The Young Lions roared at a damp Villa Park tonight in the first leg of the FA Youth Cup final, but could only manage a 1-1 draw against a skillful Chelsea team.
I had a few technical difficulties, but eventually tunnelled my way in to see the game. I missed the opening goal, but Daniel Devine nodded in Samir Carruthers’ cross with a looping header for the only goal of the first half. Chelsea reportedly had the better of
I intended to open this post talking briefly about the penalty, but once I dived into the subject I found it deserved its own post. This post got left on the back burner. I apologise, but I realise that you don’t really care about the statistics from this game; if ever there was a game where only one stat counted it was this one, right? Yup, we won, that’s all that matters.
So, let’s be brief then. I’ve
It happens in almost every televised game. A tasty tackle is made, bodies go flying and the commentators confidently call the incident a foul. Then we see a replay, in slow motion, possibly from a different angle and we hear “oh, he got a touch on the ball first”. It’s repeated to the point that the average football fan, and presumably those repeating this meme, actually believe that a glancing blow between the leather of boot and ball are enough
James Milner Wins PFA Young Player of the Year 2010
Congratulations to James Milner who has just been named as the PFA Young Player of the Year for 2010.
As you’ll recall from when the nomination was announced, James joins Andy Gray, Gary Shaw and Ashley Young as players who have won this award while at Aston Villa.
Congratulations are also in order for Richard Dunne who joined James in the PFA’s Premier League Team of the Year.
Well done to both
We’ve played 36 games. We have two left; Man City at Eastlands and Blackburn at Villa Park. We have 64 points. Regardless of what happens in those two games, this season will be the second best performance in 18 years of the Premier League. Only 1992/93, the very first EPL season, was better.
And some people believe that Martin O’Neill has taken us as far as he can? Really?
One thing to consider is that there were
Portsmouth were told yesterday that they would not be allowed to represent England in the Europa League next season, which is an entirely correct decision in my opinion. I know, I would say that, wouldn’t I? Let’s be frank; reaching the FA Cup final is a fantastic achievement and the fans deserve their day at Wembley, but the way the club has been run should not be rewarded with a jolly to Europe.
If I were in any way
First things first; CT scans have revealed that Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink has suffered no long-term damage following his nasty clash of heads with Richard Dunne. That’s good news indeed, it’s always a concern when someone apparently spends so long unconscious. He’ll be able to train next week and should be able to play again before the end of the season.
To the game itself. Well, we won this in the first 25 minutes and then coasted to
That’s how many Premiership games that Martin O’Neill has prowled the Aston Villa technical area “like a panther”. The significance? Oh, it’s the same number as John Gregory, which means that MON will effectively become our longest serving manager during the Premiership era when he takes charge of his 149th EPL game at Hull on Wednesday.
It seems a good time to update what is a loose series of posts analysing the current manager’s league performance in comparison with
In case you weren’t aware, Fabian Delph was stretchered out of Bodymoor on Saturday with a “serious knee injury” and immediately went for scans to assess the damage. The news is not good, here’s the official statement from the club:-
AVFC
Fabian Delph suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in his left knee in training on Saturday at Bodymoor Heath. This has been confirmed by clinical examinations and scans.
Fabian will undergo ACL reconstruction at the appropriate time