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2008–09 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

The 2008–09 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 134th season in English football. It was the club's 98th season in the top-flight and their 21st consecutive season in the top flight. They were managed by Martin O'Neill – in his third season since replacing David O'Leary. The 2008–09 season was the first spell in European competition for O'Neill, and the first for Villa, in 6 seasons.

Aston Villa
2008–09 season
ChairmanRandy Lerner
ManagerMartin O'Neill
Premier League6th
FA CupFifth round
League CupThird round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gabriel Agbonlahor (12)
All:
John Carew (15)
Highest home attendance42,585 vs Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle United
Lowest home attendance21,541 vs Queens Park Rangers

The club's first summer signing was the permanent capture of on-loan West Brom centre-back, Curtis Davies, in July, while their first sale was made in May, as Luke Moore completed a move to West Brom in an initial £3 million deal, after he had spent the second half of the 2007–08 season there on loan.

The fixtures for the 2008–09 season were announced on Monday 16 June 2008, with Aston Villa beginning at home against Manchester City and finishing the season at home to Newcastle. Due to Birmingham's relegation at the end of the 2007–08 season, there was no Second City derby, however they faced local rivals West Brom on 20 September 2008 at The Hawthorns and on 10 January 2009 at home.[1]

In December 2008, Everton player and boyhood Villa fan, Joleon Lescott put two past Villa and still lost the match following Ashley Young's "brilliant" equalizer.[2]

After 25 games, having qualified for the UEFA Cup as joint winners of the Intertoto Cup, the club were third in the table on 51 points, 2 points above Chelsea on level games and 7 points above Arsenal in 5th place and on course for a place in the Champions League for the first time since 1983. O'Neill decided to prioritise Champions League qualification above all else, fielding a virtual reserve side for a UEFA Cup game against CSKA Moscow which was subsequently lost.[3] Following this, Villa failed to win any of the next 8 league games and improving form for Arsenal & Chelsea meant that Villa failed to reach the top 4.

Kit edit

Kit Supplier Sponsor
Nike Acorns*

*Villa passed up sponsorship for the 2008-09 season and instead displayed the children's hospice charity, Acorns.

Transfers edit

Transferred in edit

Date Pos Player From Fee
3 July 2008 CB Curtis Davies West Bromwich Albion £8,000,000
10 July 2008 CM Steve Sidwell Chelsea £5,000,000
26 July 2008 GK   Brad Friedel Blackburn Rovers £2,500,000
1 August 2008 GK   Brad Guzan   Chivas USA £600,000
7 August 2008 LB Nicky Shorey Reading £2,000,000
8 August 2008 RB Luke Young Middlesbrough £6,000,000
12 August 2008 CB   Carlos Cuéllar   Rangers £7,800,000
30 August 2008 RM James Milner Newcastle United £12,000,000
23 January 2009 CF Emile Heskey Wigan Athletic £3,500,000
£45,400,000

  Record

Loaned in edit

Date Pos Player From Loan End

Transferred out edit

Date Pos Player To Fee
28 May 2008 CF Luke Moore West Bromwich Albion £3,000,000
1 July 2008 AM   Patrik Berger   Sparta Prague Free transfer
1 July 2008 CB   Olof Mellberg   Juventus Free transfer
1 July 2008 GK   Thomas Sørensen Stoke City Free transfer
22 August 2008 AM   Shaun Maloney   Celtic £3,000,000
3 January 2009 LM Wayne Routledge Queens Park Rangers £600,000
£6,600,000

Loaned out edit

Date Pos Player To Loan End
23 September 2008 GK   David Bevan Tamworth 20 December 2008
3 November 2008 CF Sam Williams Colchester United 30 November 2008
5 November 2008 LB   Stephen O'Halloran   Swansea City 1 January 2009
20 November 2008 LM Wayne Routledge   Cardiff City 2 January 2009
30 January 2009 CF Sam Williams Walsall 15 February 2009
3 March 2009 CM Isaiah Osbourne Nottingham Forest 31 May 2009
9 March 2009 CF Sam Williams Brentford 31 May 2009
13 March 2009 CM   Barry Bannan Derby County 31 May 2009
13 March 2009 GK Stuart Taylor   Cardiff City 31 May 2009
23 March 2009 CF Marlon Harewood Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 May 2009

