Aston Villa News 24/7Congratulations to our reserve side who have won the Barclays Premier Reserve League South for the third year running following their 2-1 win over Fulham at Bodymoor tonight. They still have a couple of games to play, but are 5 points clear of second place Arsenal with a game in hand.
As winners of the southern league, they’ll have to face the winners from the north in a play-off final in early May. Off the top of my head, I believe it’s the north’s turn to host the final after last year’s final was hosted at Villa Park. We won that game of course, beating Sunderland 3-1 to win the national title, and this year it’s looking like we’ll face either Man Utd, Man City or Liverpool.
As I say, there’s still a couple more games to play, but it doesn’t look like Andreas Weimann will be caught for the top striker award. He currently has 9 goals and while he didn’t get on the score sheet tonight, he did get the assist on Bannan’s opener. Bannan later turned provider for Ciaran Clark’s winner.
Congratulations once again! The future’s bright, the future’s claret and blue!
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3 Comments to “Aston Villa Reserves Pick Up Silverware Again”
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Congrats lads, well done and best of luck in the playoff final.
More importantly I hope some of these lads can establish themselves in the senior team in the coming seasons
Yeah, Albrighton, Delfouneso and Clark were all kept at the club and not sent out on loan with that very intention in mind. Clark might have longer to wait since we’re not short of CBs right now, but I’m certain that the other two will get games next season.
That said, European football will be a factor. If we would have had Europa league this season we’d have seen more of them.
Delfouneso looks a real prospect and if there isn’t much money to spend in the summer his development will be vital to us. I really hope he is the natural finisher we crave.
European football is important to us, if for nothing else to give the fringe players a go. It’s going to be hard for Albrighton, Bannan and Clark to get a break with the quantity and quality of wingers and center backs we have at the club