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CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

2001-02 🕒 11 | 2 (9) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 17 | #757 |

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CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Boško Balaban

Personal Profile

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Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
15 October 1978
Rijeka 🇭🇷
Croatia 🇭🇷
Croatia 🇭🇷
(5 ft 10 in) 1.80 m
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Personal

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Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

- 1995 HNK Rijeka Youth 🇭🇷
Croatian First Football League

1995-00 HNK Rijeka 🇭🇷
Croatian First Football League, 🕒 87 | 47 (40) | ⚽ 21 |

2000-01 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 🇭🇷 Free
Croatian First Football League, 🕒 27 | 25 (2) | ⚽ 14 |

Transfer In

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Transfer In

Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
2001-02
1 July 2001
22
£7,020,000
Dinamo Zagreb 🇭🇷
John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Career

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Villa Career

Villa Career

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Aston Villa 2001-02 | £7.02m |
Premier League |
🕒 11 | 2 (9) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 17 | #757 |

🟩 4 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 3 |
Cards 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 |

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Played Under

Managers

John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2001 🕒 8 | 6 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 2 |
Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2002 🕒 3 | 0 (3) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 |

Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥

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Career Summary

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🗓️
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟨
🟥
🟩 %
🟨 %
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
2
11
2
9
17
1.45
4
4
3
36%
36%
27%
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0.00

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Competition Record

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🕒 League
🕒 FA Cup
🕒 League Cup
🕒 Europe
🕒 European Cup
8
0
2
1
0
⚽ League
⚽ FA Cup
⚽ League Cup
⚽ Europe
⚽ European Cup
0
0
0
0
0
🔥 League
🔥 FA Cup
🔥 League Cup
🔥 Europe
🔥 European Cup
0
0
0
0
0
League Gi
FA Cup Gi
League Cup Gi
Europe Gi
European Cup Gi
0
0
0
0
0
League GPG
FA Cup GPG
League Cup GPG
Europe GPG
European Cup GPG
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
League GPGi
FA Cup GPGi
League Cup GPGi
Europe GPGi
European Cup GPGi
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Games 🕒, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

Seasons

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Season by Season Record

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🗓️
🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
2001-02
22
PL
8th
11
2
9
16
1.45
4
36%
4
36%
3
27%
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
2002-03
23
PL
16th
0
0
0
1
0.00
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0
0
0
0.00
0.00

Seasons 🗓️, Age 🎂, League 〽️, Position 🏆, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Goalkeeping Record

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GK #
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %
Season
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Honours

Villa Honours

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Played for the Villa

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Debuts & Dates

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Season
First Squad
Manager
2001-02
🟨 26 August 2001, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park.
John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Season
Debut
Manager
Aged
2001-02
🟨 26 August 2001, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park.
John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
22
Game #
First Goal
Scorer(s)
Did not Score
Game #
First Assist
Game #
First Clean Sheet
Season
Final Game
Aged
Manager
2001-02
🟨 20 April 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.
23
Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Season
Final Squad
Manager
2002-03
🟩 27 July 2002, Villa 3-0 Zürich, Villa Park.
David O'Leary 🇮🇪
Debut
Loans

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Loans Out

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Loans

2002-03 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 🇭🇷
21 Aug 2002 to 30 Jun 2003
Prva HNL, 🕒 2 | 2 (0) | ⚽ 0 |

Transfer Out

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Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
2003-04
1 January 2004
25
Free
Club Brugge KV 🇧🇪
David O'Leary 🇮🇪

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Subsequent Clubs

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Subsequent Clubs

2004-07 Club Brugge KV 🇧🇪 Free
Jupiler Pro League, 🕒 118 | 105 (13) | ⚽ 58 |

2007-09 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 🇭🇷 £1.53m
SuperSport HNL, 🕒 47 | 38 (9) | ⚽ 20 |