Overall transfer activity edit

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Brad Friedel
2 DF   ENG Luke Young
3 DF   NED Wilfred Bouma
4 MF   ENG Steve Sidwell
6 MF   ENG Gareth Barry (vice-captain)
7 MF   ENG Ashley Young
8 MF   ENG James Milner
9 FW   ENG Marlon Harewood
10 FW   NOR John Carew
11 FW   ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor
13 GK   ENG Stuart Taylor
14 FW   ENG Nathan Delfouneso
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   ENG Curtis Davies
16 DF   ENG Zat Knight
17 MF   TOG Moustapha Salifou
18 FW   ENG Emile Heskey
19 MF   BUL Stiliyan Petrov
20 MF   ENG Nigel Reo-Coker
21 DF   ENG Nicky Shorey
22 GK   USA Brad Guzan
24 DF   ESP Carlos Cuéllar
26 MF   ENG Craig Gardner
27 MF   ENG Isaiah Osbourne
45 MF   ENG Marc Albrighton
46 MF   SCO Barry Bannan

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF   DEN Martin Laursen (captain; retired)
9 FW   ENG Marlon Harewood (on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
18 MF   ENG Wayne Routledge (to Queens Park Rangers)
27 MF   ENG Isaiah Osbourne (on loan to Nottingham Forest)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF   SCO Shaun Maloney (to Celtic)
29 DF   IRL Stephen O'Halloran (on loan to Swansea City)
46 MF   SCO Barry Bannan (on loan to Derby County)

Reserve squad edit

The following players made most of their appearances for the reserve team this season, and did not appear for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF   IRL Stephen O'Halloran
43 DF   USA Eric Lichaj
47 DF   ENG Ciaran Clark
48 DF   ENG Nathan Baker
49 MF   AUS Chris Herd
No. Pos. Nation Player
51 DF   IRL Shane Lowry
— GK   ENG Elliot Parish
— MF   HUN Zoltán Stieber
— FW   ENG Sam Williams
— FW   SWE Tobias Mikaelsson (on trial to BK Häcken)

Youth squad edit

The following players made most of their appearances for the youth team this season, but may have also appeared for the reserves.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   NIR Conor Devlin (on loan from Manchester United)
— GK   AUT Thomas Dau
— GK   SUI Benjamin Siegrist
— GK   KOS Aldi Haxhia (on loan from Chelsea)
— DF   ENG Durrell Berry
— DF   ENG Daniel Bradley
— DF   ENG Ellis Deeney
— DF   ENG Ben Love
— DF   ENG Matthew Roome
— DF   ENG Sam Simmonds
— DF   WAL Tomos Roberts
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   IRL Derrick Williams[notes 1]
— MF   ENG Richard Blythe
— MF   ENG Jack Dyer
— MF   ENG Jason Lampkin
— MF   AUT Dominik Hofbauer
— MF   HUN András Stieber
— FW   ENG Ethan Moore
— FW   ENG Kofi Poyser
— FW   ENG Ryan Simmonds
— FW   IRL James Collins[notes 2]
— FW   AUT Andreas Weimann

Other players edit

The following players did not appear for any squad this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   ENG Calum Barrett
— GK   ENG Matt Coton
— GK   IRL David Bevan (on loan to Tamworth)
— DF   ENG James Clifton
— DF   ENG Jordan Collins
— DF   ENG Calum Flanagan
— DF   ENG Fred Holtom
— DF   IRL Richard Bryan[notes 3]
— DF   NED Arsenio Halfhuid
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ENG Emmitt Delfouneso
— MF   ENG Harry Forrester
— MF   ENG Gary Gardner
— MF   ENG William Grocott
— MF   ENG Ebby Nelson-Addy
— MF   ENG Charlie Ward
— FW   NIR Adam McGurk
— FW   TUR Umit Eminoglu[notes 4]

Trialists edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ENG Alex Witham
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   AUS Reece Caira (on trial from Blacktown City)

