Game #5170
Aston Villa
Sunday, 13 May 2012
Lost
16th
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Norwich City
Attendance: 26,803
Carrow Road
Norwich City
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Emile Heskey can't help Villa to a first win in ten on his and Alex McLeish's final appearance as Villa end the season with just seven wins in thirty eight Premier League games, Sunday, 13 May 2012.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 13 May 2012
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Grant Holt
🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-2, (Norwich City), Simeon Jackson
🕒 | HT Norwich City 0-2 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Chris Herd, Sub on, Barry Bannan
🟨 | 54’ Booking, Ciaran Clark
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Carlos Cuéllar, Sub on, Gary Gardner
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Stephen Warnock, Sub on, Nathan Baker
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Stephen Ireland
🕒 | FT Norwich City 0-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Alex McLeish's Villa end the campaign without a win in ten, on their lowest points tally since another unpopular Scot, Billy McNeill, took Villa down in 1986-87.
In setting such an unwanted record, McLeish had masterminded 14 losses and 18 draws in a 38 game season.
The irony however was that up until April 2012 McLeish’s record was actually better than that of his predecessor however the last eight games of the campaign - having lost skipper Stiliyan Petrov - were simply torrid and a respectable 15th, in a more competitive League than 2010-11 and with the same points gained as under Gérard Houllier, became 16th, no win in eight and once again an escape from relegation on the penultimate game of the season.
Nobody would chose to be in a second successive relegation fight of course, however, from an objective point of view up until April the campaign had been an improvement.
A manager who, in total contrast to his predecessor, wanted to be there - however much a huge swathe of fans understandably didn’t, oversaw a partial rebuild and galvanisation of a squad recovering from the destruction of the previous manager.
That Villa had to deal with a huge injury list not only in numbers but also in influence and quality was just another reason to have cut some slack.
But equally the football was often poor and overtly negative even in the better days and the manager’s provenance was never forgiven.
It was right to part ways of course but the season itself deserves an objective re-evaluation away from the knee-jerk reaction to an unpopular appointment.
The final eight games were inexcusably bad, and a season of standing still became a season of unwanted broken records of failure. However, taken as a whole, what had come immediately before and what would soon be upon Villa was immeasurably worse.
Off the field an increasing culture of disconnection grew between the leadership of the club and the fan base and had led to two successive appointments of the wrong managers, at the wrong time, for the wrong club.
The Villa hierarchy then simply couldn’t get a third successive managerial appointment wrong and a significant chunk of Villa fans had already made clear their favoured candidate sat in the opposition dug-out.
Centre back Richard Dunne made his final appearance for Villa aged 32 before moving on to Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer in July 2013. Dunne would miss the entire 2012-13 season through injury having made 111 appearances and scored 5 goals for Villa.
Centre back James Collins made his final appearance for Villa aged 28 before returning to West Ham United for £2,880,000 in August 2012. Collins made 108 appearances and scored 6 goals during his 3 seasons with Villa but would be sold by Paul Lambert on his arrival as Villa’s new boss.
Centre back Carlos Cuéllar made his final appearance for Villa aged 30 before moving on to Sunderland on a free transfer in July 2012. Cuéllar made 121 appearances and scored 3 goals during his 4 seasons with Villa.
Centre forward Emile Heskey made his final appearance for Villa aged 34 before retiring from football. Heskey made 110 appearances and scored 14 goals during his 4 seasons with Villa.
Right back Stephen Warnock made his final appearance for Villa aged 30 before moving on to Leeds United on a free transfer in January 2013. Warnock was a solid player who served Villa well over his 3 seasons and 101 appearances during which he scored 3 goals, however he was treated abominably by Gérard Houllier and later by Paul Lambert both of whom ostracised Warnock from first team consideration and considerably weakened the defensive options of the team.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Norwich City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85
FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 2011-12 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Game | #38 |
Manager Game | #42 |
Sunday, 13 May 2012
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Alex McLeish | 🏴 | Glasgow, 2011-2012
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Alex McLeish | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 42 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 17 🟥 16 | 1.05
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Atkinson | 🏴 | West Riding, 2003-2022
Matches Officiated: 26
🟩 : 10
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 10
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 27 Aug 11, Villa 0-0 Wolves (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Dave Bryan, Glenn Turner
TEAM NEWS
James Collins and Gabriel Agbonlahor replace Alan Hutton and Charles N'Zogbia.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.52 |
Oldest Player |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | 36.09 |
Youngest Player |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 22.73 |
MANAGER
Alex McLeish | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 | 🔴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 🔴 |
MANAGER
Paul Lambert | 🏴 |
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Norwich City
GK John Ruddy | 🏴 |
CB Russell Martin | 🏴 |
CB Ryan Bennett | 🏴 |
RB Kyle Naughton | 🏴 |
M Bradley Johnson | 🏴 |
M Wes Hoolahan | 🇮🇪 |
M Elliott Bennett | 🇯🇲 |
M Simon Lappin | 🏴 |
M Jonny Howson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Grant Holt | 🏴 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Simeon Jackson | 🇨🇦 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Barry Bannan | 🏴 | for M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | 46’ |
🔁 M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | for CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 66’ |
🔁 CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | for LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 | 81’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Jonny Howson | 🏴 | (M Andrew Crofts | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Grant Holt | 🏴 | (CF Steve Morison | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Simeon Jackson | 🇨🇦 | (CF Aaron Wilbraham | 🏴 |)
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
M Samir Carruthers | 🇮🇪 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Jed Steer | 🏴 |
LB Adam Drury | 🏴 |
M Dave Fox | 🏴 |
M Andrew Surman | 🏴 |
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SQUAD STATS
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1st XI: £43.79m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 9/18
SQUAD STATS
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Team Cost: £11.26m
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 15/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 5 |
M Jermaine Jenas | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 |
Illness | 1 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
Out on Loan | 1 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | Olympiacos Piraeus
UNAVAILABLE
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Not Reported
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 | 2009-12 | 🕒 101 | 100 (1) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 8 | 🇺 4 | #820 |
🔴 CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 | 2009-12 | 🕒 111 | 111 (0) | ⚽ 15 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 3 | #822 |
🔴 CB James Collins | 🏴 | 2009-12 | 🕒 108 | 104 (4) | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 7 | #821 |
🔴 CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 2008-12 | 🕒 121 | 114 (7) | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 4 | 🇺 31 | #811 |
🔴 CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 2009-12 | 🕒 110 | 71 (39) | ⚽ 14 | 🔥 4 | 🇺 17 | #814 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 43%
Possession A | 57%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 19
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 10
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 9
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 6
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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Sunday, 13 May 2012
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