Game #4782
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 December 2003
Won
14th (+2)
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Premier League
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,722
Blackburn Rovers
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Lee Hendrie | 62โ | Jlloyd Samuel | 74โ |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | ๐ฎ๐ช | 2003-2006
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sรถrensen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
CB Olof Mellberg | ๐ธ๐ช |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
RB Mark Delaney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M Lee Hendrie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ |
M Gavin McCann | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Peter Whittingham | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Dion Dublin | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Juan Pablo รngel | ๐จ๐ด | โฝ |
CF Stefan Moore | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ |
MANAGER
Graeme Souness | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Blackburn Rovers
GK Brad Friedel | ๐บ๐ธ |
CB Lucas Neill | ๐ฆ๐บ | ๐ |
CB Craig Short | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
CB Markus Babbel | ๐ฉ๐ช |
CB Andy Todd | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Tugay Kerimoฤlu | ๐น๐ท | ๐ |
M Barry Ferguson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Paul Gallagher | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ |
W Brett Emerton | ๐ฆ๐บ |
CF Andrew Cole | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Dwight Yorke (ex) | ๐น๐น |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ CF Darius Vassell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CF Stefan Moore | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 67โ |
๐ M Thomas Hitzlsperger | ๐ฉ๐ช | for M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 78โ |
๐ RB Ulises de la Cruz | ๐ช๐จ | for M Lee Hendrie | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 89โ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | CB Lucas Neill | ๐ฆ๐บ | (CF Matt Jansen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐ | M Tugay Kerimoฤlu | ๐น๐ท | (M Garry Flitcroft | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐ | M Paul Gallagher | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | (LB Vratislav Greลกko | ๐ธ๐ฐ |)
๐ฉ 20 December 2003, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Ewood Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 December 2003
Villaโs transformed pre-Christmas form under David OโLeary extends to 5 wins in 6 games including 3 Premier League
Villa record their first away win of the season, their first under David OโLeary and their first since January 2003.
Juan Pablo รngel once again proves to be the catalyst in helping Villa climb to 14th place in the table.
Mark Delaney secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 134th appearance (118 Starts) to make it W50 D40 L44, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 18 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
Olof Mellberg secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 96th appearance to make it W30 D28 L38, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 5 Booking so far in his Villa career.
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