan Perkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Lewis Feeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Homegrown: 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/17
Homegrown: 9/17

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 16/18

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“You always wonder if your players are thinking seriously about taking the right approach against teams from lower divisions. “But we did, we started well and I didn’t think Hereford troubled us too much.” “I suppose that was understandable [groans from the crowd], they would have been disappointed because we weren’t banging in the goals. If you’re not producing, you’ll get that from fans at any club but I think they were very patient really.” Alex McLeish.
Quotes

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

Opens in New Window

*The Guardian*
Tuesday, 23 August 2011

*Eric Lichaj’s first goal for Aston Villa breaks Hereford’s resistance* It should have been a stroll for Aston Villa in a one-sided Carling Cup second-round tie at Villa Park on Tuesday night but it needed late goals from Eric Lihaj, the American defender, and Nathan Delfouneso, a substitute, to extinguish the defensive fire of battling Hereford United. Lichaj broke the deadlock with 10 minutes remaining, firing home his first goal for the club after a goalmouth scramble, and Delfouneso eased the nagging fears of Alex McLeish, the Villa manager, from close range in the final minutes. Villa had dominated from start to finish but could not get past David Cornell, the heroic Hereford goalkeeper playing on an emergency one-month loan from Swansea City. Still, they did enough to stretch McLeish’s unbeaten start to his tenure to three matches. “You always wonder if your players are thinking seriously about taking the right approach against teams from lower divisions,” McLeish, the former Birmingham City manager, said. “But we did, we started well and I didn’t think Hereford troubled us too much.” Villa did draw groans from some sections of the fans in the second half as they continued to struggle to beat Cornell. “I suppose that was understandable,” McLeish said. “They would have been disappointed because we weren’t banging in the goals. If you’re not producing, you’ll get that from fans at any club but I think they were very patient really.” Hereford, lying in 23rd place in League Two, should not have had a prayer and they would not have had but for the acrobatics of their keeper. He flung himself across every area of his goalmouth to keep out first-half efforts from Ciaran Clark, Stephen Ireland and Darren Bent. “He was fantastic for us,” Jamie Pitman, the Hereford manager, said. “And it was great for him to perform on a stage that he wants to perform on again in the future. We’ve been thumped a few times this season but I’ve got an inner belief in the group and it was just the lift that we needed.” Cornell maintained his performance in the second half, saving from the influential Marc Albrighton and Lichaj. Charles N’Zogbia dragged a shot wide and Ireland also wasted a good chance after exchanging passes with Albrighton. The ignominy of extra time loomed for Villa but, to the relief of McLeish and the few groaners in the crowd, Lichaj and Delfouneso, a replacement for N’Zogbia, saved the day.
Reports

🟩 23 August 2011, Villa 2-0 Hereford, Villa Park.

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