Monday, December 28, 2009

8-game streak ends for Villa

Fabregas' return gives Gunners a 3-nil win over Villa.http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10265~47795,00.html


Arsenal vs Aston Villa
3 - 0
Date:
27/12/2009
Venue:
Emirates Stadium
Attendance:
60,056
Referee:
Phil Dowd


ArsenalAston Villa
Goals :30
Possession :62%38%
Shots On Target :123
Shots Off Target :74
Corners :104
Fouls :1418
Most Fouls :Song Billong (5)Dunne (4)
Yellow Cards :13
Red Cards :00
Scorers :
Fabregas 65
Fabregas 81
Diaby 90 + 1

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Villa - 4 in a row!


John Carew comes off the bench and leads Villa to a 1-nil victory over Stoke City today.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Villa Victorious!

Gabby Agbonlahor scores in the 21' to lift Aston Villa past Man Utd at Old Trafford!

Man Utd vs Aston Villa
0 - 1
Date:
12/12/2009
Venue:
Old Trafford
Attendance:
75,130
Referee:
Martin Atkinson

Man UtdAston Villa
Goals :01
Possession :57%43%
Shots On Target :95
Shots Off Target :73
Corners :94
Fouls :414
Most Fouls :Brown (2)Petrov (3)
Yellow Cards :11
Red Cards :00
Scorers :
Agbonlahor 21
Team Line Ups :
Tomasz Kuszczak
Darren Fletcher
Wes Brown
Nemanja Vidic
Patrice Evra
Michael Carrick
Oliveira Anderson68
Antonio Valencia
Ryan Giggs46
Ji-Sung Park63
Wayne Rooney
Substitutes :
Darron Gibson68
Ben Foster
Michael Owen46
Dimitar Berbatov63
Danny Welbeck
Gabriel Obertan
Ritchie De Laet
Brad Friedel
Luke Young
Richard Dunne
Carlos Cuellar
62Stephen Warnock
Ashley Young
James Milner
Stiliyan Petrov
81Stewart Downing
Gabriel Agbonlahor
74Emile Heskey
Habib Beye
Bradley Guzan
Steve Sidwell
74John Carew
62James Collins
81Nigel Reo-Coker
Fabian Delph

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Villa vs. Man Utd on Fox Soccer Channel!

The Villa vs. Manchester United English Premier League match this coming Saturday (12/12/09) will be televised "live" in the U.S. on Fox Soccer Channel 9:30 am Pacific (12:30 pm eastern)

Up the Villa!




Villa 3-nil over Hull City!




Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Football vs "Gridiron"

What Mr. Cleese says presents here pretty much says it all from my perspective. :)


Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Villa on to the final four!

It was exciting to be able to listen to the live commentary of today’s match thanks to the generosity of AVFC (normally this service requires that you have a subscription). I could only listen to ¾ of the match because of work commitments, but t he audio commentary by Jack Woodward and Andy Blair was magnificent! JW even referenced m e a couple of times during the broadcast as I contributed to the live chat unfolding on AV Live (live text description of the action and live input from others around the world following the match in real time. I think an AVTV subscription may be in my future!

Villa beat Pompey 4-2 on goals from Emile Heskey (12’), James Milner (27’), Stewart Downing (74’), and Ashley Young (88’). Now it is on to the semi-finals of the Carling Cup. UP THE VILLA!

Portsmouth vs Aston Villa
2 - 4
Date:
01/12/2009
Venue:
Fratton Park
Attendance:
17,034
Referee:
Lee Mason


PortsmouthAston Villa
Goals :24
Possession :50%50%
Shots On Target :36
Shots Off Target :25
Corners :62
Fouls :1113
Most Fouls :Ben-Haim (3)Agbonlahor (4)
Yellow Cards :32
Red Cards :00
Scorers :
Petrov 10 (og)
Kanu 87
Heskey 12
Milner 27
Downing 74
Young 89
Team Line Ups :
Asmir Begovic
Anthony Vanden Borre
Younes Kaboul
Tal Ben-Haim
Hermann Hreidarsson
Hassan Yebda
Michael Brown
Richard Hughes85
Nadir Belhadj
Danny Webber65
John Utaka76
Substitutes :
Angelos Basinas
Jamie Ashdown
Hayden Mullins
Frederic Piquionne76
Aruna Dindane
Nwankwo Kanu65
Marc Wilson85
Bradley Guzan
Luke Young
Richard Dunne
Carlos Cuellar
Stephen Warnock
James Milner
Stiliyan Petrov
Stewart Downing
Gabriel Agbonlahor
90Emile Heskey
Ashley Young
Craig Gardner
Brad Friedel
90Nathan Delfouneso
Fabian Delph
Ciaran Clark
Habib Beye
Nigel Reo-Coker

Monday, November 30, 2009

Coverage of Carling Cup Quarter-Finals between Villa and Portsmouth

I am trying to nail down what is available for tomorrow's Carling Cup match. AVTV is offering live audio coverage for free (Jack Woodward). Go to http://www.avfc.co.uk/ for details. So far, it appears there is no US tv coverage. I am going to check around for any online streaming sources.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Draw with Tottenham

A win today would have moved Villa into the "top 4", but Tottenham got the equalizer in the 77'. Emile Heskey almost scored the goal of the year with his header - from his knees and facing away from the goal. It would have been a dream ending... but instead Villa only got 1 point at the end of the day.


Aston Villa vs Tottenham
1 - 1
Date:
28/11/2009
Venue:
Villa Park
Attendance:
39,866
Referee:
Phil Dowd




Goals :11
Possession :54%46%
Shots On Target :416
Shots Off Target :85
Corners :78
Fouls :108
Most Fouls :Young (2)Kranjcar (2)
Yellow Cards :01
Red Cards :00
Scorers :
Agbonlahor 10
Dawson 77
Team Line Ups :
Brad Friedel
Luke Young
Habib Beye
Carlos Cuellar
Richard Dunne
James Milner
Stiliyan Petrov
Nigel Reo-Coker71
Ashley Young
Gabriel Agbonlahor
John Carew75
Substitutes :
Craig Gardner
Bradley Guzan
Steve Sidwell71
Stewart Downing
Ciaran Clark
Emile Heskey75
Fabian Delph
Heurelho Gomes
Vedran Corluka
Michael Dawson
Sebastien Bassong
Benoit Assou-Ekotto
Aaron Lennon
Tom Huddlestone
66Wilson Palacios
78Niko Kranjcar
Jermain Defoe
Peter Crouch
78Robbie Keane
Ben Alnwick
Alan Hutton
Gareth Bale
David Bentley
66Jermaine Jenas
Danny Rose

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Villa v. Tottenham on FSC


The match between our Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur will be televised "LIVE" in the U.S. on Fox Soccer Channel this coming Saturday, November 28th (12:30pm ET 9:30am PT)




Saturday, November 21, 2009

Climbing the Table (Villa 1 Burnley 1)

YES! Villa picks a point with a draw against Burnley with Emile Heskey scoring the equalizer late.
Burnley vs Aston Villa
1 - 1
Date:
21/11/2009
Venue:
Turf Moor
Attendance:
21,178
Referee:
Howard Webb

BurnleyAston Villa
Goals :11
Possession :41%59%
Shots On Target :66
Shots Off Target :54
Corners :68
Fouls :612
Most Fouls :Mears (2)Carew (3)
Yellow Cards :03
Red Cards :00
Scorers :
Caldwell 9
Heskey 86