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Premier League — — 6th 17 August 2008 24 May 2009
Football League Cup Third round — Third round 24 September 2008 24 September 2008
FA Cup 3rd round — 5th round 4 January 2009 15 February 2009

Updated to match played 12 June 2008
Source: Competitions

Premier League edit

Main article: 2008–09 Premier League

Final league table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Arsenal 38 20 12 6 68 37 +31 72 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Everton 38 17 12 9 55 37 +18 63 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
6 Aston Villa 38 17 11 10 54 48 +6 62
7 Fulham 38 14 11 13 39 34 +5 53 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 9 15 45 45 0 51
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since both finalists of the FA Cup (Chelsea and Everton) and the League Cup winners (Manchester United) qualified for the European competitions based on their league position, the sixth-placed team (Aston Villa) received a berth in the Europa League play-off round and the seventh-placed team (Fulham) received a berth in the Europa League third qualifying round.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 17 11 10 54 48  +6 62 7 9 3 27 21  +6 10 2 7 27 27  0

Matches edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Venue
10 July 2008 FC Wil 1900   A 6 – 0 Harewood (2), Carew, Delfouneso, Maloney, Routledge Sportpark Bergholz
12 July 2008 FC Zürich   A 1 – 2 Agbonlahor Letzigrund
15 July 2008 Lincoln City A 1 – 3 Carew Sincil Bank
22 July 2008 Walsall A 3 – 2 Maloney (2), Routledge Bescot Stadium
2 August 2008 Reading A 1 – 1 Archived 4 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Agbonlahor Madejski Stadium
6 August 2008 Real Balompédica Linense   A 1 – 1 Carew Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción
8 August 2008 UD Marbella   A 2 – 0 Delfouneso, Gardner Estadio Municipal de Marbella

