Olof Mellberg Leaves Aston Villa With Class

Too often footballers are portrayed as money grubbing whores whose only care is the thickness of their wallets or the number of places their faces are plastered. Unfortunately, that's sometimes the case. So it's refreshing to hear stories of the play ...

Where did Chelsea blow the Premiership?

There were a slew of questionable performances -- and results -- from Chelsea this season. Many of these could be seen as reasoning as to why the Blues failed to capture their third Prem crown in four years. Which particular one do you think was the ...

The Final Countdown

Well, this is it. We have 1 game left to gain entry into Europe for next season. If Everton draw and we beat the hammers then 5th place is ours. At worst Villa can finish 8th but if we win the game the lowest we can finish is 6th which is entry into ...

Is the Premier League Top Four Unbreakable?

As Newcastle's unbeaten run came to an end against Chelsea yesterday, Kevin Keegan looked at Avram Grant's bench and saw Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and Andri Shevchenko lounging around. Then he looked at his bench and saw Cacapa. Then he decided the Pre ...

The Poor Man's Rumour Mill

Let's cut to the chase. Followed by reality checker marks out of 10 West Ham to bid £3.5m for Michael Kightly Everton to make a double bid of £9.5m for Wayne Hennessey and Ebanks-Blake by the end of the week (Wolves forum: Wolves fan having l ...

The Barry Situation

Sorry for not writing in ages. For the last month there has been rumors circulating in the newspapers about a possible Liverpool bid for our captain. While both clubs have downplayed the situation during the last few weeks it seems strange to me that ...

10 Things We Learned in the Premier League

1. David James thinks he's a right back Doesn't matter what type of magnificent form David James is in, he's still magnetically attracted to no-mans-land. In the early stages of Man City's 3-1 loss to Portsmouth, James came running out of his box to ...

Pre-Villa Prayers...

5 Months ago Aston Villa beat Derby 2-0, and I left the ground thinking I wouldn't be so worried if it wasn't for the fact we never mustered a shot on goal the entire game. (We) Derby fans sang "The Premier League is upside down" because we knew our ...

Pre-Villa Prayers...

5 Months ago Aston Villa beat Derby 2-0, and I left the ground thinking I wouldn't be so worried if it wasn't for the fact we never mustered a shot on goal the entire game. (We) Derby fans sang "The Premier League is upside down" because we knew our ...

A Win at Last!

After the United game last week I didn’t believe that Villa could sink any lower and thankfully I was correct. Everything that went wrong in the in games during the month of March seemed to turn around and come good in this game. Both team’s came ...

After The Everton...

Everton 1 - 0 Derby .... We had a go, and lost - can't ask for much more than that (except maybe 2 goals and 3 points, but you've got to start somewhere). Although you can see Jewell's style of football is starting to take shape, we'll have ano ...

Round 32: Villa vs Man United @ Old Trafford

Villa come into this game on the back of a very poor month performance wise. Since the heartbreak of the last minute 1-1 draw with Arsenal on March 1st, Villa’s performances have declined dramatically. In the month of March, Villa have picked up 2 ...

Sunderland Disapointment

Sunderland Disappointment Villa continued their downward spiral over the weekend with a second disappointing defeat in a row this time against Sunderland. Villa have not won a game in a month and playing in Europe next season is up in the air. The ...

EPL Round 31: Aston Villa FC vs Sunderland AFC

Just fell out of bed, wondering who emptied their septic tank in my mouth while I was asleep. Off to the pub now to watch the match, I'll have more to write later. ******** Second half substitute Michael Chopra secured a MASSIVE 1-0 win for Sun

Sunderland Preview

Martin O’Neill’s decision to apply to enter the Intertoto Cup for next season may turn out to be a very important decision. He applied for the competition in February and after Spurs winning the Carling Cup and the “Big 4” exiting the FA Cup, the

Round 29: Boro @ Villa Park

Martin O’Neill has called this week “massive” as Villa play Boro at home tomorrow and travel to Portsmouth on the weekend. Villa have come off another long break, giving up a last minute goal at the Emirates in a game they should have won 11 days ag

Villa 1 - 1 Rovers

A good performance from Rovers in a game we could, and should, have taken all three points. A penalty miss from Matt Derbyshire and a fine performance from England hopeful Scott Carson in the Villa goal left us frustrated. Rovers goal (Santa Cruz)

Aston Villa Post Match Reaction

What a way to start out the day. I was enjoying the game on Setanta Broadband when I was called in early to work. “No problem,” I thought. “I can watch the last part in the office. Besides, we’re up 1-0.” In the time that it took me to driv

Salutations and Aston Villa Prediction

Greetings to all! I’m the new kid in town, taking the reins of the Liverpool FC blog from the great ed. Unfortunately, I’m not a native of Liverpool. I’m a “Yank” from Texas. For any readers over seas, this means I drive a big Dodge Ram and

Super Gabby

With Villa’s season just passing the halfway point there are many positive signs but none more so than the form of striker/winger Gabriel Agbonlahor. Last season he broke into the side and was a regular under Martin O’Neill playing on the right wing o

The Big Man is Back!

John Carew netted returned to the scoring column for Villa today scoring 2 in Villa’s 3-1 hammering of Reading. Ashley Young set up the first 2 goals, both from set plays as Reading failed to defend convincingly. Villa only made one change to last week�

Round 22: Reading at Villa Park

Villa entertains Reading at Villa Park following last weekend’s valiant FA Cup loss against Manchester United. Villa gave up 2 late goals in that game and will be looking to put that loss behind them by making it 6 games unbeaten in the league. A win on

EPL Round 17: Sunderland AFC vs Aston Villa FC

Before this game, most Sunderland fans would have told you that, reasonably, a draw against one of the better teams in the league would have been OK. After this game, having looked at the statistics - Villa had a clear advantage in shots, corners, posses

Stolen Points

1-1 draw vs Villa. I'll have more thoughts up later after I get back from shopping for a Nintento Wii (yes!). For now I'll let Roy Keane tell you what he thinks about Danny Collins' disallowed goal at the death, and the 2 points stolen from us by refe

Odds and Ends as We Wonder How Adriano is Getting Along

•Man City are in the picture for Adriano again. Well, maybe anyway -- this time the interest is official, with no less an authority that Thaksin Shinawatra putting his name forward. •More on the Davide Marchini saga: His agent/mouthpiece Lorenzo Ma

Highlights of Villa match

Complete with shite American commentary!

A bad few days, it'll be ok tomorrow

Sorry I haven't been updating this very often, busy time for a student at the minute! Quick rundown, we were unbeaten in eight, lost at United, drew at Fulham then got beat at home by Villa. A rather convincing defeat brought us down to Earth with a ba

More vintage footage

This time against Aston Villa in 1988...

Just a Picture: Spot the Ball

The Very Very Pleasing Monday Headlines

--> Electrifying Wayne Rooney too Hot to Handle -- [The Times] --> Russia a Distant Memory as Rooney Extends Hot Streak -- [The Guardian] --> Wayne Rooney demolished Aston Villa -- [The Telegraph] --> Odd Couple star for United in La