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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Liverpool and Arsenal

These 2 games were complete opposites. Against Liverpool, the Villa lads looked totally disinterested almost to the point of seemingly giving up on the season.

Amazingly, the loss versus Arsenal yesterday was a game much better played by the Villa. I like seeing the youngsters in the game....Albrighton, Clark, Bannan. Albrighton is a spark plug and should have been in the starting 11 long ago. Gabby, on the other hand, seems to be very sluggish. Some of it may have to do with the absence of Darren Bent due to injury, but we need Gabby in the form he was earlier in the season.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Villa Gains Draw in Extra Time

I didn't see the game "live", but from reading the reports - it sounded like chaos. Claran Clark scored the equalizer in extra time n a high scoring game (6 goals total). It is great to have stopped the bleeding with one point. I think every point is gonna mean something from this point forward. UTV!

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Scoring Summary

Chelsea	Aston Villa
Frank Lampard (pen 23')	Ashley Young (pen 41')
Didier Drogba (84')	Emile Heskey (47')
John Terry (89')	Ciaran Clark (90')

22(7)	Shots (on Goal)	17(5)
20	Fouls	13
9	Corner Kicks	6
0	Offsides	1
61%	Time of Possession	39%
2	Yellow Cards	7
0	Red Cards	0
2	Saves	4

Saturday, November 27, 2010

2-4 Loss to Gunners

Claran Clark scores a double against Arsenal, but Villa loses ground on the Premiership table. (15th with still only 17 points. Man Utd jumps to the top of the table today with 31 points)

Aston Villa 2 Arsenal 4
Scorer: Clark (51, 70)	Scorer: Arshavin (38) Scorer: Nasri (44) Scorer: Chamakh (55) Scorer: Wilshere (90)
Attendance: 38,544	FT (14:40)

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................................................................................................................