Tag Archives: Carling Cup

Opportunity knocks – Aston Villa vs Burnley

Burnley came up from the Championship last season via the play-offs and rightly didn’t go crazy bringing in new players before predictably heading back down to the Championship without too [...]

Aston Villa 3 Blackburn 1 – Heskey Turns It Round, Ash Finishes It Off

Emile Heskey came on around the hour mark with Villa a goal down to Blackburn and within a minute he had equalised, possibly with his first touch, and 18 minutes [...]

Match Day – Blackburn In The Carling Cup And Team News

Blackburn return to Villa Park in the Carling Cup tonight, but if it’s to be a repeat of the 6-4 thriller back in January, it will likely be for different [...]

Ash And Gabby Talk Positive, As Does Koeman And Blackburn In The Cup

Among much speculation regarding Champions League bound Tottenham trying to get their hands on no-longer-cup-tied Ashley Young, he’s talked up the team’s desire to bounce back against Everton and also [...]

Is Winning Everything?

In short, no. Then again, maybe it is… eventually. Maybe no one really remembers the runner-up, but they’re rightly rewarded with cold hard currency which is needed to help finance [...]

Hands In The Air, Hands In The Air

…looking like a fool with you hands in the air. (That’s to the tune of “Pants on the Ground” for anyone not getting the reference) I always laugh at players [...]

Reflections On A Cup Final

Despite one of the most farcical construction projects ever, the old Wembley stadium was demolished and rebuilt in between this and our last cup final. A lot of water has [...]

Carling Cup Final – Man Utd 2 Aston Villa 1

Well, we lost. Not worth adding much more at the moment, except to say how proud I am of the team and how proud I am to be a Villa [...]

Carling Cup Final Live Blog – Man Utd vs Aston Villa

Live blog below the fold.