First-Team edit

Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Venue Attendance Competition
19 July 2008 Odense Boldklub   A 2–2 Carew, Laursen Fionia Park 12,000 UEFA Intertoto Cup – 3rd round
26 July 2008 Odense Boldklub   H 1–0 A.Young Villa Park 34,394 UEFA Intertoto Cup – 3rd round
14 August 2008 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar   A 4–1 Barry, A.Young, Agbonlahor, Laursen Laugardalsvöllur 2,200 UEFA Cup – Second qualifying round
17 August 2008 Manchester City H 4–2 Carew, Agbonlahor (3) Villa Park 39,955 Premier League
23 August 2008 Stoke City A 2–3 Carew, Laursen Britannia Stadium 27,500 Premier League
28 August 2008 Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar   H 1–1 Gardner Villa Park 25,415 UEFA Cup – Second qualifying round
31 August 2008 Liverpool H 0–0 Villa Park 41,647 Premier League
15 September 2008 Tottenham Hotspur A 2-1 Reo-Coker, A.Young White Hart Lane 36,076 Premier League
18 September 2008 PFC Litex Lovech   A 3–1 Reo-Coker, Barry, Petrov Lovech Stadium 7,000 UEFA Cup – First round
21 September 2008 West Bromwich Albion A 2–1 Carew, Agbonlahor The Hawthorns 26,011 Premier League
24 September 2008 Queens Park Rangers H 0–1 Villa Park 21,541 League Cup
27 September 2008 Sunderland H 2–1 A.Young, Carew Villa Park 38,706 Premier League
2 October 2008 PFC Litex Lovech   H 1–1 Harewood Villa Park 27,230 UEFA Cup – First round
5 October 2008 Chelsea A 0–2 Stamford Bridge 41,593 Premier League
18 October 2008 Portsmouth H 0–0 Villa Park 37,660 Premier League
23 October 2008 Ajax   H 2–1 Laursen, Barry Villa Park 36,657 UEFA Cup – Group Stage
26 October 2008 Wigan Athletic A 4–0 Barry, Agbonlahor, Carew, Sidwell JJB Stadium 20,249 Premier League
29 October 2008 Blackburn Rovers H 3–2 L.Young, Barry, Agbonlahor Villa Park 35,985 Premier League
3 November 2008 Newcastle United A 0–2 St James' Park 44,567 Premier League
6 November 2008 Slavia Prague   A 1–0 Carew Synot Tip Arena 22,322 UEFA Cup – Group Stage
9 November 2008 Middlesbrough H 1–2 Sidwell Villa Park 36,672 Premier League
15 November 2008 Arsenal A 2–0 Clichy (OG), Agbonlahor Emirates Stadium 60,047 Premier League
22 November 2008 Manchester United H 0–0 Villa Park 42,585 Premier League
29 November 2008 Fulham H 0–0 Villa Park 36,625 Premier League
4 December 2008 MŠK Žilina   H 1–2 Delfouneso Villa Park 28,797 UEFA Cup – Group Stage
7 December 2008 Everton A 3–2 Sidwell, A.Young (2) Goodison Park 31,922 Premier League
13 December 2008 Bolton Wanderers H 4–2 Agbonlahor (2), Davies (OG), A.Young Villa Park 35,134 Premier League
17 December 2008 Hamburger SV   A 1–3 Delfouneso HSH Nordbank Arena 49,121 UEFA Cup – Group Stage
20 December 2008 West Ham United A 1–0 Neill (OG) Boleyn Ground 31,353 Premier League
26 December 2008 Arsenal H 2–2 Barry (pen), Knight Villa Park 42,585 Premier League
30 December 2008 Hull City A 1–0 Zayatte (OG) KC Stadium 24,727 Premier League
4 January 2009 Gillingham A 2–1 Milner (2) Priestfield Stadium 10,107 FA Cup – Third round
10 January 2009 West Bromwich Albion H 2–1 Davies, Agbonlahor Villa Park 41,757 Premier League
17 January 2009 Sunderland A 2–1 Milner, Barry (PEN) Stadium of Light 40,350 Premier League
24 January 2009 Doncaster Rovers A 0–0 Keepmoat Stadium 13,517 FA Cup – Fourth round
27 January 2009 Portsmouth A 1–0 Heskey Fratton Park 19,073 Premier League
31 January 2009 Wigan Athletic H 0–0 Villa Park 41,766 Premier League
4 February 2009 Doncaster Rovers H 3–1 Sidwell, Carew, Delfouneso Villa Park 24,203 FA Cup – Fourth round replay
7 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers A 2–0 Milner, Agbonlahor Ewood Park 24,267 Premier League
15 February 2009 Everton A 1–3 Milner Goodison Park 35,439 FA Cup – Fifth round
18 February 2009 CSKA Moscow   H 1–1 Carew Villa Park 38,038 UEFA Cup – Round of 32
21 February 2009 Chelsea H 0–1 Villa Park 42,585 Premier League
26 February 2009 CSKA Moscow   A 0–2 Luzhniki Stadium 25,650 UEFA Cup – Round of 32
1 March 2009 Stoke City H 2–2 Petrov, Carew Villa Park 39,641 Premier League
4 March 2009 Manchester City A 0–2 City of Manchester Stadium 40,137 Premier League
15 March 2009 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–2 Carew Villa Park 41,205 Premier League
22 March 2009 Liverpool A 0–5 Anfield 44,131 Premier League
5 April 2009 Manchester United A 2–3 Carew, Agbonlahor Old Trafford 75,409 Premier League
12 April 2009 Everton H 3–3 Carew, Milner, Barry (PEN) Villa Park 40,188 Premier League
18 April 2009 West Ham United H 1–1 Heskey Villa Park 39,534 Premier League
25 April 2009 Bolton Wanderers A 1–1 A.Young Reebok Stadium 21,709 Premier League
2 May 2009 Hull City H 1–0 Carew Villa Park 39,607 Premier League
9 May 2009 Fulham A 1–3 A.Young Craven Cottage 25,660 Premier League
16 May 2009 Middlesbrough A 1–1 Carew Riverside Stadium 27,261 Premier League
24 May 2009 Newcastle United H 1–0 Duff (OG) Villa Park 42,585 Premier League