2009-12 Panionios Athens 🇬🇷 Free
Super League 1, 🕒 54 | 49 (5) | ⚽ 13 |

2012 FA Selangor 🇲🇾 Free
Malaysia Super League

2012 Retired aged 33

Quotes

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Quotes

Biography

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Biography

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Appearances

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Appearances

11

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Game
Matchday Summary
Match Squad
Game #4673
🟨 26 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park
Starting XI: GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Subs: M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4675
🟨 16 Sep 2001, Villa 0-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
Starting XI: GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Subs: W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4677
🟩 24 Sep 2001, Villa 3-1 Southampton, St Mary's
Starting XI: GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Subs: LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #4678
🟩 27 Sep 2001, Villa 1-0 Varteks, Gradski
Starting XI: GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | Subs: CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #4680
🟩 10 Oct 2001, Villa 1-0 Reading, Villa Park
Starting XI: GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | Subs: CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4681
🟩 14 Oct 2001, Villa 2-0 Fulham, Villa Park
Starting XI: GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Subs: M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4688
🟥 28 Nov 2001, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
Starting XI: GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | Subs: M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #4693
🟥 22 Dec 2001, Villa 1-3 Derby, Pride Park
Starting XI: GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Subs: M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4705
🟥 5 Mar 2002, Villa 0-3 Blackburn, Ewood
Starting XI: GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | Subs: M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4709
🟨 2 Apr 2002, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, Villa Park
Starting XI: GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Peter Crouch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | Subs: F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Starts

2

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Game
Matchday Summary
Line Up
Game #4678
🟩 27 Sep 2001, Villa 1-0 Varteks, Gradski
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 | CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 | M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | ⚽ | W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
Game #4688
🟥 28 Nov 2001, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Villa Park
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
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Starts
Subs

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Substitute Appearances

9

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
Game #4673
🟨 26 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4675
🟨 16 Sep 2001, Villa 0-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4677
🟩 24 Sep 2001, Villa 3-1 Southampton, St Mary's
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #4680
🟩 10 Oct 2001, Villa 1-0 Reading, Villa Park
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4681
🟩 14 Oct 2001, Villa 2-0 Fulham, Villa Park
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
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Unused

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Unused Substitute Appearances

17

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Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
Game #4674
🟩 8 Sep 2001, Villa 3-1 Liverpool, Anfield
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4676
🟥 20 Sep 2001, Villa 2-3 Varteks, Villa Park
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | F Stefan Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Game #4679
🟩 30 Sep 2001, Villa 2-0 Blackburn, Villa Park
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4683
🟩 24 Oct 2001, Villa 1-0 Charlton, Villa Park
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Game #4685
🟥 3 Nov 2001, Villa 0-3 Newcastle, St James' Park
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
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Goals

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Goals Scored

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
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Assists

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Assists Made

0

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Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
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Cards

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Cards Received

🟨

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0

🟥

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
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International

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Croatia

International Record

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International Career
Caps with Villa
2000-07 🕒 34 | 16 (18) | ⚽ 10 |
2001-04 🕒 8 | 3 (5) | ⚽ 0 |
Matches

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Matches

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🟨 26 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

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Game #4673

Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Graham Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Tring, 1997-2002
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #164 |
Sunday, 26 August 2001

Premier League

Scorer(s) | Darius Vassell | 4’ |

Assist(s) | Hassan Kachloul | 4’ |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🔥 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 64’ |
🔁 CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 🟢 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 79’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |

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Starting XI

GK Roy Carroll | 🇬🇧 |
LB Mikaël Silvestre | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Wes Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ronny Johnsen | 🇳🇴 |
RB Gary Neville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Juan Sebastián Verón | 🇦🇷 | 🟨 |
M Roy Keane | 🇮🇪 |
M Paul Scholes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W David Beckham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Ryan Giggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Ruud van Nistelrooy | 🇳🇱 |

Substitutes

🔁 | LB Mikaël Silvestre | 🇫🇷 | (RB Phil Neville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W David Beckham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Andrew Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Paul Scholes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 🇳🇴 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Raimond Van Der Gouw | 🇳🇱 |
CF Dwight Yorke (ex) | 🇹🇹 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Hassan Kachloul
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester United
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Mustapha Hadji
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Boško Balaban 🟢
🥅 | 90’+3 Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United), Alpay Özalan o.g.
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester United

On This Day

  • Villa make it consecutive Premier League draws to open the season as they sit 14th in the early table under John Gregory.

