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Aston Villa
2007–08 season
ChairmanRandy Lerner
ManagerMartin O'Neill
Premier League6th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: John Carew (13)
All: John Carew (13)
Highest home attendance42,640 (vs. Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Sunderland)
Lowest home attendance25,956 (vs. Leicester City)
Second City Derby
52--36--28

The 2007–08 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 133rd season in English football. It was the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and 16th consecutive season in the Premier League. The season saw Martin O'Neill continue as manager as the club impressed in league competition, but struggled in both domestic cup competitions – being knocked out in the third round of both.

There were debuts for Nigel Reo-Coker, Zat Knight, Scott Carson, Marlon Harewood, Curtis Davies, Moustapha Salifou and Wayne Routledge.[1] Reo-Coker scored his first goal for Villa in a 5–0 League Cup 2nd round victory over Wrexham on 28 August 2007.[2] Zat Knight signed from Fulham. His last Fulham match was the 2–1 defeat against Villa, in which he played a part in Villa's equaliser when an Ashley Young shot deflected off him into the net, although this was later given as Young's goal.[citation needed] Carson was loaned from Liverpool where he had been 2nd choice to Pepe Reina with further competition from Charles Itandje.

Kit

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Transfers

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Transferred in

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Date Pos Player From Fee
5 July 2007 CM Nigel Reo-Coker West Ham United £8,500,000
17 July 2007 CF Marlon Harewood West Ham United £4,000,000
29 August 2007 CB Zat Knight Fulham £3,500,000
31 August 2007 AM Togo Moustapha Salifou Germany FC Wil £750,000
30 January 2008 RM Wayne Routledge Tottenham Hotspur £1,250,000
£18,000,000

Loaned in

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Date Pos Player From Loan End
10 August 2007 GK Scott Carson Liverpool 31 May 2008
31 August 2007 CB Curtis Davies West Bromwich Albion 31 May 2008

Transferred out

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Date Pos Player To Fee
8 June 2007 CM Gavin McCann Bolton Wanderers £1,000,000
27 June 2007 RB Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes Fulham £1,000,000
1 July 2007 RB Wales Mark Delaney Retired
1 July 2007 CF Chris Sutton Retired
1 July 2007 DM Cameroon Eric Djemba-Djemba Qatar Qatar SC Free transfer
1 July 2007 GK Republic of Ireland Stephen Henderson Bristol City Free transfer
1 July 2007 RM Lee Hendrie Sheffield United Free transfer
1 July 2007 GK Austria Bobby Olejnik Scotland Falkirk Free transfer
1 July 2007 LB Trinidad and Tobago Jlloyd Samuel Bolton Wanderers Free transfer
5 July 2007 CM Northern Ireland Steven Davis Fulham £2,000,000
3 August 2007 CB Liam Ridgewell Birmingham City £2,000,000
30 January 2008 CB Gary Cahill Bolton Wanderers £5,000,000
£11,000,000

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Loan End
19 September 2007 CB Gary Cahill Sheffield United 16 January 2008
16 January 2008 LB Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Halloran Southampton 16 February 2008
28 February 2008 LB Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Halloran Leeds United 31 May 2008

Overall transfer activity

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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 +39 76 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5 Everton 38 19 8 11 55 33 +22 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Aston Villa 38 16 12 10 71 51 +20 60 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
7 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 13 10 50 48 +2 58
8 Portsmouth 38 16 9 13 48 40 +8 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
Notes:

Players

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First team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Netherlands NED Wilfred Bouma
4 DF Sweden SWE Olof Mellberg
5 DF Denmark DEN Martin Laursen
6 MF England ENG Gareth Barry
7 MF England ENG Ashley Young
8 FW England ENG Luke Moore
9 FW England ENG Marlon Harewood
10 FW Norway NOR John Carew
11 FW England ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor
13 GK England ENG Stuart Taylor
15 DF England ENG Curtis Davies (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF England ENG Zat Knight
17 MF Togo TOG Moustapha Salifou
18 MF England ENG Wayne Routledge
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Stilyan Petrov
20 MF England ENG Nigel Reo-Coker
22 GK England ENG Scott Carson (on loan from Liverpool)
23 MF Czech Republic CZE Patrik Berger
26 MF England ENG Craig Gardner
27 MF England ENG Isaiah Osbourne
28 MF Scotland SCO Shaun Maloney

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF England ENG Gary Cahill (to Bolton Wanderers)

Reserve squad

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The following players made most of their appearances playing for the reserves, but may have also appeared for the youth team.[3]

