2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season

League Cup
	Third round
Intertoto Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Dublin (8); All: Dublin (9)
Highest home attendance	41,366 vs Liverpool ; (13 Jan 2001, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	22,310 vs Bradford City ; (16 Sep 2000, Premier League)
Average home league attendance	31,597
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

During the

a year earlier

. Villa proved themselves as one of the hardest Premiership teams to beat, with only the top three sides suffering fewer defeats than Villa's 10, but a mere 13 wins and a staggering 15 draws ended any hopes of a title bid or even a top-six finish.

Juan Pablo Ángel (175) signed Villa on 12 January 2001, becoming the club's record signing at £9.5 million. Angel made his debut away to Manchester United in a 0-2 loss on 20 January 2001.^[1] Other debuts included Steve Staunton (208), Thomas Hitzlsperger (99), Alpay Özalan (58), David Ginola (41), Gilles De Bilde (4), and Luc Nilis (3).

Diary of Season

9 Sep 2000: In a league match against Ipswich Town, Luc Nilis was involved in a clash with goalkeeper Richard Wright^[2] that left him with a double compound fracture of his right shin ending his career.^[3] This was only Nilis's third match for Villa, having scored in both previous games.

Kit

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Transfers

Transferred in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee

1 July 2000	CF	Luc Nilis	PSV Eindhoven	Free transfer
28 July 2000	CB	Alpay Özalan	Fenerbahçe	£5,600,000
30 July 2000	LM	David Ginola	Tottenham Hotspur	£3,000,000
5 August 2000	LM	Thomas Hitzlsperger	Bayern Munich	Free transfer
6 December 2000	LB	Steve Staunton	Liverpool	Free transfer
13 January 2001	CF	Juan Pablo Ángel	River Plate	£9,500,000
				£18,100,000

Record

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End

10 October 2000	CF	Gilles De Bilde	Sheffield Wednesday	3 January 2001

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee

1 July 2000	CF	Darren Byfield	Walsall	Free transfer
4 July 2000	RB	Steve Watson	Everton	£2,500,000
17 July 2000	CM	Mark Draper	Southampton	£1,250,000
9 August 2000	SS	Benito Carbone	Bradford City	Free transfer
1 September 2000	LM	Alan Thompson	Celtic	£2,750,000
3 October 2000	LB	Aaron Lescott	Sheffield Wednesday	£100,000
20 October 2000	CB	Ugo Ehiogu	Middlesbrough	£8,000,000
2 December 2000	GK	Matthew Ghent	Lincoln City	Free transfer
24 January 2001	CF	Luc Nilis	Retired	—
26 January 2001	CF	Mark DeBolla	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer
13 February 2001	LB	Najwan Ghrayib	Hapoel Haifa	£150,000
				£14,750,000

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End

19 October 2000	CF	Neil Tarrant	York City	19 December 2000
15 December 2000	GK	Neil Cutler	Oxford United	27 February 2001
7 February 2001	CF	Richard Walker	Blackpool	31 May 2001

