Aston Villa Central

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 [...]

Teamsheets: Aston Villa vs Bolton

Bolton come to Villa Park for the 3rd round of the Carling Cup, Alex McLeish has fielded a very strong side and Owen Coyle is able to hand Stuart Holden [...]

Bolton preview: must win? Duh, winning!

No, I don’t know what Charlie Sheen has to do with Aston Villa taking on Bolton either, but at least he’s providing some much needed light relief at the moment [...]

Statshack – Aston Villa 1 Bolton 1 – What We Have Here Is A Failure To Penetrate

I’ve talked about this many, many times: possession football is all well and good, but if you don’t move the ball into position to score goals often enough, you don’t [...]

Aston Villa 1 Bolton 1

Gérard Houllier and Gary McAllister watched their new charges labour to a disappointing draw from the stands today and will know that they have an awful lot of talent at [...]

Bolton Pre-Match And Team News

I haven’t had chance to pull together a proper preview for Bolton’s visit to Villa Park, but this game is definitely more about various intertwining story arcs off the pitch [...]

Statshack: Aston Villa 5 Bolton 1

Aston Villa 5 Bolton 1 – Review

Aside from blotting their copy books by giving up a sloppy goal, Villa ticked all the right boxes today. It doesn’t seem very long ago I was suggesting our slightly [...]

Villa 4 Bolton 2 – Match Report

Full match report as Arsenal fail to beat Boro’ and we comfortably take care of Bolton to occupy 4th spot in the league. Too early to start dreaming about Champion’s League??