To Owe Great Thanks

Villa boys held on for a draw versus West Brom on Saturday.  Several thank you's are in order:

(1)  Shay Given - great save to maintain the clean sheet
(2) Chelsea - for beating QPR  6-1
(3) Tottenham - for beating Blackburn


How it stands at the moment:

Remaining games to play that matter to Villa:

Aston Villa:  Tottenham, Norwich City
Wigan: Blackburn, Wolverhampton
QPR: Stoke, Man City
Bolton: Tottenham, West Brom, Stoke (Bolton's game in hand may become very important)
Blackburn: Wigan, Chelsea

Villa Bombards Blackburn with Goals Galore

Stuart Downing celebrates after scoring!

Aston Villa 4 Blackburn Rovers 1
Scorer: Young (49, 82) Scorer: Hanley (62 o.g.) Scorer: Downing (63)	Scorer: Kalinic (80)
Attendance: 34,309	FT (16:52

Villa captures 3 points in a 4-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers today.  All five goals were scored in the second half.  Ashley Young (2x) + a fabulous goal by Stuart Downing helped Villa secure the win.

Stuart Downing about to score his goal in the second half

FA Cup victory over Blackburn; Michael Bradley joins Villa

The Villa moves on to the 5th round of the FA Cup after defeating Blackburn Rovers 3-1.  Michael Bradley, U.S. international joins Villa on loan http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/873904/aston-villa-secure-united-states-star-bradley-on-loan?campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=5901

2-nil loss to Blackburn

Not a good game from our Villa lads.  Pedersen of Blackburn scored 2 goals (one in each half) to take 3 points.

Blackburn Rovers 2 - 0 Aston Villa

MATCH INFORMATION
Stadium:	Ewood Park, England
Attendance:	21,848
Match Time:	November 21, 2010, 08:30 ET
Referee	Michael Oliver

SCORING SUMMARY
Blackburn Rovers	Aston Villa
Morten Gamst Pedersen (45)
Morten Gamst Pedersen (66)

MATCH STATS
	Blackburn Rovers	Aston Villa
Shots (on Goal)	17(4)	16(4)
Fouls	15	11
Corner Kicks	5	8
Offsides	1	2
Time of Possession	39%	61%
Yellow Cards	0	1
Red Cards	0	0
Saves

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

Season ends on a low note

Blackburn defeated Villa today at Villa Park 1-nil to end the Premiership season.   Villa ends the season on 6th place in the table - a great season.  Villa supporters around the world are celebrating the great season the lads have had (League Cup Final. FA Cup Semifinal, Peace Cup champion, 6th place finish in the Premiership).

Aston Villa vs Blackburn

	0 - 1
Date:  09/05/2010		Venue:  Villa Park
Attendance:  41,799		Referee:  Steve Bennett

	Aston Villa	Blackburn
Goals :	0	1
Possession :	52%	48%
Shots On Target :	12	3
Shots Off Target :	4	6
Corners :	11	5
Fouls :	14	12
Most Fouls :	Carew (3)	Pedersen (3)
Yellow Cards :	2	1
Red Cards :	0	0
Scorers :		Dunne 84 (og)

Villa sinks Birmingham City - 3 More Points!

Our Villa boys are still hard charging towards that 4th position in the table. Let's take 6 points as we close out the season vs City and Blackburn!

Villa is Wembley Bound!

Aston Villa vs Blackburn

	6 - 4
Date: 20/01/2010		Venue: Villa Park
Attendance: 40,406		Referee: Martin Atkinson Aston Villa Blackburn Goals : 6 4 Possession : 54% 46% Shots On Target : 10 8 Shots Off Target : 4 1 Corners : 8 5 Fouls : 10 12 Most Fouls : Heskey (2) Nelsen (2) Yellow Cards : 2 1 Red Cards : Samba 39 Scorers : Warnock 30 Milner 40 (pen) Nzonzi 53 (og) Agbonlahor 58 Heskey 62 Young 90 + 3

Villa 1-nil over Blackburn

Blackburn vs Aston Villa

	0 - 1
Date: 14/01/2010		Venue: Ewood Park
Attendance: 18,595		Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Aston Villa

Blackburn
Goals :	0	1
Possession :	45%	55%
Shots On Target :	2	9
Shots Off Target :	6	4
Corners :	9	13
Fouls :	11	5
Most Fouls :	Kalinic (4)	Agbonlahor (1)
Yellow Cards :	1	1
Red Cards :	0	0
Scorers :		Milner 23
Team Line Ups : Paul Robinson Lars Jacobsen 46 Christopher Samba Ryan Nelsen Pascal Chimbonda Michel Salgado 71 Brett Emerton Steven Nzonzi Morten Gamst Pedersen 75 David Dunn Nikola Kalinic Substitutes : Franco Di Santo Jason Brown Benedict McCarthy 75 Steven Reid 71 Martin Olsson 46 David Hoilett Phil Jones Bradley Guzan Carlos Cuellar James Collins Richard Dunne Stephen Warnock Ashley Young James Milner Stiliyan Petrov Stewart Downing 71 Emile Heskey Gabriel Agbonlahor Nigel Reo-Coker Brad Friedel Luke Young 71 Steve Sidwell Habib Beye Fabian Delph John Carew

FA Cup Victory over Blackburn

Aston Villa vs Blackburn

	3 - 1
Date: 02/01/2010		Venue: Villa Park
Attendance: 25,453		Referee: Howard Webb Aston Villa Blackburn Goals : 3 1 Possession : 59% 41% Shots On Target : 7 1 Shots Off Target : 6 3 Corners : 9 5 Fouls : 8 13 Most Fouls : Reo-Coker (2) Salgado (3) Yellow Cards : 1 1 Red Cards : Diouf 42 Scorers : Delfouneso 12 Cuellar 37 Carew 90 + 1 (pen)