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

£18,100,000

Income

£14,750,000

Balance

£3,350,000

Squad

First Team

#	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Apps	Gls
Goalkeepers
1	David James	GK	Welwyn Garden City	(1970-08-01)1 August 1970 (aged 29)	Liverpool	17 June 1999	£1,700,000	39	0
13	Neil Cutler	GK	Perton	(1976-09-03)3 September 1976 (aged 23)	Chester City	30 November 1999	Free transfer	1	0
39	Peter Enckelman	GK	Turku	(1977-03-10)10 March 1977 (aged 23)	TPS	1 February 1999	£200,000	14	0
40	Matthew Ghent	GK	Burton upon Trent	(1980-09-05)5 September 1980 (aged 19)	Academy	1 July 1997	—	0	0
Defenders
2	Mark Delaney	RB	Haverfordwest	(1976-05-13)13 May 1976 (aged 24)	Cardiff City	9 March 1999	£250,000	38	1
3	Alan Wright	LB	Ashton-under-Lyne	(1971-09-28)28 September 1971 (aged 28)	Blackburn Rovers	10 March 1995	£1,000,000	242	4
4	Gareth Southgate (c)	CB	Watford	(1970-09-03)3 September 1970 (aged 29)	Crystal Palace	1 July 1995	£3,500,000	207	7
5	Ugo Ehiogu	CB	Hackney	(1972-11-03)3 November 1972 (aged 27)	West Bromwich Albion	12 July 1991	£40,000	299	15
11*	Steve Staunton	LB	Dundalk	(1969-01-19)19 January 1969 (aged 31)	Liverpool	6 December 2000	Free transfer	264	17
15	Gareth Barry	LB	Hastings	(1981-02-23)23 February 1981 (aged 19)	Academy	1 January 1998	—	83	3
16	Alpay Özalan	CB	İzmir	(1973-05-30)30 May 1973 (aged 27)	Fenerbahçe	28 July 2000	£5,600,000	-	-
23	Najwan Ghrayib	LB	Nazareth	(1974-01-30)30 January 1974 (aged 26)	Hapoel Haifa	20 July 1999	£1,000,000	6	0
30	Jon Bewers	RB	Kettering	(1982-09-10)10 September 1982 (aged 17)	Academy	1 July 1999	—	1	0
31	Jlloyd Samuel	LB	San Fernando	(1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 19)	Academy	1 January 1999	—	10	0
32	Aaron Lescott	CB	Birmingham	(1978-12-02)2 December 1978 (aged 20)	Academy	1 July 1998	—	1	0
Midfielders
6	George Boateng	CM	Nkawkaw	(1975-09-05)5 September 1975 (aged 24)	Coventry City	20 July 1999	£4,500,000	45	3
7	Ian Taylor	CM	Birmingham	(1968-06-04)4 June 1968 (aged 32)	Sheffield Wednesday	21 December 1994	£1,000,000	220	32
10	Paul Merson	AM	Harlesden	(1968-03-20)20 March 1968 (aged 32)	Middlesbrough	8 September 1998	£6,750,000	72	10
11	Alan Thompson	LM	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1973-12-22)22 December 1973 (aged 26)	Bolton Wanderers	5 June 1998	£4,500,000	55	5
14	David Ginola	LM	Gassin	(1967-01-25)25 January 1967 (aged 33)	Tottenham Hotspur	30 July 2000	£3,000,000	-	-
17	Lee Hendrie	RM	Solihull	(1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (aged 23)	Academy	1 July 1995	—	109	10
18	Steve Stone	RM	Gateshead	(1971-08-20)20 August 1971 (aged 28)	Nottingham Forest	11 March 1999	£5,500,000	46	3
21	Thomas Hitzlsperger	LM	Munich	(1982-04-05)5 April 1982 (aged 18)	Bayern Munich	5 August 2000	Free transfer	-	-
24	John McGrath	CM	Limerick	(1980-03-27)27 March 1980 (aged 20)	Academy	1 July 1999	—	0	0
27	Michael Standing	AM	Shoreham-by-Sea	(1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 19)	Academy	1 July 1998	—	0	0
28	Gavin Melaugh	CM	Derry	(1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 18)	Academy	1 July 2000	—	-	-
29	Stephen Cooke	CM	Walsall	(1983-02-15)15 February 1983 (aged 17)	Academy	1 July 2000	—	-	-
Forwards
8	Juan Pablo Ángel	CF	Medellín	(1975-10-24)24 October 1975 (aged 24)	River Plate	13 January 2001	£9,500,000	-	-
9	Dion Dublin	CF	Leicester	(1969-04-22)22 April 1969 (aged 31)	Coventry City	5 November 1998	£5,750,000	57	26
12	Julian Joachim	CF	Peterborough	(1974-09-20)20 September 1974 (aged 25)	Leicester City	24 February 1996	£1,890,000	146	36
19	Richard Walker	CF	Bloxwich	(1977-11-08)8 November 1977 (aged 22)	Academy	1 July 1997	—	8	2
20	Luc Nilis	CF	Hasselt	(1967-05-25)25 May 1967 (aged 33)	PSV Eindhoven	1 July 2000	Free transfer	-	-
22	Darius Vassell	CF	Birmingham	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 20)	Academy	1 January 1998	—	28	2
25	Gilles De Bilde	CF	Zellik	(1971-06-09)9 June 1971 (aged 29)	Sheffield Wednesday	3 January 2001	Loan	-	-
35	Neil Tarrant	CF	Darlington	(1979-06-24)24 June 1979 (aged 21)	Ross County	28 April 1998	£250,000	0	0