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 Denmark DEN Thomas Sørensen
29 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen O'Halloran
DF Sweden SWE Erik Lund
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Lowry[notes 1]
MF England ENG Jonathan Hogg
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Sam Williams
MF Switzerland SUI Yagó Bellón
MF Hungary HUN Zoltán Stieber (on loan Yeovil Town)
FW Sweden SWE Tobias Mikaelsson (on loan to Port Vale)

Youth squad

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The following players made most of their appearances playing for the youth team, 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
14 FW England ENG Nathan Delfouneso
GK England ENG Elliot Parish
GK Republic of Ireland IRL David Bevan
GK Austria AUT Thomas Dau
DF England ENG Nathan Baker
DF England ENG Durrell Berry
DF England ENG Daniel Bradley
DF England ENG Steven Clancy (on trial to Crewe Alexandra)
DF England ENG Ciaran Clark[notes 2]
DF England ENG Calum Flanagan
DF England ENG Matthew Roome
DF England ENG Sam Simmonds
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Danny Earls
DF United States USA Eric Lichaj
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Marc Albrighton
MF England ENG Harry Forrester
MF England ENG William Grocott
MF England ENG Jason Lampkin
MF Scotland SCO Barry Bannan
MF Austria AUT Dominik Hofbauer
MF Switzerland SUI Damian Bellón
MF Australia AUS Chris Herd (on loan to Port Vale and Wycombe Wanderers)
FW England ENG Kofi Poyser
FW England ENG Ryan Simmonds
FW Republic of Ireland IRL James Collins[notes 3]
FW Austria AUT Andreas Weimann
DF   Will Ricketts
  Aaron Griffiths (on trial to Coventry City)

Other players

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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 England ENG Deale Chamberlain
GK Republic of Ireland IRL Lee Boyle (contract cancelled)
GK France FRA Steve Mandanda (on trial from Le Havre)
DF England ENG Scott Bridges (to Banbury United)
DF England ENG James Clifton
DF England ENG Jordan Collins
DF England ENG Ben Love
DF Wales WAL Tomos Roberts
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Mark Power
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Ivory Coast CIV Arsène Menessou (on trial from Le Havre)
MF England ENG Richard Blythe
MF England ENG Jack Dyer
MF England ENG Gary Gardner
MF England ENG Charlie Ward
MF Hungary HUN András Stieber
FW England ENG Ethan Moore
FW Northern Ireland NIR Adam McGurk
  Joseph Jackman

Kit

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The 2007–08 season saw the unveiling of Nike as the club's kit producer, taking over from Danish firm Hummel. The deal – worth £25 million over 5 seasons – was announced on 7 February 2007, with all home, away and goalkeeper kits being unveiled on 17 July 2007. The home shirt was made available to purchase on 8 August 2007, and the away on 4 October 2007. A charcoal and white third shirt was unveiled and released in November 2007. The home shirt followed the club's usual template of a claret body and blue arms, with a white "AVFC" banner and printed lion featured on the hem and back of the collar respectively. The away shirt featured a white body, with blue pinstripes – in a similar style to that of the 1982 European Cup winners' jersey (which featured claret stripes in place of the modern blue alternative). The third shirt was charcoal with white piping. The home goalkeeper shirt featured horizontal stripes, with different alternating shades of grey. The away replicated this style, with different shades of yellow.

Gibraltar-based betting firm 32Red continued their sponsorship of the club, however with the contract in its last year, Villa are expected to announce another deal for the forthcoming 2008–09 season.

Crest

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A new crest was revealed on 2 May 2007 to be introduced for the 2007–08 season. The new crest included a star to represent the European Cup win in 1982, and has a light blue background behind Villa's "lion rampant." The traditional motto "Prepared" remained in the crest, and the name "Aston Villa" was shortened to AVFC, FC having been omitted from the previous crest. Randy Lerner petitioned fans to help with the design of the new crest.

Transfers

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Summer transfer window

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Following the transfer of prolific striker Juan Pablo Ángel to New York Red Bulls in April, several Villa first-teamers followed the Colombian out of the door in the summer of 2007. Gavin McCann joined Bolton Wanderers in £1 million deal on 12 June, then a fortnight later, versatile defender Aaron Hughes left for Fulham, also in a £1 million deal. McCann was joined by Jlloyd Samuel – who had spent much of the previous season on the bench for the Midlanders – at Bolton, signing on a free transfer when his contract expired on 1 July. However, the two most surprising deals occurred with two academy players, in Steven Davis and Liam Ridgewell. Davis – who had won Player of the Year for the club in the 2005–06 season – signed for Fulham on 5 July for an undisclosed fee. Liam Ridgewell made the trip across the city to Birmingham City on 3 August, in a £2 million move. Other moves saw midfielder Lee Hendrie end his 14-year association with the club in a free transfer to Sheffield United, Phil Bardsley returned to Manchester United after a 13-game loan stint at the club, whilst Stephen Henderson, Bobby Olejnik, Mark Delaney, Scott Bridges and Eric Djemba-Djemba all left Villa Park.