Reserves edit

Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Venue
3 September 2008 Stoke City A 2 – 1 Delfouneso, Osbourne Britannia Stadium
8 September 2008 Tottenham Hotspur H 1 – 0 Herd Villa Park
29 September 2008 Arsenal A 4 – 1 Albrighton (2), Stieber (2) Underhill Stadium
13 October 2008 Chelsea A 1 – 0 Sidwell Griffin Park
20 October 2008 Portsmouth A 0 – 2 West Leigh Park
10 November 2008 West Bromwich Albion A 2 – 1 Bannan (2) The Hawthorns
25 November 2008 Fulham A 1 – 1 Bannan Motspur Park
13 January 2009 West Ham United H 0 – 0 De Montfort Park
16 February 2009 Arsenal H 0 – 0 De Montfort Park
2 March 2009 Chelsea H 4 – 3 Delfouneso (2), Hogg, Clark Villa Park
10 March 2009 Portsmouth H 6 – 1 Hogg (2), Lowry, Weimann, Lichaj, G.Gardner Villa Park
17 March 2009 West Ham United A 2 – 0 Weimann, Hofbauer Woodside Park
23 March 2009 Stoke City H 1 – 0 Collins Villa Park

Academy edit

Date Opponents H/A Result Scorers Competition
19 July 2008 Queens Park Rangers A 6 – 1 A.Stieber (2), Forrester (2), Weimann (2) Friendly
2 August 2008 Doncaster Rovers H 6 – 0 R.Simmonds (2), G.Gardner, Poyser, Berry, Chapman Friendly
9 August 2008 Plymouth Argyle H 4 – 0 R.Simmonds, G.Gardner, Forrester, Ja.Collins Friendly
23 August 2008 Sheffield United A 1 – 1 Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
30 August 2008 Barnsley H 3 – 0 Ja.Collins (2), Grocott Premier Academy League
6 September 2008 Chelsea H 2 – 0 Weimann, Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
13 September 2008 West Ham United A 0 – 3 Premier Academy League
20 September 2008 Norwich City A 1 – 1 Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
27 September 2008 Tottenham Hotspur H 0 – 2 Premier Academy League
4 October 2008 Cardiff City A 4 – 2 Hofbauer, Ja.Collins, Grocott, Forrester Premier Academy League
11 October 2008 Coventry City H 5 – 0 Ja.Collins (3), Poyser, Grocott Premier Academy League
19 October 2008 Birmingham City A 5 – 0 Poyser (3), Clark, Berry Premier Academy League
8 November 2008 Reading A 3 – 1 Ja.Collins, Weimann, Forrester Premier Academy League
15 November 2008 Watford H 3 – 2 Forrester, Ja.Collins (2) Premier Academy League
22 November 2008 Bristol City H 4 – 2 Berry, Weimann (2), Hofbauer Premier Academy League
6 December 2008 MK Dons A 3 – 0 Ja.Collins, Blythe, A.Stieber Premier Academy League
10 December 2008 Arsenal H 2 – 3 Ja.Collins (2) FA Youth Cup
17 January 2009 Leicester City A 0 – 2 Premier Academy League
24 January 2009 Reading H 2 – 1 A.Stieber, Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
31 January 2009 Watford H 3 – 1 Grocott, Bradley, Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
14 February 2009 MK Dons H 4 – 0 Ja.Collins, G.Gardner (2), Moore Premier Academy League
21 February 2009 Tottenham Hotspur A 4 – 4 Ja.Collins (2), Weimann, A.Stieber Premier Academy League
28 February 2009 Birmingham City H 2 – 2 Forrester, Ja.Collins Premier Academy League
7 March 2009 Cardiff City H 3 – 2 Forrester, Ja.Collins (2) Premier Academy League
14 March 2009 Coventry City A 0 – 0 Premier Academy League
21 March 2009 Ipswich Town H 4 – 2 Weimann (2), Ja.Collins, A.Stieber Premier Academy League

Statistics edit

Player statistics edit

First-Team edit

No. Pos. Nationality Player Apps   Goals Assists   YC   RC Total Apps Total Goals
1 GK   United States Brad Friedel 46 0 0 1 1 46 0
2 DF   England Luke Young 43 1 0 7 0 43 1
3 DF   Netherlands Wilfred Bouma 2 0 0 0 0 90 1
4 MF   England Steve Sidwell 25 4 1 6 1 25 4
5 DF   Denmark Martin Laursen 24 4 2 1 0 91 11
6 MF   England Gareth Barry 48 8 9 10 0 440 52
7 MF   England Ashley Young 48 9 15 8 1 100 19
8 MF   England James Milner 43 6 8 7 0 79 9