*squad number was re-used following a players departure.
Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 2000.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Chelsea	38	17	10	11	68	45	+23	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[a]
7	Sunderland	38	15	12	11	46	41	+5	57
8	Aston Villa	38	13	15	10	46	43	+3	54	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
9	Charlton Athletic	38	14	10	14	50	57	−7	52
10	Southampton	38	14	10	14	40	48	−8	52

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Since Liverpool won the League Cup and qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place went to fifth-placed Ipswich Town. Since both FA Cup finalists, Liverpool and Arsenal, qualified for the Champions League, the berth in the UEFA Cup went to sixth-placed Chelsea. Both Ipswich and Chelsea were the highest-ranked team not already qualified for a European competition.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	15	10	46	43	+3	54	8	8	3	27	20	+7	5	7	7	19	23	−4

Source: 2000-01 FA Premier League table

Results by matchday

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L
Position	10	17	19	13	7	9	5	6	11	7	5	4	5	6	7	8	9	7	9	11	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	12	12	11	10	8	8	7	7	8	8	8

Source: 11v11.com: 2000-01 Aston Villa results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 2000	Leicester City	A	0–0	21,455
27 August 2000	Chelsea	H	1–1	27,057	Nilis 10'
6 September 2000	Liverpool	A	1–3	43,360	Stone 83'
9 September 2000	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	22,065	Hendrie 28', Dublin 54'
16 September 2000	Bradford City	H	2–0	22,310	Southgate 5', Dublin (pen) 75'
23 September 2000	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	27,556	Joachim 74'
30 September 2000	Derby County	H	4–1	26,534	Joachim 28, 87, Merson 37', Wright 54'
14 October 2000	Arsenal	A	0–1	38,042
22 October 2000	Sunderland	H	0–0	27,215
28 October 2000	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	27,461	Taylor 33', Merson 41'
5 November 2000	Everton	A	1–0	27,670	Merson 90'
11 November 2000	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	33,608	Taylor 22', 57'
18 November 2000	Southampton	A	0–2	14,979
25 November 2000	Coventry City	A	1–1	21,464	Dublin 8'
2 December 2000	Newcastle United	H	1–1	34,255	Dublin 4'
9 December 2000	West Ham United	A	1–1	25,888	Hendrie 37'
16 December 2000	Manchester City	H	2–2	29,281	Dublin 71', Ginola 86'
23 December 2000	Leeds United	A	2–1	39,714	Southgate 43', Boateng 88'
26 December 2000	Manchester United	H	0–1	40,889
1 January 2001	Chelsea	A	0–1	33,159
13 January 2001	Liverpool	H	0–3	41,366
20 January 2001	Manchester United	A	0–2	67,533
24 January 2001	Leeds United	H	1–2	29,335	Merson 24'
3 February 2001	Bradford City	A	3–0	19,591	Vassell 50', 58', Joachim 87'
10 February 2001	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	28,912	Stone 38'
24 February 2001	Derby County	A	0–1	27,289
5 March 2001	Sunderland	A	1–1	47,196	Joachim 52'
10 March 2001	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	28,216	Joachim 53', 71'
18 March 2001	Arsenal	H	0–0	36,111
31 March 2001	Manchester City	A	3–1	34,247	Merson 14', Dublin 45', Hendrie 65'
4 April 2001	Leicester City	H	2–1	29,043	Dublin 30', Hendrie 72'
7 April 2001	West Ham United	H	2–2	31,432	Ginola 71', Hendrie 78'
14 April 2001	Everton	H	2–1	31,272	Dublin 2', Taylor 81'
17 April 2001	Charlton Athletic	A	3–3	20,043	Ginola 59', Vassell 75', Hendrie 90'
21 April 2001	Southampton	H	0–0	29,336
28 April 2001	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0	36,096
5 May 2001	Coventry City	H	3–2	39,761	Vassell 61', Ángel 81', Merson 86'
19 May 2001	Newcastle United	A	0–3	51,506

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 2001	Newcastle United	A	1–1	37,682	Stone 54'
R3R	17 January 2001	Newcastle United	H	1–0	25,387	Vassell 50'
R4	27 January 2001	Leicester City	H	1–2	26,283	Joachim 76'

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	1 November 2000	Manchester City	H	0–1	24,138

