PLAY TEAMSHEET: Can YOU title the Aston Villa facet who gained a seven-goal thriller with Middlesbrough in 2003? Or decide YOUR staff and guess their beginning XI

On Mar 20, 2025

Published: 07:00, 20 March 2025 | Updated: 07:00, 20 March 2025

Welcome back to Teamsheet… Mail Sport’s original football memory game with a twist that leaves you scratching your head as you try and remember Premier League starting XIs of years gone by.

Aston Villa have aspirations to return to Europe next season and are looking forward to a Champions League quarter-final, but our match today focuses on a high point in a difficult season for the Villans in the 2002-03 campaign.

Graham Taylor’s side finished three points above the relegation zone at the end of the campaign with their woeful away form a contributing factor. Aston Villa’s sole away win of the season campaign proved a thrilling one, as they threw off the shackles to record a 5-2 victory against Middlesbrough in February 2003.

Can you name the Aston Villa side fielded by Taylor, who came out on top in the seven-goal thriller.

It’s just for fun, so see how you fare and share your Teamsheet score… full instructions on how to play are at the bottom of the article and in the game itself. And you can also pick any team you like and guess their starting XI.

Best of luck!

HOW TO PLAY

The aim of the game is to score as few points as possible!

If you guess a player at the first attempt you score one point – so the lowest score for guessing every player at the first attempt is 11.

Guess a correct letter in the right position, and it’ll turn green. Guess a correct letter but in the wrong position, and it’ll turn yellow.

You have six guesses for each player – and if you fail, we’ll reveal their identity for 11 points! You can also ask for a free letter, but it costs you a point.

So play on to see if you’ll score the best possible total of 11 – or fail on every player and score 121.