  • An injury time own goal by Alpay Özalan costs Villa a first win since 1995 against Manchester United.

  • Croatian Forward Boško Balaban, 22, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Dinamo Zagreb for an eye-watering fee of £7,020,000 in July and becomes the 757th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Darius Vassell scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 64th appearance (12 Starts) to make it W27 D14 L23, 10 Goals, 4 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.57 games played so far in his Villa career.

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🟨 16 Sep 2001, Villa 0-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

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Game #4675

Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1994-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Game | #4 |
Manager Game | #166 |
Sunday, 16 September 2001

Premier League

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 55’ |
🔁 F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 68’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 |

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Starting XI

GK Jürgen Macho | 🇦🇹 |
LB Michael Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB George McCartney | 🇬🇧 |
CB Jody Craddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Bernt Haas |🇨🇭| 🟨 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Kevin Kilbane | 🇮🇪 |
M Stefan Schwarz | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |
M Julio Arca | 🇦🇷 |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Kevin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 | (CF Lilian Laslandes | 🇫🇷 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Michael Ingham | 🇬🇧 |
RB Darren Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Thirlwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Bellion | 🇫🇷 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sunderland
🔁 | 55’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, David Ginola
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Boško Balaban
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Sunderland

On This Day

  • Villa extend their unbeaten run to 4 games under John Gregory but can only draw to fall back to 10th in the early Premier League table.

  • Paul Merson makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (110 Starts) to make it W48 D40 L37, 17 Goals, 20 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.38 games played so far in his Villa career.

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🟩 24 Sep 2001, Villa 3-1 Southampton, St Mary's

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Game #4677

Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #168 |
Monday, 24 September 2001

Premier League

Scorer(s) | George Boateng | 9’ | Juan Pablo Ángel | 15’ | Mustapha Hadji | 79’ |

Assist(s) | Dion Dublin | 9’ | 20' | Lee Hendrie | 79’ |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | ⚽ |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🟥 |

Substitutes

🔁 LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | for M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 69’ |
🔁 F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 74’ |
🔁 M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 87’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |

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Starting XI

GK Paul Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Wayne Bridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tahar El Khalej | 🇲🇦 |
CB Claus Lundekvam | 🇳🇴 |
M Matt Oakley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Anders Svensson | 🇸🇪 |
M Rory Delap | 🇮🇪 | 🟥 |
M Jo Tessem | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
CF Kevin Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF James Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Marians Pahars | 🇱🇻 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Jo Tessem | 🇳🇴 | (LB Francis Benali | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | CF Kevin Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Scott McDonald | 🇦🇺 |)
🔁 | CF Marians Pahars | 🇱🇻 | (M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Neil Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Marsden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, George Boateng, Assist by Dion Dublin
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 2-0, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Dion Dublin
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 2-1, (Southampton), Marian Pahars
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-2 Aston Villa
🟥 | 52’ Sending off, (Southampton), Rory Delap
🟥 | 57’ Sending off, Dion Dublin
🟨 | 64’ Booking, Lee Hendrie
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Hassan Kachloul
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Hassan Kachloul, Sub on, Steve Staunton
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Boško Balaban
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 3-1, Mustapha Hadji, Assist by Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Steve Stone
🕒 | FT Southampton 1-3 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa make it five 5 unbeaten in the League under John Gregory as they record their second win to climb to sixth in the early table.

  • Mustapha Hadji scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance (3 Starts) to make it W4 D3 L2 and 1 Goals so far in his Villa career.