Villa clinched their first transfer on 5 July with the £8.5 million signing of midfield battler Nigel Reo-Coker from West Ham United. 11 days later, Marlon Harewood also moved from Upton Park, for an undisclosed fee. Scott Carson was the next to arrive on 10 August, in a loan switch from Liverpool (although some media sources claim a fee of £2 million up front was agreed), before defenders Zat Knight and Curtis Davies both signed on 29 and 31 August respectively. Knight signed for his hometown club for a fee of £3.5 million from Fulham, whilst Davies signed on a season-long loan from local rivals West Bromwich Albion. Other deals saw Austrian youngsters Andreas Weimann and Dominik Hofbauer sign, as well as Eric Lichaj, Harry Forrester and Togolese international Moustapha Salifou.

Winter transfer window

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After failing to find a suitor in the summer, Gary Cahill was allowed to leave on a loan deal to Sheffield United in September; however, he joined Bolton on a permanent deal on 30 January for an undisclosed fee. Youngsters Chris Herd, Tobias Mikaelsson, Stephen O'Halloran and Zoltán Stieber were all farmed out on loan. The biggest news, however, was that Swedish international defender Olof Mellberg, was to join Italian giants Juventus on a free transfer at the end of the season.

Unlike the summer transfer window, Aston Villa were extremely quiet in the winter equivalent, purchasing just one senior player in Wayne Routledge (£1.25 million) from Tottenham Hotspur. He was also followed by youngsters Thomas Dau and Lance Heslop.

Summary

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In

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Date Player Previous Club Fee Ref
June 2007 Austria Andreas Weimann Austria Rapid Wien Undisclosed
July 2007 England Harry Forrester Watford Undisclosed
July 2007 United States Eric Lichaj United States University of North Carolina Undisclosed
5 July 2007 England Nigel Reo-Coker West Ham United £8,500,000
17 July 2007 England Marlon Harewood West Ham United Undisclosed
29 August 2007 England Zat Knight Fulham £3,500,000
31 August 2007 Togo Moustapha Salifou Switzerland FC Wil 1900 Undisclosed
4 December 2007 Austria Thomas Dau Austria SV Schwechat Juniors Undisclosed
December 2007 New Zealand Lance Heslop New Zealand Auckland City Undisclosed
30 January 2008 England Wayne Routledge Tottenham Hotspur £1,250,000

Out

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Date Player Transfer to Fee Ref
12 June 2007 England Gavin McCann Bolton Wanderers £1,000,000
27 June 2007 Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes Fulham £1,000,000
1 July 2007 Republic of Ireland Stephen Henderson Bristol City Free
1 July 2007 Austria Bobby Olejnik Scotland Falkirk Free
1 July 2007 Trinidad and Tobago Jlloyd Samuel Bolton Wanderers Free
5 July 2007 Northern Ireland Steven Davis Fulham Undisclosed
19 July 2007 England Lee Hendrie Sheffield United Free
3 August 2007 England Liam Ridgewell Birmingham City £2,000,000
30 January 2008 England Gary Cahill Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed

Pre-season results

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Date Opponent Venue Result
F – A
Competition Scorers
25 July 2007 Toronto FC Canada A 4–2 Friendly match Moore (3), Carew
28 July 2007 Columbus Crew United States A 3–1 Friendly match Young, Barry, Moore
01/08/2007 Stoke City A 2–0 Friendly match Berger, Agbonlahor
04/08/2007 Internazionale Italy H 3–0 Friendly match Barry (2), Lausren
07/08/2007 Walsall A 1–1 Friendly match Boertien (og)

Players of the year

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At the end of season awards dinner, Martin Laursen was announced as the Supporters' Player of the Year, whilst Gabriel Agbonlahor was the Supporter's and Player's Young Player of the Year.[4]

