Aston Villa joked about who would score first when they faced Derby County, the poorest team ever to compete in the Premier League, according to Gabby Agbonlahor.
The Rams had just been promoted from the Championship, but after ending the season with just 11 points from 38 games, they claimed the undesirable top tier record.
Derby, under the direction of Billy Davies and Paul Jewell, only managed one victory all year and were humiliatingly relegated back to the EFL.
Villa had one of their more productive days that season when they struck the Rams for six at Pride Park, during a season in which Derby gave up 89 times and greater than four goals nine times.
TalkSPORT’s own Agbonlahor, who was an important member of the Villa team that day, has revealed what exactly was discussed before the game.
“When we played against Derby the season that they went down, they were so bad that before the game, myself, Gareth Barry, and Ashley Young had a little laugh about it about who was going to score first,” said Agbonlahor on The Sports Breakfast.
“I said, ‘I’m scoring first,’ Gareth Barry said, ‘no, I’m scoring first,’ and Youngy said, ‘no, I’m scoring first.’ We all scored in the game, and we won 6-0.
The game was the simplest I’ve ever participated in. Stiliyan Petrov scored with his weaker foot from the halfway line, Marlon Harewood scored, and John Carew added a goal after coming on for Derby.
“They were that poor and they lost by 11 points, which is bad for the fan base because Derby was rather embarrassed at the moment. They resembled “whipping boys,”
Leave a Reply