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Wednesday February 4, 2009 Finished

3 - 1

Aston Villa

  • Sidwell 15’
  • Carew 19’
  • Delfouneso 60’

Doncaster Rovers

  • Price 45’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Doncaster Rovers
    • 92' In the last attack of the game Doncaster lump it forward for the first time and something nearly comes of it! Heffernan makes space for a shot, but Cuellar nips in and clears before he can try and bag another consolation goal. The referee blows up, and that's Villa through to the fifth round. Doncaster can take great credit from this performance though.
    • 89' There's two minutes of added time here. The Doncaster fans are cheering every pass made here, but their side have lacked teeth up front.
    • 85' Doncaster haven't given this up yet, and again Wellens finds space for a shot. His curling effort could almost be a cross, but it eludes everyone and goes out for a goal kick. If Doncaster could shoot, this result could have been very different.
    • 83' Doncaster come close to pulling one back from a Stock corner. Hird narrowly misses the far post as the ball rolls around the penalty area.
    • 81' 21,403 have made the journey to Villa Park tonight. It's absolutely arctic out there and they're all still in good spirits.
    • 77' Sub for Villa: Ashley Young goes off and is replaced by Isaih Osbourne.
    • 74' Triple substitution from Doncaster: John Spicer, Jamie Coppinger and Jason Price going off and Darren Byfield, Lewis Guy and Paul Heffernan replacing them.
    • 72' A bit of shoving takes place after Guzan kicks the ball into touch after Chambers was down. Doncaster play on from the throw-in and win a corner. Poor sportsmanship there. The corner is played out for a goal kick though, and all is well again.
    • 70' Sidwell plays Carew into the box, but he goes down under a challenge from Chambers! Villa fans are appealing for a penalty but the referee waves play on.
    • 68' It's all Doncaster now. But, is it too little too late? Wellens is denied a shooting opportunity by a good tackle from Curtis Davies.
    • 65' Villa have switched off again. Doncaster break forward and twice have a spare man over the Villa defence, but both times they fail to carve out a shooting opportunity. Can Doncaster pull a goal back?
    • 59' GOAL! And that should really be Villa through now. Delfouneso with a great diving header makes it 3-1 to Villa. Nicky Shorey had supplied a teasing cross from the left, but Delfouneso did really well to get onto the end of that ball. That more than makes up for his mistake at the end of the first half.
    • 58' Doncaster have been having some good possession at the moment. A poor free kick from Woods is floated into Guzan's hands to give Villa a breather though.
    • 57' Great save! Guzan, at full-stretch, manages to tip a brilliant strike from Brian Stock behind for a corner. Stock had just strolled out of midfield there and smashed a shot goalwards. Guzan has kept Villa ahead there.
    • 55' Wellens plays a great pass aimed at Price, but it's just too strong. If Price had got hold of that he was in. Villa were just watching there.
    • 54' John Carew is offside again. He looks a bit knackered to be honest.
    • 52' Again good work from Gardner who has a good run at the Doncaster back line, beating one man before smashing a shot hopelessly wide. Good work up until the finish.
    • 49' Craig Gardner is getting into the game a bit more here. He breaks forward after exchanging passes with Salifou but Doncaster are looking really up for this and a great challenge halts Gardner's run.
    • 46' Delfouneso finds himself with space to shoot and flashes a shot at the goal, but it flies wide to the right of the goal.
    • 45' Doncaster kick off the second half. Can they get another goal here?
    • 45 The Donny fans are in full voice now. This game had looked like petering out, but that goal in stoppage time at the end of the first half has given them hope.
