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Braga 1 Aston Villa 1: N’Zogbia scores on his debut

Charles N’Zogbia matched Darren Bent’s achievement of scoring on his debut in tonight’s final pre-season game in Braga; a 1-1 draw that would probably be given to the home side [...]

Derby 2 Aston Villa 0: Young side goes down at Pride Park

Two second half goals gave Derby the win in a game missing a lot of our big names, including new boy Charles N’Zogbia, but provided a useful, if uninspiring, run [...]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 2: Chelsea cruise to victory in Hong Kong

The game was only 32 second old when Josh McEachran thumped the ball into the roof of the net from two yards out. Shay Given stretched out a desperate arm, [...]

Aston Villa 1 Blackburn 0: Positive signs continue

Yes, it’s just pre-season. Yes, it’s still early days, there’s much to be done. Nevertheless, the positive signs continue. The green shoots of recovery are quite possibly poking their heads [...]

McLeish makes a winning start: Walsall 1 Aston Villa 3

McLeish’s first game in charge ended in a comfortable 3-1 at the Bescot thanks to a brace from Darren Bent and rare goal from Emile Heskey, but it could have [...]

Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 0: Villa finish 9th and Blues go down

Wow. What a day! The game wasn’t all that thrilling, but Liverpool have been beaten at Villa Park for the first time in 13 years thanks to a superb strike [...]

Arsenal 1 Aston Villa 2: Bent brace bags the spoils

Hands up if you saw that result coming. Hey. You there are the back… put your hand down, you little fibber! Well, okay, Arsenal have really gone off the boil [...]

Aston Villa 1 Wigan 1: Spicy opening, but fizzled out after the break

Charles N’Zogbia’s well taken opener was cancelled out by a rare Ashley Young free kick during a first half which threatened to boil over, Emile Heskey providing much of the [...]

West Brom 2 Aston Villa 1: Points carelessly thrown away against ten men

The killer habit of losing points from winning positions returned with a vengeance today after we somehow conspired to lose to a ten man Baggies side that were there for [...]