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Aston Villa 2 Wigan 0: Finally, three points at home to the Lactics thanks to Gabby and Bent

Wigan Athletic were finally beaten in the league at Villa Park in a comfortable win for the home side thanks to a goal in either half. The first, a brilliant [...]

QPR 1 Aston Villa 1: Another day, another draw

An injury time own goal by Richard Dunne cancelled out a second half penalty by Barry Bannan to end yet another game in stalemate, but a win would have been [...]

Aston Villa 0 Bolton 2: Out of the Carling Cup with barely a whimper

Dare I suggest that we can concentrate on the league now? No? Didn’t think so. Nevertheless, we are out of the Carling Cup thanks to a 2-0 loss at home [...]

Aston Villa 1 Newcastle 1: Unbeaten, but outplayed and uninspiring

Another game, another draw. That’s four draws and a win now in the Premier League. Gabby Agbonlahor gave cause for optimism when he opened the scoring somewhat against the run [...]

Everton 2 Aston Villa 2: Poor performance yields a very welcome point

There’s no getting away from it, that was a poor performance against an Everton side unable (or unwilling) to field a single recognised striker. We might owe a somewhat sheepish [...]

Aston Villa 0 Wolves 0: Herd the Man of the Match in bore draw

The fans who stayed away from this dirge fest in droves were the lucky ones; only surprise inclusion Chris Herd and Gabby Agbonlahor provided anything worth getting excited about. The [...]

Aston Villa 2 Hereford 0: Lichaj and Delfouneso with late goals

Just over 21,000 saw Villa earn their place in the 3rd round of the Carling Cup the hard way thanks to a late goal each from Eric Lichaj (80′) and [...]

Aston Villa 3 Blackburn 1: Three points for McLeish in first Villa Park game

Alex McLeish kicked off his first Villa Park match with a near perfect start thanks to goals from Gabby Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey and Darren Bent. Only Morten Gamst Pedersen’s very [...]

Fulham 0 Aston Villa 0: Important away point to open the season

Neither side were able to break the deadlock at Craven Cottage in a game that failed to ever spark into life. As the visiting manager, Alex McLeish will rightly be [...]