Intertoto Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3 1st Leg	16 July 2000	FK Marila Příbram	A	0–0	7,852
R3 2nd Leg	22 July 2000	FK Marila Příbram	H	3–1 (won 3–1 on agg)	8,200	Dublin 8', Taylor 56', Nilis 62'
SF 1st Leg	26 July 2000	Celta de Vigo	A	0–1	14,000
SF 2nd Leg	2 August 2000	Celta de Vigo	H	1–2 (lost 1–3 on agg)	11,909	Barry (pen) 45'

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[5]^[6]

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	ENG	David James
2	DF	WAL	Mark Delaney
3	DF	ENG	Alan Wright
4	DF	ENG	Gareth Southgate (captain)
6	MF	NED	George Boateng^{[notes 1]}
7	MF	ENG	Ian Taylor
8	FW	COL	Juan Pablo Ángel
9	FW	ENG	Dion Dublin
10	MF	ENG	Paul Merson
11	DF	IRL	Steve Staunton
12	FW	ENG	Julian Joachim


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	FRA	David Ginola
15	DF	ENG	Gareth Barry
16	DF	TUR	Alpay Özalan
17	MF	ENG	Lee Hendrie
18	MF	ENG	Steve Stone
19	FW	ENG	Richard Walker
21	MF	GER	Thomas Hitzlsperger
22	FW	ENG	Darius Vassell
24	MF	IRL	John McGrath
29	MF	ENG	Stephen Cooke
31	DF	ENG	Jlloyd Samuel^{[notes 2]}

Left club during 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
5	DF	ENG	Ugo Ehiogu (to Middlesbrough)
11	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson (to Celtic)
19	FW	ENG	Richard Walker (on loan to Blackpool)
20	FW	BEL	Luc Nilis (retired)
23	DF	ISR	Najwan Ghrayib (to Hapoel Haifa)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	FW	BEL	Gilles De Bilde (to Sheffield Wednesday)
32	DF	ENG	Aaron Lescott (to Sheffield Wednesday)
35	FW	SCO	Neil Tarrant^{[notes 3]} (on loan to York City)
40	GK	ENG	Matthew Ghent (to Lincoln City)

Reserve squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	MF	ENG	Michael Standing
28	MF	NIR	Gavin Melaugh
35	FW	SCO	Neil Tarrant
39	GK	FIN	Peter Enckelman
—	GK	ENG	Neil Cutler


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SWE	David Curtolo
—	MF	NOR	Jone Samuelsen (on trial from Haugesund)
—	FW	ENG	Stephen Evans
—	FW	FIN	Ville Harittu (on trial from TPS)

Under-19s

The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-19s, but may have also appeared for the reserves or under-17s.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	MF	ENG	Jon Bewers
—	GK	ENG	Boaz Myhill^{[notes 4]}
—	DF	ENG	Rob Edwards^{[notes 5]}
—	DF	ENG	Liam Folds
—	DF	ENG	Danny Haynes
—	DF	ENG	Leon Hylton
—	DF	ENG	Danny Jackman
—	DF	ENG	Ben Willets
—	DF	IRL	Seán Dillon
—	MF	ENG	David Berks
—	MF	ENG	Alexis Nicolas^{[notes 6]}


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Jay Smith
—	MF	IRL	Keith Fahey
—	MF	AUS	Andrew Packer (on trial)
—	FW	ENG	Mark DeBolla
—	FW	ENG	David Goldsmith
—	FW	ENG	Stefan Moore
—	FW	NED	Maiko Alberink (on trial from SV Zwolle)
—	FW	FIN	Jan Lomski (on trial)
—	MF		John Malpass
—			Adam A. Smith

Under-17s

The following players spent most of the season playing for the under-17s, but may have also appeared for the reserves or under-19s.