  • Dion Dublin contributes his 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt before being sent off on his 105th appearance (95 Starts) to make it W40 D32 L33, 37 Goals, 13 Assists, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.10 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Hassan Kachloul makes his 10th start in a Villa shirt (11 Appearances) to make it W5 D4 L2, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🟩 27 Sep 2001, Villa 1-0 Varteks, Gradski

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Game #4678

Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz | 🇩🇰 | Viborg, 1999–2010
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟨 3-3
🟥 Varteks Varaždin win on Away goals
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #169 |
Thursday, 27 September 2001

UEFA Cup

Scorer(s) | Mustapha Hadji | 92’ |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | ⚽ |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 46’ |
🔁 M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 | 49’ |
🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 63’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Danijel Mađarić | 🇭🇷 |
LB Danijel Hrman | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Matjia Kristić | 🇭🇷 |
CB Zoran Kastel | 🇭🇷 |
RB Goran Granić | 🇭🇷 |
M Miljenko Mumlek | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
M Denis Mukaj | 🇦🇱 |
M Ivan Režić | 🇭🇷 |
W Silvester Sabolčki | 🇭🇷 |
CF Veldin Karic | 🇭🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Sasa Bjelanovic | 🇭🇷 |

Substitutes

🔁 | LB Danijel Hrman | 🇭🇷 | (CB Antun Andričević | 🇭🇷 |)
🔁 | M Miljenko Mumlek | 🇭🇷 | (LB Andrija Balajić | 🇭🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Veldin Karic | 🇭🇷 | (CF Oskar Drobne | 🇸🇮 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Zeljko Rumbak | 🇭🇷 |
D Goran Borovic | 🇭🇷 |
M Hrvoje Sklepic | 🇭🇷 |
M Nikola Safaric | 🇭🇷 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Varteks Varaždin 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Boško Balaban, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🔁 | 49’ Sub off, Olof Mellberg (injury), Sub on, Steve Stone
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Hassan Kachloul, Sub on, Dion Dublin
🟨 | 84’ Booking, David Ginola
⚽ | 90’+2 Goal, 1-0, Mustapha Hadji
🟨 | 90’+5 Booking, George Boateng
🕒 | FT Varteks Varaždin 0-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Despite Mustapha Hadji's injury time winner Villa are knocked out of the UEFA Cup on the away goals rule.

  • Mustapha Hadji makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W5 D3 L2 and 2 Goals so far in his Villa career.

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🟩 10 Oct 2001, Villa 1-0 Reading, Villa Park

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Game #4680

Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Matt Messias | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1997-2006
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #15 |
Manager Game | #171 |
Wednesday, 10 October 2001

League Cup

Scorer(s) | Dion Dublin | 45’ |

Assist(s) | Hassan Kachloul | 45' |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🔥 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🟨 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 27’ |
🔁 CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 87’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stephen Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Phil Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Adrian Whitbread | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Adi Viveash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ady Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Anthony Rougier | 🇹🇹 | 🔁 |
M Phil Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M James Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Martin Butler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Nicky Forster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Adrian Whitbread | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Jamie Cureton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Anthony Rougier | 🇹🇹 | (LB Matthew Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Phil Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Darius Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Jamie Ashdown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Casper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟨 | 18’ Booking, Mustapha Hadji
🔁 | 27’ Sub off, Mark Delaney (injury), Sub on, Dion Dublin
🟨 | 36’ Booking, Alan Wright
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by Hassan Kachloul
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Reading
🟨 | 68’ Booking, George Boateng
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Boško Balaban
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Reading

On This Day

  • Dion Dublin scores on the stroke of half time to send Villa through to the 4th Round of the League Cup.

  • George Boateng makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts) to make it W43 D31 L26, 5 Goals and 25 Bookings at a rate of a card every 4.00 games so far in his Villa career.

