It’s the final of the Asia Trophy and we’re taking on Chelsea for a chance to grab some pre-season silverware in Hong Kong. Like all pre-season games, it would be a mistake to read to much into performances, and the result doesn’t really matter, but doing well in this one wouldn’t hurt confidence.
Team news and full commentary coming up in the live blog below (hopefully it will go a little smoother than the last one!):
Aston Villa vs Chelsea – Asia
It’s not just the team who can test things during pre-season, it’s also a good opportunity to try a few new tricks here on the blog. Today’s live blog is just that; a test. The live blogs I’ve done in the past were hosted by an external company – the same one the official site uses – but I wanted to bring it in-house as it were.
I’m not sure of how many readers will visit, or the load it will
Live Blog: Aston Villa Reserves vs Chelsea Reserves at Hinckley.
Probably not the smartest thing to do, but on a whim I’ve decided to have a crack at pulling a live blog and video together. I’ve quickly thrown together a page which is very much experimental.
The video is a Veetle stream and it should be tuned to the right station already. If you don’t have it, you will probably need to download the Veetle plugin to see the video. Veetle produce what is probably the
Live blogging the Aston Villa vs Feyenoord Guadiana Cup match from The Algarve, Portugal later tonight.
Blog should be live with team news around an hour before the 9.30pm kick off.
Read the preview here. Hang around after the final whistle for the penalty shoot out.
Aston Villa vs Feyenoord – Guadiana Cup
I’m doing something a little different with this today. Any of the news links that crops up between now and kick off will appear here on the first page, with the latest at the top. The live blog will be embedded on the second page (there’s also a link at the bottom of the page) so you don’t have to load that up if that’s not what you’re here for.
Once again, the live blog will be mostly fed
Team news and live text commentary starting roughly one hour before kick off.
This live blog will be fed almost exclusively from the new Aston Villa Central Live Twitter account so there will be a little lag following here. If you prefer, you can stay up to speed by following @AVC_live.
Other Fixtures Today
Birmingham (9) v Arsenal (3)
Hull (19) v Fulham (10)
Tottenham (4) v Portsmouth (20)
West Ham (17) v Stoke (12)
Wolves (15) v Everton (8)
Bolton (14) v Man Utd (1) [5.30pm]
Headlines
Forest wanted
Live blog below the fold.
Carling Cup Final – Man Utd vs Aston Villa
I haven’t done this for a while, but I figured it’s worth looking at again since some little event at Apple is causing Twitter to misbehave. We’ll see how it goes.
Aston Villa vs Arsenal