‘Aston Villa’ Archives
Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa
Big Robert Huth completed a second-half comeback (download) for Stoke with an injury-time goal on an emotional night for grieving Tony Pulis. Aston Villa have now conceded more goals in their last 6 Premier League away games (17) than in the previous 16 put together (16).
Aston Villa 1-0 Everton
Everton were condemned to their worst league start for more than a decade (download) by an Aston Villa side who were lucky to keep the visitors at bay at Villa Park. The hosts took an early lead when Ashley Young freed marauding full-back Luke Young for a fine left-foot finish.
Aston Villa 2-3 Rapid Vienna (agg 3-4)
Villa conceded two late goals as Rapid dumped them out of the Europa League for the second year in a row (download).
Newcastle United 6-0 Aston Villa
Will Kevin MacDonald remember this as the day he decided he did not want to be Aston Villa's manager after all? Bullied into submission by the wonderful Andy Carroll, the scorer of a splendid hat-trick, and Joey Barton, who thoroughly eclipsed the anonymous Stephen Ireland, Aston Villa disintegrated in the Tyneside sunshine.
Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa (1904)
April, 1904 and Blackburn Rovers are hosting Aston Villa, looking for the points that would help them in the relegation dogfight. Blackburn would successfully avoid the drop, by 2 points (at the expense of Liverpool), while Villa would finish 5th in a season when the league was won by 'The Wednesday'.
Premier League: the climax!
Thank God that's over, what an awful campaign. Here are my end of season awards: Chancer of the year Big Frank Lampard was the only player to set up more than 100 goalscoring chances in the PL this season (2nd was young Fabregas who managed 95, 3rd was Valencia with 89). Not trying hard enough award Rio Ferdinand committed just two [...]
Weekend footy: 1st – 2nd May
Liverpool 0 - 2 Chelsea Gerrard apparently hadn't realised that his agreement to sign for Chelsea next year didn't mean that he had to already start contributing to their title challenge this season. Utter scouse rubbish. Liverpool 0 - Chelsea 2 - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Sunderland 0 - 1 Man Utd Nice try but probably [...]
Weekend footy: 24th – 25th April
Chelsea 7 - 0 Stoke City Chelsea became the 2nd top flight side since 1945 (along with Wolves in 1962-63) to score 7 or more goals in 3 games in the same season. Prior to this year they had never hit 7 in a single PL game. Chelsea 7-0 Stoke Highlights - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Manchester United 3 - 1 [...]
Wednesday night footy: 21st April
Hull 0 - 2 Aston Villa Hull's Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink was carried from the field unconscious after a clash of heads with Richard Dunne in their defeat last night. The Villans have now kept a clean sheet in seven of their last 11 league matches on the road. Hull 0 - Aston Villa 2 - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
Weekend footy: 17th – 18th April
Manchester City 0 - 1 Manchester United Paul Scholes kept Manchester United's hopes alive with a goal deep into injury time. Man Utd’s three wins in the Manchester derby this season have all seen the decisive goal scored in the 90th minute. Ryan Giggs has appeared in all 29 league Manchester derbies since his first league start came against [...]
