The full draw for the UEFA Europa League Play Off Round with the ties being played on 19th and 26th of August:-
(Teams will be added below as drawn after 12.30pm – you will need to refresh the page to see the latest)
You can also watch the draw live here. Teams on the left will play at home in the first leg.
Aston Villa have been drawn against Rapid Vienna Again!!
1
Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA)
vs
Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
2
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
vs
SC Tavriya Simferopol
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Following on from the preview yesterday, UEFA have now divided the 74 teams into 7 pots and Rapid Vienna have been placed in Group 6 along with Aston Villa, so there’s now a 1 in 6 chance of a rematch.
The 6 unseeded sides that we can be drawn against in Group 6 are:-
SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
FC Sibir Novosibirsk (RUS)
CS Marítimo (POR)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)
The New Saints FC (WAL)
The 7 Pots in full:-
Seeded
Unseeded
Group 1
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Anorthosis Famagusta FC
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Ironic really, given our embarrassment of riches at centre half, but it appears that we may be on the edge of a minor injury crisis. If that’s not an oxymoron. I play it down and describe it as ‘minor’ since there’s a couple of weeks until the curtain opener and these things always seem to be blown out of proportion initially, but we are running a bit thin on the ground at this moment.
Firstly, as you’ll know, James
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Martin O’Neill revealed today that Nathan Delfouneso will be travelling out to Portugal tomorrow to link up with the rest of squad and he’s hoping the striker can play some part in Sunday night’s match against Benfica at least. Even if he doesn’t play this weekend, just being with the squad and not stuck at home is good for him ahead of the new season.
The same thinking applies to James Collins who is nursing his calf, but a little
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Liverpool have reportedly made a £2.5m bid for Luke Young and Martin O’Neill has confirmed the club have received a bid from an unnamed club with Young currently “mulling it over”:-
Martin O’Neill
There has been an offer from a football club, which Luke is mulling over and if it doesn’t materialize then he would also join us [in Portugal] because he needs to play some football soon. We will see how that develops.
My personal opinion is one of slight disappointment,
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I bet you would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at Bodymoor today, right? Well, the plot thickens. After the James Milner, his agent, Martin O’Neill and Paul Faulkner sat down for talks described as “amicable”, the following statement was issued by the club:-
AVFC Official Site
James Milner trained with the rest of the Villa squad today at Bodymoor Heath. He and the manager, along with chief executive Paul Faulkner and the player’s representative, Matthew
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All three of Aston Villa’s representatives at the UEFA Under-19 European Championship in France were on display in England’s opening day 3-2 win over Austria. Both the Nathans; Delfouneso and Baker, started for England while Andreas Weimann started up front for Austria.
All three will be reasonably happy with their performances. Nathan Baker was solid, tidy and well disciplined at the back for England. Perhaps caught out positionally a little early on, as Austria fired the opening salvos
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Aston Villa’s new home and away shirts for 2010/11 are being launched at an event in Centenary Square today, ably modelled by Stiliyan Petrov, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuellar and Stewart Downing.
The home shirt has leaked ahead of the event, it’s a traditional claret shirt with blue sleeves, but features a check trim down the sides. The away shirt is black and features the same claret and blue check down the sides.
In other news today, Emile Heskey has announced his
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Nothing like a good old beep test on your first day back at work after a long break, eh? The OS has some fantastic pictures of the first team back in training, kitted out in new purple gear with the FxPro logo emblazoned on the front. I’ve just borrowed a few here, but there’s lots more on the OS, so go check it out. I think I’m a fan of purple for the training kit, there’s a
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