Villa vs.
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
🟨 28 August 2008, Villa 1-1 Hafnarfjordur, Villa Park.
Game #4981
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Björn Kuipers | 🇳🇱 | Oldenzaal, 2006-2021
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Aggregate Score: 🟩 5-2
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #89 |
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Scorer(s) | Craig Gardner | 27’ |
Assist(s) | Marlon Harewood | 27' |
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
Substitutes
🔁 F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 🟨 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 62’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
Starting XI
GK Gunnar Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Dennis Slim | 🇩🇰 |
M Tommy Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Ásgeir Gunnar Ásgeirsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Davíd Thór Viðarsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Matthías Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Björn Daníel Sverisson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
LB Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 |
CF Tryggvi Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 🇮🇸 |
CF Atli Vidar Björnsson | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Björn Daníel Sverisson | 🇮🇸 | (CF Jónas Grani Garðarsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Tryggvi Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 | (D Gudmundur Sævarsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Atli Vidar Björnsson | 🇮🇸 | (W Atli Guðnason | 🇮🇸 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Dathi Larusson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Freyr Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
CB Hoskuldur Eiriksson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Birkir Sverrisson | 🇮🇸 |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Craig Gardner, Assist by Marlon Harewood
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 1-1, (Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar), Atli Vidar Björnsson
🟨 | 40’ Booking, Marlon Harewood
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Nathan Delfouneso
🟨 | 72’ Booking, Nathan Delfouneso
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
On This Day
Villa face Hafnarfjarðar in the return leg of the UEFA Cup qualifier and are held after leading for three minutes.
Martin O'Neill's changes see Villa struggle against their opponents but with qualification never in danger after the first leg a UEFA Cup 1st Round place is theirs.
🟩 14 August 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur.
Game #4978
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Radek Matějek | 🇨🇿 | 2004-
Kick off: 7.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Scorer(s) | Gareth Barry | 4’ | Ashley Young | 6’ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 38’ | Martin Laursen | 64’ |
Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 4' | 64' |
Match Timeline
Starting XI
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 🟢 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 🟢 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 66’ |
🔁 W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 🟢 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 76’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
Starting XI
GK Gunnar Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 |
LB Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Höskuldur Eiríksson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Dennis Slim | 🇩🇰 |
M Tommy Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
M Matthías Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ |
M Davíd Thór Viðarsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
M Björn Daníel Sverisson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 |
W Atli Guðnason | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Tryggvi Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
CF Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 🇮🇸 |
Substitutes
🔁 | D Höskuldur Eiríksson | 🇮🇸 | (D Gudmundur Sævarsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | M Davíd Thór Viðarsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Ásgeir Gunnar Ásgeirsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | W Atli Guðnason | 🇮🇸 | (CF Jónas Grani Garðarsson | 🇮🇸 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Dathi Larusson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Freyr Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
CB Birkir Sverrisson | 🇮🇸 |
M Hakon Hallfredsson | 🇮🇸 |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Brad Friedel, Nicky Shorey
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Gareth Barry, Assist by Ashley Young
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 2-0, Ashley Young
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 3-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 3-1, (Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar), Matthías Gudmundsson
🕒 | HT Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Gareth Barry
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 4-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Ashley Young
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Moustapha Salifou
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Wayne Routledge
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Nathan Delfouneso 🟢
🕒 | FT Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1-4 Aston Villa
On This Day
Villa face Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar for the first time in competitive football, Hafnarfjarðar become the 152nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 35th continental European opponents and their second from Iceland after their meeting with Valur Reykavik in their 1981-82 European Cup winning campaign.
Goalkeeper Brad Friedel, 37, makes his Villa debut after joining from Blackburn Rovers for £2,250,000 in July 2008 to become the 808th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Left back Nicky Shorey, 27, makes his Villa debut after joining from Reading for a fee of £3,960,000 earlier this monthto become the 809th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Forward Nathan Delfouneso, 17, makes his Villa debut as a substitute after coming through the ranks as a schoolboy before signing professional forms in July 2008 to become the 810th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Craig Gardner makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (33 Starts) to make it W20 D13 L17, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.