9 FW   England Marlon Harewood 15 1 3 1 0 40 7
10 FW   Norway John Carew 34 15 4 3 0 78 31
11 FW   England Gabriel Agbonlahor 48 13 10 4 0 139 35
13 GK   England Stuart Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 17 0
14 FW   England Nathan Delfouneso 13 3 0 1 0 13 3
15 DF   England Curtis Davies 45 1 1 3 0 59 2
16 DF   England Zat Knight 26 1 0 1 0 54 2
17 MF   Togo Moustapha Salifou 9 0 1 0 0 13 0
18 FW   England Emile Heskey 14 2 0 0 0 14 2
19 MF   Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov 47 2 4 9 0 112 5
20 MF   England Nigel Reo-Coker 36 2 1 4 0 75 3
21 DF   England Nicky Shorey 33 0 2 2 0 33 0
22 GK   United States Brad Guzan 8 0 0 1 0 8 0
24 DF   Spain Carlos Cuéllar 36 0 0 4 0 36 0
26 MF   England Craig Gardner 30 1 2 4 0 77 6
27 MF   England Isaiah Osbourne 6 0 0 1 0 29 0
29 DF   Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Halloran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF   United States Eric Lichaj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF   England Marc Albrighton 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
46 MF   Scotland Barry Bannan 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
47 DF   England Ciaran Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 DF   England Nathan Baker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 MF   Australia Chris Herd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 MF   Ireland Shane Lowry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • Last Update: End of season
  • Data includes all competitive competitions

Reserves/Academy edit

No. Pos. Nationality Player Reserve Apps   Reserve Goals Academy Apps   Academy Goals Total Apps   Total Goals
45 MF   England Marc Albrighton 10 2 2 0 12 2
48 DF   England Nathan Baker 4 0 12 0 16 0
46 MF   Scotland Barry Bannan 11 3 4 0 15 3
– FW   England Durrell Berry 0 0 9 2 9 2
– MF   England Richard Blythe 1 0 16 1 17 1
– MF   England Daniel Bradley 0 0 6 1 6 1
47 DF   England Ciaran Clark 12 1 9 1 21 2
– FW   England James Collins 10 1 22 24 32 25
– GK   Austria Thomas Dau 0 0 14 0 14 0
14 FW   England Nathan Delfouneso 9 3 1 0 10 3
* GK   Northern Ireland Conor Devlin 0 0 1 0 1 0
– MF   England Jack Dyer 1 0 13 0 14 0
– DF   England Calum Flanagan 1 0 17 0 18 0
41 MF   England Harry Forrester 3 0 18 5 21 5
– MF   England Gary Gardner 2 1 11 2 13 3
– MF   England Will Grocott 1 0 18 4 19 4
– DF   Netherlands Arsenio Halfhuid 0 0 5 0 5 0
* GK   Kosovo Aldi Haxhia 0 0 1 0 1 0
49 MF   Australia Chris Herd 7 1 0 0 7 1
42 MF   Austria Dominik Hofbauer 6 1 17 3 23 4
– MF   England Jonathan Hogg 5 3 0 0 5 3
– MF   England Jason Lampkin 0 0 8 0 8 0
43 DF   United States Eric Lichaj 10 1 0 0 10 1
– MF   England Ben Love 0 0 5 0 5 0
51 DF   Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 8 1 0 0 8 1
– FW   Sweden Tobias Mikaelsson 3 0 0 0 3 0
– FW   England Ethan Moore 0 0 1 1 1 1
29 DF   Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Halloran 2 0 0 0 2 0
53 GK   England Elliott Parish 9 0 3 0 12 0
– FW   England Kofi Poyser 0 0 13 4 13 4
– DF   Wales Tomos Roberts 0 0 12 0 12 0
– DF   England Matthew Roome 5 0 14 0 19 0
– GK   Switzerland Benjamin Siegrist 0 0 4 0 4 0
– MF   England Ryan Simmonds 0 0 13 0 13 0
– DF   England Sam Simmonds 1 0 6 0 7 0
– MF   Hungary András Stieber 0 0 11 4 11 4
* MF   Hungary Zoltán Stieber 8 2 0 0 8 2
– FW   Austria Andreas Weimann 10 2 18 6 28 8
– DF   Republic of Ireland Derrick Williams 0 0 1 0 1 0
– FW   England Sam Williams 4 0 0 0 4 0
  • Last Update: 25 March 2009
  • Data includes all competitions
  • Zoltán Stieber signed for TuS Koblenz on 29 January 2009. Conor Devlin and Aldi Haxhia were signed on emergency short-term loan deals. Both returned to Manchester United and Chelsea respectively.