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	IRL	Wayne Henderson
—	DF	ENG	Ryan Amoo
—	DF	ENG	David Andrewartha
—	DF	ENG	Stuart Bridges
—	DF	ENG	Scott Cormell
—	DF	ENG	Liam Ridgewell
—	DF	ENG	Cameron Stuart^{[notes 7]}
—	DF	ENG	James O'Connor
—	DF	ENG	Andy Wells
—	DF	ENG	Oliver Williams
—	DF	IRL	Pierre Ennis
—	DF	SWE	Fredrik Stoor (on trial from Hammarby IF)
—	DF	NOR	Trond Erik Bertelsen (on trial from Haugesund)
—	MF	ENG	James Beaumont (on trial)
—	MF	ENG	James Pawley
—	MF	ENG	Joshua Walker (on trial from Manchester United)
—	MF	ENG	Peter Whittingham


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SWE	Nadir Benchenaa (on trial from Hammarby IF)
—	MF	SWE	Acke Steen (on trial from Öster)
—	FW	ENG	Mark Atkinson
—	FW	ENG	Michael Husbands
—	FW	ENG	Lee McGuire
—	FW	ENG	Luke Moore
—	FW	IRL	Peter Hynes
—	MF		Adam Baptist
—	MF		Jamie Cunnington
—	MF		David Nolan
—			Colin Doyle (on trial)
—			Michael Johnson (on trial)
—			Robert Jones (on trial)
—			Danny Meade
—			Robert Milner (on trial)
—			Ryan Poole

Other players

The following players were signed to the club on unknown contractual terms, and did not appear for any team 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
—	DF	WAL	Stuart Thornley (to Flexsys Cefn Druids)
—	MF	ENG	Lloyd Dyer
—	MF	ENG	Duncan McArthur (on trial from Hastings United)
—	MF	BRA	Treviso )


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	HON	Milton Núñez (on trial from Sunderland)
—	DF		Wesley Meacham (to Bromsgrove Rovers)
—			Stuart Lewis

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[7]

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	David James	46
3	RB	Alan Wright	43
16	CB	Alpay Özalan	36
4	CB	Gareth Southgate	36
15	LB	Gareth Barry	36
26	RM	Steve Stone	41
7	CM	Ian Taylor	31
6	CM	George Boateng	37
10	LM	Paul Merson	45
12	CF	Julian Joachim	13	Lee Hendrie has 29 starts
9	CF	Dion Dublin	35

Notes

^ Boateng was born in Nkawkaw, Ghana, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in November 2001.
^ Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and would represent them at U-21 level and be called up to senior team before switching his international allegiance to Trinidad and Tobago and making his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009.
^ Tarrant was born in Darlington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
^ Myhill was born in Modesto, California, United States, but was raised in England from the age of 1, qualifying to represent any of the home nations. He represented England at U-17, U-18, and U-20 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2008.
^ Edwards was born in Madeley, England, and represented them at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Wales in March 2003.
^ Nicolas was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
^ Stuart was born in York, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-18 level.

References

^ "Villa to complete Angel deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 January 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
^ "Nilis injury mars Villa win at Ipswich". BBC Sport. 9 September 2000. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ Peter O'Rourke. "Nilis making good progress". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "Aston Villa 2000-2001 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^ "FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2000/01".
^ "Aston Villa Player Database".
^ "All Aston Villa players: 2001".

External links

Aston Villa official website
avfchistory.co.uk 2000–01 season

[table_note_res_CL30.031793216258191-4] Since Liverpool won the League Cup and qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place went to fifth-placed Ipswich Town. Since both FA Cup finalists, Liverpool and Arsenal, qualified for the Champions League, the berth in the UEFA Cup went to sixth-placed Chelsea. Both Ipswich and Chelsea were the highest-ranked team not already qualified for a European competition.

[8] Boateng was born in Nkawkaw, Ghana, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Netherlands in November 2001.

[9] Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and would represent them at U-21 level and be called up to senior team before switching his international allegiance to Trinidad and Tobago and making his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009.

[10] Tarrant was born in Darlington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[11] Myhill was born in Modesto, California, United States, but was raised in England from the age of 1, qualifying to represent any of the home nations. He represented England at U-17, U-18, and U-20 level before making his international debut for Wales in March 2008.

[12] Edwards was born in Madeley, England, and represented them at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Wales in March 2003.

[13] Nicolas was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent Cyprus internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[14] Stuart was born in York, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-18 level.

[1] "Villa to complete Angel deal". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 January 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[2] "Nilis injury mars Villa win at Ipswich". BBC Sport. 9 September 2000. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[3] Peter O'Rourke. "Nilis making good progress". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[5] "Aston Villa 2000-2001 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

[6] "FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2000/01".

[7] "Aston Villa Player Database".

[15] "All Aston Villa players: 2001".

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