  • Lee Hendrie secures his 70th win in a Villa shirt on his 160th appearance (121 Starts) to make it W70 D43 L47, 19 Goals, 17 Assists, 29 Bookings and 3 Red Cards at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.57 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Mark Delaney secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 74th appearance (58 Starts) to make it W30 D23 L21, 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 9 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🟩 14 Oct 2001, Villa 2-0 Fulham, Villa Park

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Game #4681

Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1987-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Game | #7 |
Manager Game | #172 |
Sunday, 14 October 2001

Premier League

Scorer(s) | Darius Vassell | 50’ | Ian Taylor | 61’ |

Assist(s) | Mustapha Hadji | 50’ | Juan Pablo Ángel | 61’ |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 16’ |
🔁 F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 62’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |

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Starting XI

GK Edwin van der Sar | 🇳🇱 |
LB Rufus Brevett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Melville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Steve Finnan | 🇮🇪 |
M John Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steed Malbranque | 🇫🇷 |
M Sylvain Legwinski | 🇫🇷 |
M Sean Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Steve Marlet | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Louis Saha | 🇫🇷 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Alain Goma | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | M Sean Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Luís Boa Morte | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | CF Steve Marlet | 🇫🇷 | (CF Barry Hayles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Maik Taylor | 🇬🇧 |
M Lee Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🔁 | 16’ Sub off, Hassan Kachloul (injury), Sub on, Ian Taylor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Fulham
🟨 | 49’ Booking, Mustapha Hadji
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Mustapha Hadji
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-0, Ian Taylor, Assist by Juan Pablo Ángel
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Boško Balaban
💥 | 85’ Missed Penalty (Fulham), Louis Saha
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham

On This Day

  • Villa win a 3rd consecutive Premier League game to extend their unbeaten run to 7 top flight matches under John Gregor to remain 4th in the early table.

  • Alan Wright makes his 300th appearance in a Villa shirt (296 Starts) to make it W132 D80 L88, 5 Goals, 24 Assists and 21 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Mustapha Hadji contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance (7 Starts) to make it W8 D3 L2, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.33 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Darius Vassell secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 69th appearance (17 Starts) to make it W30 D15 L24, 13 Goals, 4 Assists, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.06 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Juan Pablo Ángel secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 16th start (20 Appearances) to make it W10 D4 L6, 7 Goals, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.77 starts so far in his Villa career and making a mockery of those who had rendered him a failure after a 7 game goalless spell following his arrival in January 2001.Villa win a 3rd consecutive Premier League game to extend their unbeaten run to 7 top flight matches under John Gregory.

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🟥 28 Nov 2001, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

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Game #4688

Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Clive Wilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1990-2003
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #23 |
Manager Game | #179 |
Wednesday, 28 November 2001

League Cup

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | for M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 41’ |
🔁 W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | 63’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Danny Maddix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Haslam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Derek Geary | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Leigh Bromby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Trondt Soltvedt | 🇳🇴 |
M Phil O’Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Owen Morrison | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Alan Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
W Simon Donnelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Gerald Sibon | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Owen Morrison | 🇬🇧 | (M Paul McLaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | M Alan Quinn | 🇮🇪 | (CF Efan Ekoku | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Gerald Sibon | 🇳🇱 | (CB Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Chris Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Pablo Bonvin | 🇦🇷 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 40’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Efan Ekoku
🔁 | 41’ Sub off, Mustapha Hadji (injury), Sub on, George Boateng
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, David Ginola
🔁 | 63’ Sub off, Boško Balaban, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday

On This Day

  • John Gregory weakens his team too much to allow second tier side Wednesday to win at Villa Park and knock Villa out of the League Cup.

  • Villa fail to score for the 3rd time in 4 games under John Gregory as they're knocked out of the League Cup by first division Wednesday.

