Articles tagged with "intertoto-cup"
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 ...
Masters of the Meaningless
By Jan | August 4th, 2008Yesterday Hamburg won the Emirates Cup, finishing ahead of Real Madrid, Arsenal and Juventus. Hamburg had already been invited to last year's edition of the ...
The UEFA Cup draw is upon us
By Martini Extra Dry | July 31st, 2008The draw for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup is to be held in Switzwerland today at midday (GMT). Villa secured a place ...
Wilfred Bouma injury update
By Martini Extra Dry | July 29th, 2008Anyone who saw Saturday's Intertoto victory over Odense BK, with Freddy Bouma's foot at an angle that no-one's foot should be at, will be concerned ...
Villa 1 - 0 Odense (3 - 2 on aggregate)
By Martini Extra Dry | July 26th, 2008Elation at Villa Park, as Villa go through to the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds after winning the Intertoto Cup today. Unlike the first leg, Villa took ...
Volkan Ünlü Beaten from 70 Meters Out
By Daryl | July 22nd, 2008Portugal's S.C. Braga beat Turkey's Sivasspor 2-0 in the Intertoto Cup first leg on Sunday, and it's safe to say that Sivasspor keeper Volkan Ünlü ...
Odense BK 2-2 Aston Villa
By Martini Extra Dry | July 19th, 2008Poor is about the only word for tonight's performance from Villa, who deserved to, and very nearly did, lose. Villa took the lead early on, ...
Competitive football beckons
By Martini Extra Dry | July 18th, 2008Tomorrow at 7pm sees Aston Villa's return to competitive football, with the Intertoto Cup first leg against Odense BK of Denmark. In a competition for ...
Odense it is
By Martini Extra Dry | July 13th, 2008Aston Villa finally know who they are to face in the Intertoto Cup, with today's game between Odense Boldklub and Turun Palloseura (aka TPS Turku) ...
Defeat to FC Zurich
By Martini Extra Dry | July 13th, 2008After a nice, morale boosting 6-0 victory, Villa have been brought down to earth by FC Zurich. The final game of our pre-season tour of ...
Video: Bohemian 5-1 Rhyl
By Ian Rose | June 27th, 2008The Intertoto Cup has begun, which means that the long hard off-season of European club football (aka late May-Early June) is finally over. And ...
Who Needs An Off-Season? Welcome to the Last Intertoto Cup
By Ian Rose | June 27th, 2008There are lots of firsts in professional football tournaments. Real Madrid will always be the first winners of the European Cup. Tottenham can ...
The Final Countdown
By irish_steve | May 10th, 2008Well, this is it. We have 1 game left to gain entry into Europe for next season. If Everton draw and we beat the hammers ...
Super 6!
By irish_steve | April 16th, 2008I know, I know, its Derby but when you win any game 6 nil you deserve a pat on the back. Villa have scored 10 ...
Sunderland Preview
By irish_steve | March 21st, 2008Martin 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 ...
Winner! Winner! Lobster dinner!
By Chris | February 27th, 2008 Updated : Bundesliga Offside captain Jan has a nice write-up on the Intertoto Cup "victory". Read it here. Overlooked in this space and others on The Offside was ...
Bundesliga Offside Rewind: Upon Critical Analysis...
By Jan | February 23rd, 2008...the Bundesliga Offside team of bloggers came to the following conclusions this week: Abby concluded that Bielefeld does exist (potentially). (Hertha Offside) Jan concluded that the UEFA ...
Match-Fixing Probe Won't Give England Back-Door Route Into Euros
By Laurie | December 3rd, 2007Admit it. If you're an England fan, you read the words "Match-fixing probe" and "Euro qualifiers" this weekend and nearly passed out, didn't you? ...
Hey, we're starting too ... oh, nobody cares ...
By Ian Rose | September 17th, 2007As the first Champions League matches await, the world is once again focused on the big teams and their quest for the nearly endless pot ...
Sweden's European Beat-Down, and more...
By Ian Rose | August 13th, 2007It may not seem like it, but going into this big week of European football, with both UEFA Cup and Champions League matches on cue, ...
Rovers v Vetra (Intertoto highlights)
By Dan Clough | July 31st, 2007Highlights from Rovers 4-0 victory over FK Vetra. Making it 6-0 on aggregate!
Eleven Intertoto winners move on to UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | July 29th, 2007The match results are in, and these are the eleven clubs from the Intertoto Cup moving on to UEFA Cup qualifying: União Leiria (Portugal) Sampdoria (Italy) Atlético Madrid ...
Hammarby are lone first-round Intertoto survivors
By Ian Rose | July 29th, 2007Last season, two first-round Intertoto teams made it all the way through that tournament and into the UEFA Cup: Ethnikos of Cyprus and Maribor of ...
Today's video lesson: Don't clear into the box
By Ian Rose | July 29th, 2007Video from Atletico Madrid 1-0 Gloria Bistrita yesterday. It was a nice attack and cross, and all credit to Diego Forlan for the finish, ...
End of the road for Gloria. Madrid barely survives.
By Ian Rose | July 28th, 2007Well, as Meat Loaf would have said if he was slightly less optimistic, three out of five ain't bad. I called all the easy ...
Lens Advance to the UEFA Cup after Dismissing Chornomorets in Intertoto
By Sam | July 28th, 2007Hey, it's written in the stars, no Ukrainian club is going to off anyone from MY league, thanks so much. Lens vs. Chornomorets (doesn't that ...
Rovers 4 - 0 FK Vetra (6-0 aggregate)
By Dan Clough | July 28th, 2007I'll be honest with you; I didn't see this match as I have been in Nottingham at the cricket! Therefore this report is going to ...
A Tote on the Intertoto Cup is a Sure Thing
By Daryl | July 28th, 2007If you're looking for controversy in the 2007/8 football season, look no further than the Intertoto Cup where you'll find two of the worst things ...
Can the Romanians hold on to Intertoto glory?
By Ian Rose | July 28th, 2007Today, the first five of the eleven UEFA Cup spots will be decided in the Intertoto Cup. Two of the highlight matches feature Romanian ...
Partizan out of UC ... what's next?
By Ian Rose | July 26th, 2007Another week, another European ejection for fan violence. All we need now is one from the Champions League and we'll have the UEFA Trifecta ...
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