

Articles tagged with "ashley-young"
Ashley Young till 2012? Yes please!
By Martini Extra Dry | November 4th, 2008Villa's star winger, Ashley Young, yesterday signed a new contract to keep him at the club until 2012, during which he will earn a reported ...
Magpies climb out of relegation zone with victory
By j | November 3rd, 2008Obafemi Martins brace in front of nearly 45,000 at St James' Park gave Newcastle a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa. The match certainly look like ...
Back they tumble to the bottom of the league
By Martini Extra Dry | November 2nd, 2008The weekend's games have conspired against Newcastle, sending them bottom of the league after they had finally looked like they were about to turn a ...
Top Four Part 3: I don't believe we can crack the top four
By Martini Extra Dry | November 2nd, 2008How bad is that? - The player who spent all summer long trying to leave Villa is confident in our Champions League potential. - Alex Ferguson, the ...
Play average = win games
By Martini Extra Dry | October 30th, 2008It's not a formula that you'd use as the First Lesson In Football Management, but for Villa recently it seems to be working. In the ...
Carew does his apologising on the pitch
By Martini Extra Dry | October 26th, 2008The national press and internet football sites are positively buzzing with the whole John Carew strip-club incident. It has opinions split from "who gives a ...
Away to Wigan, the kings of inconsisteny... Predictions anyone?
By Martini Extra Dry | October 25th, 2008Sunday 26th October at 3pm sees Villa play Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium. Wigan are currently sitting 14th, with just a single point more ...
If it ay bost, doh fix it!
By Martini Extra Dry | October 19th, 2008It was a 0-0 draw for our Villa Lions yesterday against Portsmouth but there is still plenty of stuff to talk about from the game, ...
An Exciting New Look Weekend Preview
By Rob | October 17th, 2008So I've been doing the weekly previews and I thought they needed something a little bit more. So over the international break, here at team ...
Portsmouth up tomorrow and revenge will be sweet
By Martini Extra Dry | October 17th, 2008Last November we won every single game, making a month's total haul of four games, four wins, eleven goals scored and just the one conceded. ...
Talking of whether Agbonlahor should be called up into the senior England squad.... Agbonlahor has been called up into the senior England squad
By Martini Extra Dry | October 14th, 2008I think Fabio Capello must read my column! I posted about how Ashley Young deserves to be in the England squad and Capello sends him ...
Villa Weekly Dose: 13 Oct 08
By Martini Extra Dry | October 13th, 2008Something to read while you listen to 20 hours of classical music: Capello is apparently keeping a keen eye on three Villa players (Goal) Villa beat Chelsea ...
Super Ashley awarded Barclays Player Of The Month
By Martini Extra Dry | October 10th, 2008After another month of excellent performances for the Villa, Ashley Young has been given recognition for his brilliance, being awarded the Official Premiership Player Of ...
UEFA Cup draw - The going gets tough(er)
By Martini Extra Dry | October 7th, 2008The UEFA Cup draw has now taken place and our dear beloved Aston Villa are now getting their first real taste of what to expect ...
England squad named
By Martini Extra Dry | October 5th, 2008Fabio Capello has tonight announced his 23 man squad for the games against Kazakhstan and Belarus and the only Villan to make the cut is ...
Villa v Litex Lovech - Pick your team
By Martini Extra Dry | October 1st, 2008The second leg of the UEFA Cup first round against Litex Lovech is nearly upon us and we go into the home leg with a ...
3rd in the Premiership, 1 point off the leaders - Let the good times roll!
By Martini Extra Dry | September 27th, 2008What a great start to the season we're having. Four wins and one draw (and one game we won't mention), leaving Villa sitting very proudly ...
Villa 0-1 QPR
By Martini Extra Dry | September 24th, 2008League Cup action tonight as Villa aim for Wembley and silverware for the first time in far too long and it's Iain Dowie's QPR who ...
Glory glory Aston Villa
By Martini Extra Dry | September 16th, 2008It's fantastic to read on the web, in the media and the comments left on here about how much us Villans are enjoying the successful ...
While the country moans and complains, let's try and be positive
By Martini Extra Dry | September 7th, 2008The England game against Andorra was always going to receive negative press unless one of two things happened; 1. England went out there and put ...
Fabio, are you effing kidding me?!
By Martini Extra Dry | August 31st, 2008No Ashley Young? No effing Ashley Young in your competitive England squad?! Am I watching a different sport to you or what? The guy is ...
Rewind: Your weekly EPL Roundup
By Rob | August 21st, 2008Seems a good idea to have a round up of the best Prem related stuff to happen on the Offside once a week, in case ...
Gabby for England
By Martini Extra Dry | August 19th, 2008After netting a 7 minute hat-trick in Villa's opening game of the Premiership season, what has Gabriel Agbonlahor done for his chances of working his ...
10 Things We Learned in the Premier League
By Daryl | August 18th, 20081. Debut goals are easy When Arsenal debutant Samir Nasri scored just four minutes into his Premier League career, he set the tone for goalscoring debutants ...
Weekend Dose 08.17.08
By Daryl | August 17th, 2008Something to read while you send a friend request to the oldest person on Facebook... New Bundesliga stars for a new Bundesliga season (Bild) Fabio Capello. In ...
Second in the Prem baby!
By Martini Extra Dry | August 17th, 2008Villa 4 - 2 Man City Villa have got off to a flying start by beating Man City 4 - 2 at home, goals coming from ...
Seriously Fabio, no Ashley Young?!
By Martini Extra Dry | August 16th, 2008Fabio Capello yesterday named his England squad for the friendly against the Czech Republic, but the HUGE surprise for me is the omission of Ashley ...
Man City predictions
By Martini Extra Dry | August 16th, 2008The big day is upon us. The Premier League season kicks off today, after the summer months and agonisingly watching the European Championships and not ...
Prem 08-09: Fearless Predictions
By chris | August 15th, 2008And with the season upon us, it's time for more predictions which will almost certainly not come true because my crystal ball is dirty and ...
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1 - 4 Astonafélag Villarfjarðar
By Martini Extra Dry | August 14th, 2008Villa opened the game with a flourish, going two goals up within 7 minutes thanks to goals from Gareth Barry and Ashley Young. Villa carried ...








