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Bolton 1 Aston Villa 2: Albrighton and Petrov grab the goals in first away win of season

Marc Albrighton and Stiliyan Petrov produced the vital goals to deliver Villa’s first away win of the season, but Ivan Klasnic was able to prevent Brad Guzan earning a clean [...]

Aston Villa 0 Man Utd 1: Exciting line-up provides another false dawn

They obviously can’t be bothered, so neither can I. It was a positive line-up, but Utd never needed to get out of 1st gear. McLeish must be giving out his [...]

Swansea 0 Aston Villa 0: Goalless draw on day football fades in significance

The game went ahead amidst many calls for its postponement following the tragic news of Gary Speed’s death. The result doesn’t seem that important in the scheme of things right [...]

Tottenham 2 Aston Villa 0: Anti-football yields what it deserves

Emmanuel Adebayor helped himself to a first half brace, but should have had at least a hat-trick during a game that Tottenham barely had to break a sweat to dominate. [...]

NextGen Series: Rosenborg U19 3 Aston Villa U19 2

Qualification for the knock-out phases of the NextGen series will have to wait after Villa’s U19s failed to get a result in Norway, losing 3-2 to Rosenborg. Derrick Williams cancelled [...]

Aston Villa 3 Norwich 2: Bent scores twice, MotM Gabby two assists and a goal himself

A much improved performance from Villa in a lively game led to a vital three points at home thanks to two goals from Darren Bent, and a goal for the [...]

Sunderland 2 Aston Villa 2: A draw snatched from the jaws of victory

It was so nearly a vital three points for Alex McLeish away from home thanks to goals from Stiliyan Petrov and what should have been a late winner from Richard [...]

Aston Villa 1 West Brom 2: Baggies grab the points against 10 man Villa

You might not have been alive the last time West Brom left Villa Park with three points: it was May 11th 1979. In fairness, we’ve only played in the same [...]

Man City 4 Aston Villa 1: City romp to an easy win

Not the scoreline we hoped for, but certainly one we feared. Not a great deal to discuss really, we were soundly beaten by a side who are clearly superior in [...]