    • 45 GOAL! Price pokes home Coppingers cross in first half injury time. Villa have been coasting along here for the last 10 minutes, and really Doncaster haven't look like scoring, but they have! Coppinger won the ball after sloppy Villa defending and his cut back found Price who slotted past Guzan into the bottom corner.
    • 43' Ashley Young looks to be okay now, and he's switched onto the left flank. He breaks forward at great pace and looks like getting through with some good footwork but Chambers atones for his previous error with a great tackle.
    • 41' James Chambers plays a very poor pass back to the keeper Sullivan and Ashley Young looks to be getting there, but Sullivan somehow gets there just ahead of him and wins the ball. Young gets up very gingerly from the heavy collision and limps away.
    • 37' Ashley Young collects the ball on the right, and with three Villa players waiting in the box, dallys on the ball until a Doncaster defender comes across and takes the ball off Young and puts it out for a throw. If Villa weren't 2-0 up here there'd be words exchanged there!
    • 34' Sidwell receives a yellow card for a late challenge on John Spicer.
    • 33' A lovely ball down the left hand side finds James Chambers who tries to force his way into the box, but he's crowded out by Villa's defence.
    • 29' Again, Doncaster are passing it about nicely, but they don't really look that dangerous. Price and Wellens exchange passes before Price hits a shot which Luke Young blocks at full stretch. The ball goes out for a corner, but Doncaster claim a penalty. It would have been very harsh had it been given.
    • 24' Salifou is lucky here. He crashes into Chambers, and would surely have been booked had the referee not blown the whistle seconds before for a previous offence.
    • 22' Doncaster go straight back down the pitch and Wellens finds himself in absolutely acres of space in the area after Price's header across the area! He looks up, and tries to bend a shot into the corner, but it goes well wide. Wellens really should have done better there. He had loads of time.
    • 21' Sidwell wins possession cheaply deep in the Doncaster area and surges forward into the box. His shot is blocked but breaks to Young who also has his shot blocked. Villa look dangerous on the break here.
    • 19' GOAL! Another one! So unlucky for Doncaster! Carew takes a speculative shot from outside the area and the ball takes a huge deflection and loops over Sullivan and into the net!
    • 15' GOAL! The ball is crossed back into the box after the first ball in from a free kick is cleared. Gardner manages to get a low shot away which Sullivan can only parry into the path of Sidwell who prods home from close range.
    • 14' Slick passing again from the visitors sets up Stock for a long range effort, but Sidwell gets himself in the way and blocks the effort. The ball breaks to Young who turns brilliantly before Hird sticks a hand out and gets booked for handling the ball.
    • 10' Villa look to be happy for Doncaster to play in front of them. Doncaster don't have a great goal scoring record and Villa will be looking to hit them on the break here.
    • 7' Coppinger cuts in from the right hand side and tries to cross twice with Shorey and Cuellar making two good blocks, and the ball goes out for a throw. A good confident start here from Doncaster.
    • 4' Doncaster pass the ball around nicely here. Coppinger and Wellens exchange passes on the edge of the box before Davies steps in to clear the ball.
    • 1' And we're underway! A promising start from Villa with good work from Sidwell who plays in Delfouneso who crosses for Carew, and it only needed a touch and it would have been a dream start for Villa.
    • - ASTON VILLA TEAM NEWS: Martin O'Neill has made a host of changes with Ashley Young returning from a three match ban and John Carew returning to the starting line up. Brad Guzan starts with Curtis Davies and Carlos Cuellar in the centre of defence. DONCASTER ROVERS TEAM NEWS: Doncaster start with nine of the side who got a 1-1 draw with Norwich on Friday. Doncaster are currently undefeated in eight games now and will be roared on by a healthy following from South Yorkshite