Results

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Premier League

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Results by matchday

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Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWDWWLWDWLDWWWLLDDDWWWDDLWWDDLLLWWWDLD
Position148953645598866788887766666666778776666
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
11 August 2007 1 Aston Villa 1–2 Liverpool Birmingham, West Midlands
Mellberg Yellow card 26'
Bouma Yellow card 58'
Barry Yellow card 67', 85' (pen.)
Petrov Yellow card 89'
Report Laursen 31' (o.g.)
Pennant Yellow card 55'
Reina Yellow card 84'
Gerrard 87'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
18 August 2007 2 Newcastle United 0–0 Aston Villa Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST Report Gardner Yellow card 68'
Reo-Coker Yellow card 87'
Stadium: St. James' Park
Attendance: 51,049
Referee: Howard Webb
25 August 2007 3 Aston Villa 2–1 Fulham Birmingham, West Midlands
Young 51'
Maloney 90'
Report Baird 6' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,638
2 September 2007 4 Aston Villa 2–0 Chelsea Birmingham, West Midlands
16:00 BST Knight 47'
Reo-Coker Yellow card 56'
Barry Yellow card 66'
Carew Yellow card 71'
Agbonlahor 88'
Report Drogba Yellow card 70' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,714
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
16 September 2007 5 Manchester City 1–0 Aston Villa Manchester
16:00 BST M. Johnson 47'
Sun Yellow card 68'
Moore Yellow card 78'
Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 38,363
Referee: Martin Atkinson
23 September 2007 6 Aston Villa 2–0 Everton Birmingham, West Midlands
Carew 14'
Agbonlahor 50'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 38,747
1 October 2007 7 Tottenham Hotspur 4–4 Aston Villa Haringey, London
Berbatov 20'
Chimbonda 69'
Keane 82' (pen.)
Kaboul 90'
Report Laursen 22', 33'
Agbonlahor 40'
Gardner 49'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,094
Referee: Mike Dean
20 October 2007 9 Aston Villa 1–4 Manchester United Birmingham, West Midlands
Agbonlahor 12'
Reo-Coker Red card 60'
Carson Red card 66'
Report Rooney 36', 44'
Ferdinand 45'
Giggs 75'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
Referee: Rob Styles
28 October 2007 10 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Aston Villa Greater Manchester
Anelka 22' Report Moore 57' Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 18,413
3 November 2007 11 Aston Villa 2–0 Derby County Birmingham, West Midlands
Laursen 57'
Young 61'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 40,938
11 November 2007 12 Birmingham 1–2 Aston Villa Birmingham
Forssell 62' Report Ridgewell 11' (o.g.)
Agbonlahor 87'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 26,539
24 November 2007 13 Middlesbrough 0–3 Aston Villa Teesside
Report Carew 45'
Mellberg 48'
Agbonlahor 58'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 23,900
28 November 2007 14 Blackburn Rovers 0–4 Aston Villa Blackburn, Lancashire
Report Carew 29'
Agbonlahor 53' (pen.)
Young 81'
Harewood 89'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,776
Referee: Phil Dowd
1 December 2007 15 Aston Villa 1–2 Arsenal Birmingham, West Midlands
Gardner 14' Report Flamini 23'
Adebayor 35'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,018
8 December 2007 16 Aston Villa 1–3 Portsmouth Birmingham, West Midlands
12:45 Carew Yellow card 4'
Berger Yellow card 67'
Barry 72' (pen.)
Report Gardner 10' (o.g.)
Muntari 40', 61'
Mendes Yellow card 43'
Johnson Yellow card 68'
James Yellow card 74'
Pamarot Yellow card 75'
Kranjčar Yellow card 80'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,790
15 December 2007 17 Sunderland 1–1 Aston Villa County Durham
Higginbotham 10' Report Maloney 73' Stadium: Stadium Of Light
Attendance: 43,248
22 December 2007 18 Aston Villa 1–1 Manchester City Birmingham, West Midlands
Carew 14' Report Bianchi 11' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,455
26 December 2007 19 Chelsea 4–4 Aston Villa Fulham, London
Shevchenko 45+4' (pen.), 50'
Alex 66'
Carvalho Red card 80'
Ballack 88'
A. Cole Red card 90'
Report Maloney 14', 44'
Knight Red card 45'
Laursen 72'
Barry 90+2' (pen.)
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,686
Referee: Phil Dowd
29 December 2007 20 Wigan 1–2 Aston Villa Wigan
Bramble 28' Report Davies 55'
Agbonlahor 70'
Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 18,806
1 January 2008 21 Aston Villa 2–1 Tottenham Birmingham, West Midlands
Mellberg 41'
Laursen 81'
Report Defoe 79' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,609
12 January 2008 22 Aston Villa 3–1 Reading Birmingham, West Midlands
Carew 22', 88'
Laursen 55'
Report Harper 90' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 38,288
21 January 2008 23 Liverpool 2–2 Aston Villa Merseyside
Benayoun 19'
Crouch 88'
Report Harewood 69'
Aurélio 72' (o.g.)
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,590
26 January 2008 24 Aston Villa 1–1 Blackburn Birmingham, West Midlands
Young 73' Report Santa Cruz 68' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,602
3 February 2008 25 Fulham 2–1 Aston Villa Hammersmith
Davies 73'
Bullard 86'
Report Hughes 69' (o.g.) Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,760
9 February 2008 26 Aston Villa 4–1 Newcastle United Birmingham, West Midlands
Bouma 48'
Carew 51', 72', 90' (pen.)
Report Owen 4' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
Referee: Lee Mason
24 February 2008 27 Reading 1–2 Aston Villa Berkshire
Shorey 90' Report Young 45'
Harewood 82'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 23,889
1 March 2008 28 Arsenal 1–1 Aston Villa Highbury
Bendtner 90' Report Senderos 27' (o.g.) Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,097
12 March 2008 29 Aston Villa 1–1 Middlesbrough Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry 74' (pen.) Report Downing 23' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,874
15 March 2008 30 Portsmouth 2–0 Aston Villa Hampshire
Defoe 11'
Reo-Coker 38' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,388
22 March 2008 31 Aston Villa 0–1 Sunderland Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Chopra 83' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
29 March 2008 32 Manchester United 4–0 Aston Villa Trafford, Greater Manchester
Ronaldo 17'
Tevez 33'
Rooney 53', 70'
Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,932
Referee: Mark Halsey
12 April 2008 34 Derby County 0–6 Aston Villa Derby, Derbyshire
Report Young 25'
Carew 26'
Petrov 36'
Barry 58'
Agbonlahor 76'
Harewood 85'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 33,036
Referee: Keith Stroud
20 April 2008 35 Aston Villa 5–1 Birmingham City Birmingham, West Midlands
Young 28', 63'
Carew 42', 53'
Agbonlahor 78'
Report Forssell 67' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,584
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
27 April 2008 36 Everton 2–2 Aston Villa Merseyside
Neville 54'
Yobo 84'
Report Agbonlahor 80'
Carew 86'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,936
3 May 2008 37 Aston Villa 0–2 Wigan Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Valencia 52', 63' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640