  • Olof Mellberg makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W3 D5 L2, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

  • Lee Hendrie suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 168th appearance (129 Starts) to make it W73 D45 L50, 19 Goals, 17 Assists, 30 Bookings and 3 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🟥 22 Dec 2001, Villa 1-3 Derby, Pride Park

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Game #4693

Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: David Elleray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1986-2003
Kick off: 1.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #18 |
Manager Game | #184 |
Saturday, 22 December 2001

Premier League

​Scorer(s) | Juan Pablo Ángel | 45’ |

Assist(s) | Dion Dublin | 45’ |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | for RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | for M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 80’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Mart Poom | 🇪🇪 |
LB Paul Boertien | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Luciano Zavagno | 🇦🇷 |
CB Youl Mawéné | 🇫🇷 |
CB Danny Higginbotham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Riggott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB François Grenet | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Pierre Ducrocq | 🇫🇷 |
M Giorgi Kinkladze | 🇬🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Fabrizio Ravanelli | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ |
F Benito Carbone (ex) | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | RB François Grenet | 🇫🇷 | (M Adam Bolder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Giorgi Kinkladze | 🇬🇪 | (CF Deon Burton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | F Benito Carbone (ex) | 🇮🇹 | CF Malcolm Christie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Andy Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 45’ Goal, 0-1, (Derby County), Fabrizio Ravanelli
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 1-1, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Dion Dublin
🕒 | HT Derby County 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jlloyd Samuel, Sub on, Hassan Kachloul
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 1-2, (Derby County), Benito Carbone
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, George Boateng, Sub on, Boško Balaban
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 1-3, (Derby County), Malcolm Christie
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Derby County 3-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa's strange couple of months continues as they lose for the fourth time in eight Premier League games since taking top spot in late October to sit 8th in the table under John Gregory.

  • Despite Juan Pablo Ángel's third goal in two games Villa make it just one victory under John Gregory in the last 7.

  • To make matters more painful it is a malcontent from a previous season who does the damage but fair play to Benito Carbone who declines to celebrate after belatedly realising what he is missing.

  • Peter Schmeichel concedes 3 goals for the 4th time this season on his 22nd appearance to make it W11 D5 L6, 1 Goal, 23 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.05 goals per game and 9 Clean Sheets (41%) so far in his Villa career.

  • Dion Dublin makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (119 Appearances) to make it W46 D34 L39, 39 Goals, 15 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.20 games played so far in his Villa career.

  • Juan Pablo Ángel contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 24th start (28 Appearances) to make it W12 D6 L10, 12 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.60 starts so far in his Villa career. 

  • Jlloyd Samuel makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (13 Starts) to make it W10 D7 L8, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🟥 5 Mar 2002, Villa 0-3 Blackburn, Ewood

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Game #4705

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Game | #29 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Tuesday, 5 March 2002

Premier League

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | 46’ |
🔁 M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 72’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 |

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Starting XI

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nils-Eric Johansson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Lucas Neill | 🇦🇺 |
CB Henning Berg | 🇩🇰 |
M Hakan Ünsal | 🇹🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Damien Duff | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Andrew Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Matt Jansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Hakan Ünsal | 🇹🇷 | (CB Martin Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Tugay Kerimoğlu | 🇹🇷 | (W Keith Gillespie | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | CF Matt Jansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Yordi | 🇪🇸 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Alan Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Craig Hignett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), David Dunn
🟨 | 36’ Booking, George Boateng
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Mustapha Hadji, Sub on, Paul Merson
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Boško Balaban
🟨 | 82’ Booking, Mark Delaney
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Damien Duff
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 0-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Andrew Cole
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa, with one win in six since John Gregory's departure, are humiliated by relegation threatened Blackburn at Ewood Park yet manager Graham Taylor appears worryingly detached and unbothered.

  • Villa lose for the 2nd time in 4 games under Graham Taylor as the reality of his rushed appointment was brought to bear not only by his results but also by his worryingly passive post match comments after defeat to a side firmly mired in the relegation places. 

  • Peter Schmeichel concedes 3 goals for the 6th time this season on his 37th appearance and is now without a clean sheet in 14 games to make it W14 D7 L10, 1 Goal, 37 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.19 goals per game and 9 Clean Sheets (29%) so far in his Villa career.