Squad information edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App(GS/Sub)
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK   Brad Friedel 37 Non-EU 2008 16 (16/0) 0 2011 £2.5m
13 GK   Stuart Taylor 27 EU 2005 17 (14/3) 0 2009 Undisclosed
22 GK   Brad Guzan 23 Non-EU 2008 2 (2/0) 0 2011 £0.6m
2 RB   Luke Young 29 EU 2008 14 (13/1) 1 2011 £6m
3 LB   Wilfred Bouma 30 EU 2005 90 (87/3) 1 2011 £3.5m
5 CB   Martin Laursen 31 EU 2004 83 (81/2) 11 2010 £3m
15 CB   Curtis Davies 23 EU 2008 27 (22/5) 1 2012 Undisclosed
16 CB   Zat Knight 28 EU 2007 34 (32/2) 1 2011 £3.5m
21 LB   Nicky Shorey 27 EU 2008 16 (16/0) 0 2011 Undisclosed
24 CB   Carlos Cuéllar 27 EU 2008 12 (9/3) 0 2012 £7.8m
29 LB   Stephen O'Halloran 20 EU 2008 0 (0/0) 0 2009 Academy
4 CM   Steve Sidwell 25 EU 2008 6 (3/3) 1 2011 Undisclosed
6 CM   Gareth Barry 27 EU 1997 410 (393/17) 49 2010 Undisclosed
7 LM   Ashley Young 23 EU 2007 70 (67/3) 14 2011 £9.6m
8 RM   James Milner 22 EU 2008 45 (40/5) 3 2012 £12m
17 CM   Moustapha Salifou 25 Non-EU 2007 9 (3/6) 0 2009 Undisclosed
19 CM   Stiliyan Petrov 29 EU 2006 82 (75/7) 4 2010 £6.5m
20 CM   Nigel Reo-Coker 24 EU 2007 56 (56/0) 3 2011 £8.5m
26 CM   Craig Gardner 21 EU 2005 58 (37/21) 6 2011 Academy
27 CM   Isaiah Osbourne 20 EU 2006 26 (13/13) 0 2011 Academy
9 CF   Marlon Harewood 29 EU 2006 34 (7/27) 7 2010 £4m
10 CF   John Carew 28 EU 2007 59 (57/2) 23 2010 Part-Exchange
11 CF   Gabriel Agbonlahor 21 EU 2006 110 (102/8) 29 2011 Academy
14 CF   Nathan Delfouneso 17 EU 2008 3 (0/3) 0 2010 Academy
18 CF   Emile Heskey 29 EU 2009 3 (3/0) 1 2012 £3.5m
  • Last updated: 12 May 2008
  • Source: avfc.co.uk, players' Wikipedia articles
  • Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Notes edit

  1. ^ Williams was born in Hamburg, Germany, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2018.
  2. ^ Collins was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.
  3. ^ Bryan was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-16 and U-17 level.
  4. ^ Eminoglu was born in Solihull, England, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-16 level.

References edit

  1. ^ "Premier League 2008/09 fixtures announced". Premier League. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  2. ^ 7th December 2008 Everton 2-3 Aston Villa
  3. ^ "Villa 'reserves' crash out to CSKA Moscow". CNN. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

External links edit

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