  • Summary

    • 59' GOAL! And that should really be Villa through now. Delfouneso with a great diving header makes it 3-1 to Villa. Nicky Shorey had supplied a teasing cross from the left, but Delfouneso did really well to get onto the end of that ball. That more than makes up for his mistake at the end of the first half.
    • 57' Great save! Guzan, at full-stretch, manages to tip a brilliant strike from Brian Stock behind for a corner. Stock had just strolled out of midfield there and smashed a shot goalwards. Guzan has kept Villa ahead there.
    • 45 GOAL! Price pokes home Coppingers cross in first half injury time. Villa have been coasting along here for the last 10 minutes, and really Doncaster haven't look like scoring, but they have! Coppinger won the ball after sloppy Villa defending and his cut back found Price who slotted past Guzan into the bottom corner.
    • 19' GOAL! Another one! So unlucky for Doncaster! Carew takes a speculative shot from outside the area and the ball takes a huge deflection and loops over Sullivan and into the net!
    • 15' GOAL! The ball is crossed back into the box after the first ball in from a free kick is cleared. Gardner manages to get a low shot away which Sullivan can only parry into the path of Sidwell who prods home from close range.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lee Mason

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Curtis Davies

    Starting line-up

    • B. Guzan
    • L. Young
    • C. Cuellar
    • C. Davies
    • N. Shorey
    • M. Salifou
    • C. Gardner
    • S. Sidwell Goal Yellow Card
    • A. Young Substitution Out (77′)
    • J. Carew Goal
    • N. Delfouneso Goal

    Subs

    • G. Barry
    • B. Friedel
    • Z. Knight
    • J. Milner
    • G. Agbonlahor
    • I. Osbourne Substitution In77′
    • S. Lowry

    Injured

    • M. Laursen
    • W. Bouma

    Suspended

    • S. Petrov

  • Doncaster Rovers

    Manager: Sean O'Driscoll

    Captain: Brian Stock

    Starting line-up

    • N. Sullivan
    • J. O'Connor
    • M. Mills
    • S. Hird Yellow Card
    • J. Chambers
    • J. Spicer Substitution Out (74′)
    • B. Stock
    • R. Wellens
    • M. Woods
    • J. Coppinger Substitution Out (74′)
    • J. Price Goal Substitution Out (74′)

    Subs

    • G. Taylor
    • N. Roberts
    • D. Byfield Substitution In74′
    • J. van Nieuwstadt
    • L. Guy Substitution In74′
    • P. Heffernan Substitution In74′
    • A. Lockwood

    Injured

    • S. Brooker
    • D. Shiels

    Suspended

    None

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  1. I went to this game ^^

    From t.fellows10, on Sun 1 Mar 8:02PM

  2. come on you villa boys xx good atmosphere in this game­ x

    From jaye204, on Fri 13 Feb 10:57PM

  3. unlucky dony we did the villa once in the league cup­ but wasnt meant to be this time. we can take heart in­ the fact that we performed well. Hope we survive the­ championship this year as we have spent very little­ just developed what we have which makes sean­ o'drisscol better than o'neil.......

    From Katie, on Thu 5 Feb 4:24PM

  4. you are both @#$%

    From granty691979, on Thu 5 Feb 1:40PM

  5. good job aston villa.They can win manchester united

    From Ogunmoye, on Thu 5 Feb 11:15AM

  6. aston villa are on top form
    this season they are­ unbeatable
    emile heskey,brad friedel, steve sidwell,­ john carew and agbonlahor i think they might
    come in­ the top 3 this season well done villa

    From Harry, on Thu 5 Feb 6:36AM

  7. Lets see how they get better over united. United we­ stand Man­ UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuu

    From femi, on Thu 5 Feb 12:11AM

  8. well done villa .go on boys. from les villa fan in­ rosso donny

    From dmcguinness68, on Thu 5 Feb 12:10AM

  9. job well done

    From LYNNE, on Wed 4 Feb 11:38PM

  10. Well done the Villa a good result Karen

    From bird657, on Wed 4 Feb 10:35PM

  11. never mind rovers were going to win our relegation­ battle

    From ARTHUR, on Wed 4 Feb 9:58PM

  12. BRING ON THE SCOUSERS/
    UP THE VILLA

    From Stench, on Wed 4 Feb 9:53PM

  13. WELL DONE VILLA CAREW BEST PLAYER EVER

    From jadeburton2, on Wed 4 Feb 9:47PM

  14. its all over 3-1 to the mighty villa engoy your­ relegation dog fight doncaster

    From michaelwatts87, on Wed 4 Feb 9:47PM

  15. on you Villa boys. Not a bad performance, Guzan is cool­ & Big John Carew is back. Oh yeah!

    From ajvillaboy, on Wed 4 Feb 9:46PM

  16. I knew that they were going to win it

    From mcurtessi, on Wed 4 Feb 9:44PM

  17. Totaly agree, great for the villa and great for English­ football, great to see. Nice one Oneil

    From lee, on Wed 4 Feb 9:44PM

  18. VILLA HAVE OWNED THEM HAHAHA DONNY ARE NOT THAT GOOD UP­ THE VILLA

    From aledwend, on Wed 4 Feb 9:42PM

  19. come on the villa boys from brian

    From Bates, on Wed 4 Feb 9:41PM
  20. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    com on doncaster there the best team ever

    From craigpowerready, on Wed 4 Feb 9:40PM
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