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A very rare occurrence for us in the last few years; results around us did us a big favour coming into this match and the opportunity was capitalised on. Three vital points opening up a little bit of breathing room at the bottom of the table. Take a moment to breath in that oxygen. Sweet isn’t it?
The single goal that yielded three points came courtesy of James Collins’ shiny dome 25 minutes in, flicking on a superb free kick from Ashley Young. Darren Bent had a perfectly good goal chalked off incorrectly for offside right before the end of the half, the fear that that would come back to bite us lived throughout the second 45 minutes.
Bent had a penalty shout turned away amid several incorrect decisions during a second half completely bossed by the home side, cheered on superbly through much of the game by the home crowd. Well done to The 12th Man!
‘Tense’ doesn’t begin to describe the final minutes, including no less than five minutes of injury time, but Newcastle’s late charge wasn’t enough to rescue anything. And they wouldn’t have deserved it either.
Magnificent performance today. No question of effort or desire from a single player. Job done, that’s all there is to it.
That’s all for now, I currently have the heart rate of a lab rat and need to find some way to recover. Looking at the latest table might help…
| Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts |
| 10 | West Brom | 32 | -13 | 39 |
| 11 | Fulham | 32 | 1 | 38 |
| 12 | Stoke | 32 | -3 | 38 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 32 | -10 | 38 |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 32 | -13 | 37 |
| 15 | Blackburn | 32 | -12 | 35 |
| 16 | Birmingham | 31 | -12 | 35 |
| 17 | Blackpool | 32 | -20 | 33 |
| 18 | West Ham | 32 | -18 | 32 |
| 19 | Wolves | 32 | -20 | 32 |
| 20 | Wigan | 32 | -23 | 31 |
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10 Comments to “Aston Villa 1 Newcastle 0: Three vital points very well earned”
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Very scarey in the last few minutes (watching from Puerto Rico in the Canaries
)but as you say, we deserved it.
One happy bunny atm.
sounds like an ideal place to enjoy a win.
That should be it. West Ham and Blackpool look like they’re both desperate to gain that last slot, behind Wigan and Wolves.
all things being equal, should be a case of looking up, not down now.
taking nothing for granted, natch.
Have not seen the game yet. Probably good; I don’t know that I could have withstood it. Will be enjoyable to watch now, knowing the outcome.
I like to root for the weaker clubs against the big ones, but, as you have pointed out, at this point it is not about being faster than the lion, just being faster than your companion.
Like that analogy Stewart.
well deserved guys! We looked like shite today. honestly glad Villa can breath a little easier even though it was at the expense of my boys at Newcastle. the league is better with both of us in it.
heh, you had your pound of flesh at st james’!
totally agree with the last sentiment, newcastle aren’t a championship team and neither are we.
Dan, Ive said it before I do really like Villa. We are both not out of the woods just yet but glad to see you guys looking a bit better. Honestly I think its going to be a www dot relegation dot com season! BYE BYE Wigan, Wolves, and West Ham!!!
Ref was atrocious. Glad we scraped through to get the 3 points. Onwards and upwards!