  • Jlloyd Samuel makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (37 Appearances) to make it W13 D12 L12, 3 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🟨 2 Apr 2002, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, Villa Park

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Game #4709

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Steve Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1992-2006
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Game | #33 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Tuesday, 2 April 2002

Premier League

Scorer(s) | Peter Crouch | 26’ |

Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 26’ |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |

Substitutes

🔁 F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Peter Crouch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |
🔁 F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | for M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | 75’ |
🔁 M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 | 88’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Sylvain Distin | 🇫🇷 |
D Andy O'Brien | 🇮🇪 |
CB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
CB Nikos Dabizas | 🇬🇷 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 |
M Jermaine Jenas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Kieron Dyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Laurent Robert | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Carl Cort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Laurent Robert | 🇫🇷 | (LB Olivier Bernard | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Carl Cort | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Clarence Acuña | 🇨🇱 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Steve Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Robbie Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Lomano LuaLua | 🇨🇩 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Alan Shearer
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-1, Peter Crouch, Assist by Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle United
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Peter Crouch, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Mustapha Hadji, Sub on, Boško Balaban
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, George Boateng, Sub on, Steve Stone
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle United

On This Day

  • Villa put in an improved performance under Graham Taylor but their run extends to one win in ten Premier League games since John Gregory's departure.

  • Peter Crouch scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W0 D1 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

  • Boško Balaban makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) to make it W4 D3 L3, 0 Goals and 0 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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Game #4712

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 2002-2003
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Game | #36 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 20 April 2002

Premier League

​Scorer(s) | Darius Vassell | 22’ | Thomas Hitzlsperger | 27’ |

Assist(s) | Peter Crouch | 22’ | Steve Staunton 27’ |

Teams

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Starting XI

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Crouch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | for F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 80’ |
🔁 F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | for RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 80’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Boaz Myhill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |

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Starting XI

GK Ian Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Rowett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frank Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Callum Davidson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Matt Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lee Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Muzzy Izzet | 🇹🇷 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Robbie Savage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Stefan Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Matthew Piper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Dickov | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Callum Davidson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CB Matt Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Lee Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Jon Ashton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Stefan Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Jon Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Mike Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Williamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Darius Vassell, Assist by Peter Crouch
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 1-1, (Leicester City, pen), Muzzy Izzet
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 2-1, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Assist by Steve Staunton
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Jon Stevenson
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Darius Vassell, Sub on, Hassan Kachloul
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Jlloyd Samuel, Sub on, Boško Balaban 🔴
🕒 | FT Leicester City 2-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa now have 1 win in 11 games under Graham Taylor. 

  • Villa stop their run of defeats with a draw at already relegated Leicester City.

  • Meanwhile the career of one of the strangest signings in Villa's history came to an end. Bert Kingaby (1905-06) and Gary Penrice (1991-92) had been odd signings but Boško Balaban took this to another level. What made the Balaban case more concerning than curious were allegations about fees and funds not tying up and claims of mystery beneficiaries of a transfer that was as ill-suited as it was overpriced. Three signings of this ilk in 115 years was probably not bad going but in a surprising turn of events they became a far more regular occurrence over the following decade. Graham Taylor and his successors David O'Leary, Martin O'Neill and Paul Lambert all made signings - some more than once - who rivalled Balaban in mystifying observers and who were clearly out of their depth in the top flight. Over the following decade Michael Boulding (Taylor), Eric Djemba Djemba (O'Leary), Moustapha Salifou and Habib Beye (O'Neill) and Joe Bennett and Jordan Bowery (Lambert) confounded the footballing world and led many to question the judgement of successive Villa bosses.

  • Boško Balaban makes his 11th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) to make it W4 D4 L3, 0 Goals and 0 Assists across his 8 months in and around the first team.

  • Thomas Hitzlsperger scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W1 D3 L7, 2 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

  • Darius Vassell contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 99th appearance (40 Starts) to make it W36 D26 L37, 18 Goals, 7 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.96 games played so far in his Villa career.

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