Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Carling Cup Update: Villa Beats Blackburn 3-1

The Villa bounced back today with a 3-1 win over Blackburn in League Cup competition today.  Villa goals came from Heskey (1) and A. Young (2).  Only 18K at Villa Park?  Middle oif the work week I guess.

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Carling Cup
Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn FT

(HT 0-1)

Heskey 59

A Young 75

A Young 77

Givet 34


Aston Villa

22 Guzan

03 Warnock

21 Clark (Davies 76)

24 Cuellar

30 Lichaj

04 Sidwell

07 A Young

20 Reo-Coker

25 Bannan

10 Carew (Heskey 58)

11 Agbonlahor (Delfouneso 31)

Substitutes

01 Friedel, 15 Davies, 23 Beye, 17 Salifou, 27 Osbourne, 14 Delfouneso, 18 Heskey

Blackburn

13 Bunn

03 Olsson

05 Givet

06 Nelsen (Samba 66)

28 Jones

39 Chimbonda

07 Emerton

12 Pedersen

15 Nzonzi

21 Mwaruwari (Diouf 62)

23 Hoilett (Kalinic 78)

Substitutes

34 Fielding, 04 Samba, 33 Morris, 14 Linganzi, 09 Kalinic, 10 Diouf, 41 DioufRef: Foy

Att: 18,753

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Villa Draws with Bolton 1-1

Ashley Young scored today and Villa was able to come away with a 1-1 draw versus Bolton today.  This was also Kevin MacDonald's last game as caretaker manager.


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2010
 
2010 Premier League, Round 5Villa Park, Attendance: 34,655 
 
1 : 1
Final

Ashley Young (13') 
Goals
(35') Kevin Davies
 
 
 

Stephen Warnock (43')
Cards
(17') Zatyiah Knight
(67') Kevin Davies
 
 
 

Carlos Cuellar (46')
(Dunne)

John Alieu Carew (73')
(Ireland)
Substitutions
(18') Samuel Ricketts
(O'Brien)

(69') Mark Davies
(Muamba)

(84') Matthew Taylor
(Petrov)
 
 
TEAM STATS
 
Individual Leaders Individual Leaders
(1) Ashley Young Goals Kevin Davies (1)
 Assists Martin Petrov (1)
(4) Stewart Downing 12 Shots14  Martin Petrov (4)
(1) Stewart Downing
(1) Ashley Young
(1) Gabriel Agbonlahor 
Shots on Goal Kevin Davies (2)
(5) Brad Friedel Saves Adam Bogdan (2)
(6) Ashley Young Corner Kicks Stuart Holden (2)
(1) Gabriel Agbonlahor
(1) John Alieu Carew 
Offsides Chung-Yong Lee (1)
(3) Marc Albrighton 15 Fouls Committed Kevin Davies (3)
(1) Stephen Warnock Yellow Cards Zatyiah Knight (1)
Kevin Davies (1)
  Red Cards  
 Penalty Kick Goals0

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Villa let's one slip away

With a 1-nil lead, we let 3 points and then 1 point slip right out of our hands by allowing Stoke City 2 goals in the the final 1/3 of the game (the winner came in extra time).  It was painful.

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2153278,00.html
Monday, September 13, 2010
2010 Premier League, Round 4 Britannia Stadium, Attendance: 27,000

Stoke City 2 : 1 Aston Villa

Match Stats
Minute by Minute

Goals
Kenwyne Jones (80')
Robert Huth (90') Goals
(35') Stewart Downing

Cards
Danny Collins (45') 
(14') Stephen Warnock

Subs
Ricardo Fuller (61') ( for Walters)
Jermaine Lloyd Pennant (65') (for Wilson)
Glenn Whelan (87') (for Delap)
(87') Emile Heskey (for Agbonlahor)


Team and Individual Leaders (Villa players italics)

Goals
Stoke 2 - (1) Kenwyne Jones (1) Robert Huth Aston Villa 1 Stewart Downing (1)
Assists
Stoke 2 - (2) Matthew Etherington Aston Villa 1 Gabriel Agbonlahor (1)
Shots
Stoke 20 - (6) Kenwyne Jones Aston Villa 12 Stewart Downing (4)
Shots on Goal
Stoke 9 - (5) Kenwyne Jones Aston Villa 5 Stewart Downing (3)
Saves
Stoke 4 - (4) Thomas Sorensen Aston Villa 7 Brad Friedel (7)
Corner Kicks
Stoke 7 - (6) Matthew Etheringto (1) Rory Delapn Aston Villa7 Ashley Young (6)
Offsides
Stoke 2 - (1) Matthew Etherington Aston Villa 0
Fouls Committed
Stoke 13 - (3) Marc Wilson (3) Danny Collins Aston Villa 14 Richard Dunne (2) Nigel Reo-Coker (2) Stilian Petrov (2) Ashley Young (2) Gabriel Agbonlahor (2)
Yellow Cards
Stoke 1 - (1) Danny Collins Aston Villa 1 Stephen Warnock (1)

Red Cards 0
Penalty Kick Goals 0

Monday, September 13, 2010

Villa vs. Stoke City



Today's match vs Stoke City will be streaming live on ESPN3.com!  (11:45 am Pacific; 2:45 pm Eastern)

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Houllier Takes the Helm of the Villa

Gerard Houllier, former Liverpool FC manager, enters a 3-year deal to manage Aston Villa.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/07/gerard-houllier-aston-villa-manager




Teams managed
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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Villa vs Chelsea in October


Just purchased some tickets for the Oct 16th home match vs Chelsea for one of our AVFC California members who will be in England during October. Awesome! If photos are sent in, I'll certainly post them here.

UTV!