Sunday, August 29, 2010

Villa Holds On - Defeats Everton 1-nil

Luke Young scores lead Villa to victory and thrills the Villa Park crowd!

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2139086,00.html

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Villa Knocked Out of Europa League with 2-3 loss to Rapid Vienna

Well our European campaign ended too soon after being defeated by Austria's Rapid Vienna 3-4 aggregate.

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2136019,00.html

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Villa and Rapid Vienna Draw; Newcastle Utd Tear Villa Apart

Europa League match versus Rapid Vienna ended in a 1-1 draw on 19 August (Thursday).

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Wish I had something better to report on the boys and their match with Newcastle. How in the heck was that penalty try by Carew? Kinda was the preview of what would unfold the remainder of the match. I hope they got this out of their system now. More of this will make for a loooooooooong season. We are talking about Newcastle United here. Geeeez.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Milner's move to City is final; Aston Villa Welcomes Stephen Ireland

After all of the summer rumors, James Milner is headed to Manchester City. All I can say is "$ talks." I personally believe that Villa let him get away too easy. It was obvious that City was interested and we should have made them pay for him. Oh well. It's a business. Ashley Young will be the man this season anyways!

Welcome to Stephen Ireland after his transfer from Manchester City. He wants to prove to his teammates and Villa supporters that he will be an asset to the club. I look forward to seeing what he can do for the Claret and Blue.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Who is Marc Albrighton?

Marc Albrighton has already made his mark after one regu lar league match. Is he Villa's future? Let's hope so.

Aston Villa: Marc Albrighton challenged to produce dazzling form for the entire season

Aug 16 2010 by Mark Woodward, Birmingham Mail

MARC Albrighton’s Villa elders have challenged him to repeat his Premier class performance another 37 times this season.

Albrighton was buzzing after starring in the convincing 3-0 victory over West Ham in his first top-flight start.

But James Milner has kept the 20-year-old wing wonder’s feet on the ground by advising him to aim to be consistently brilliant.

“I have done it for one game of the season and have to keep my feet on the ground,” said Albrighton.

“As soon as I came off the pitch James Milner said: ‘You have set a standard there, you have to keep that going for 37 games’.

“He is not wrong. He is bang on. He has made a great career from a young age as well. He’s a great player.”

Check out his bio at :

AVFC Player Profile

Wikipedia - Marc Albrighton

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Reports Say Maradona Interested in Leading Villa?

Now this is something that will strike up some discussion. Article in the Sun What kind of match would this be for Villa? A perfect transplant or a rejected organ? My initial reaction is that Maradona represents exactly the opposite of what we expect at the Villa. But then again - maybe this is what is needed. Plus he certainly would draw interest from players from Argentina.

I'm guessing that the facts in this article may be true, but reality it is not. We'll see.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Villa Wins Opener!

3 v 0Venue:Villa Park

Downing(14)
Petrov(39)
Milner(65)

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How Did You Become a Villa Supporter?

"I wonder how many fans are actually originally from Birmingham or surrounding area. I am and I'm always interested if someone isn't from near Villa Park, why did they pick Villa as the team to follow." .............................................................................................. "I like Rick's story, he picked Villa as they were 'sponsored' by Acorns Children's Hospice at the time, a cause close to Rick's heart."..................................................................................................................... "I was born in Solihull (12 miles south of Villa Park) and my older bro turned me into a Villa supporter"................................................................................................................ "I am originally from Vauxhall (Birmingham B7) and have followed the Villa since my dad took me to see a game at Villa Park on my 4th birthday. I was a season ticket holder at VP from 1968 until I moved over here twelve years ago."........................................................................................................................"I am from Halesowen which is right next to the black country. Which is tesco carrier bag territory. However my dad is from the city and he always took me and my brother to villa games. I was a season ticket holder in the holte untill 2007 when I moved out here."......................................................................................................................."So why do I support Villa if I've never been to Birmingham? That's a very good question that I've asked myself many times over the years. When I started following the league almost everyone was a Liverpool fan for the same reason almost everyone now is a United, City, or Chelsea fan. Not being someone who follows the crowd I wanted to support a team that was unique and different. When I was a kid, Andy Gray was one of my favorite players and I used to read his columns in Shoot magazine about playing for Villa and thought a lot of the things about the team were unique: the team name, colors, and specially the history."..................................................................................................................."Born just a couple of miles from Villa park, with my father, mother, grandparents and more than half of my extended family with claret and blue blood (you can work out who the rest of that motley crew supported SOTC) it was written in the stars that I was going to be Villa through and through."...................................................................................................................I was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. Played the game for 30 some odd years and have been a Villa fan all my life. I have seen 2 live games(both losses, but a great atmosphere none the less). My grandfather was a steward at Villa Park for many years. My father and brother are members of the Canadian Villa fan club in Toronto. I'm here in the central valley, and know of couple of villa fans here in Fresno................................................................................................................