League Cup

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28 August 2007 Second round Wrexham 0–5 Aston Villa Wrexham, North Wales
Report Maloney 30', 72'
Moore 52'
Reo-Coker 62'
Harewood 78'
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 8,221
Referee: Graham Laws
26 September 2007 Third round Aston Villa 0–1 Leicester City Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Fryatt 86' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 25,956

FA Cup

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Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of end of season[5]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
13 GK England ENG Stuart Taylor 6 0 3+1 0 2 0 0 0
22 GK England ENG Scott Carson 36 0 35 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
3 DF Netherlands NED Wilfred Bouma 39 1 38 1 0 0 1 0
4 DF Sweden SWE Olof Mellberg 37 2 33+1 2 2 0 1 0
5 DF Denmark DEN Martin Laursen 39 6 38 6 0 0 1 0
15 DF England ENG Curtis Davies 14 1 9+3 1 1 0 1 0
16 DF England ENG Zat Knight 28 1 25+2 1 1 0 0 0
26 DF England ENG Craig Gardner 25 3 15+8 3 1 0 0+1 0
Midfielders
6 MF England ENG Gareth Barry 40 9 37 9 2 0 1 0
7 MF England ENG Ashley Young 39 9 37 9 0+1 0 1 0
17 MF Togo TOG Moustapha Salifou 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England ENG Wayne Routledge 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Stilian Petrov 31 1 22+6 1 1+1 0 1 0
20 MF England ENG Nigel Reo-Coker 39 1 36 0 2 1 1 0
23 MF Czech Republic CZE Patrik Berger 9 0 0+8 0 0+1 0 0 0
27 MF England ENG Isaiah Osbourne 10 0 1+7 0 2 0 0 0
28 MF Scotland SCO Shaun Maloney 25 6 11+11 4 2 2 0+1 0
Forwards
8 FW England ENG Luke Moore 18 2 8+7 1 1+1 1 0+1 0
9 FW England ENG Marlon Harewood 25 6 1+22 5 2 1 0 0
10 FW Norway NOR John Carew 33 13 32 13 0 0 1 0
11 FW England ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor 40 11 37 11 2 0 1 0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
21 DF England ENG Gary Cahill 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0

Last updated: September 2017
Source: Competitions

Topscorers

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Notes

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  1. ^ Lowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia.
  2. ^ Clark was born in Harrow, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2011.
  3. ^ Collins was born in Coventry, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and has represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.

References

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  1. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
  2. ^ "Wrexham 0–5 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database".
  4. ^ "Gabby's Double Gold". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Aston Villa players: Premier League 2004".
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