Showing posts with label Blackpool FC. Show all posts

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Congratulations Villa!

Stuart Downing scored and goal in the 33' and that was enough for Villa to capture the win over Liverpool 1-nil. Villa finishes 9th in the table - a fantastic finish considering we were close to the relegation zone more than once this season.

Man Utd claims another Premiership crown (19th). West Ham, Birmingham, and Blackpool are relegated to the Championship and coming up to the Premiership next season are Queens Park Rangers (QPR) and Norwich City (former team of Darren Huckerby, who played very briefly for MLS San Jose Earthquakes here in the SF bay Area. The final team to be promoted will be determined in a playoff between Swansea City and Cardiff City (at Wembley).

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Draw with Blackpool

We had our chances, but after going down a player in the second half (Makoun red card), we can be grateful for a draw.

Saturday, 12 February 2011

Barclays Premier League

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Time
Blackpool	1-1	Aston Villa	FT
(HT 1-1)
Grandin 14		Agbonlahor 10

Hide team line-ups and match stats

Blackpool

28 Kingson
06 Evattyellow card
15 Baptisteyellow card
20 Cathcart
11 Vaughan
14 Grandin (Puncheon 39)
26 Adam
29 Carney
09 Harewood (Phillips 67)
16 Varney (Reid 72)
39 Campbell

Substitutes

45 Kettings,
05 Eardley,
04 Southern,
23 Phillips,
42 Puncheon,
43 Reid,
44 Beattie

Aston Villa

01 Friedel
05 Dunne
21 Clark
24 Cuellar (Collins 27)
36 Walker
06 Downing
07 Youngyellow card
17 Makounred card
20 Reo-Coker
11 Agbonlahor (Bradley 73)
39 Bent (Heskey 57)

Substitutes

33 Marshall,
29 Collins,
08 Pires,
12 Albrighton,
13 Bradley,
16 Delph,
18 Heskey

Ref: H WebbAtt: 16,000

Thursday, November 11, 2010

3 Points! Villa 3-2 over Blackpool

Quite a game to watch (you can see a replay on espn3.com).

Interesting side story about Ian Holloway, Blackpool's manager, and the FA's accusations that he fielded a "weakened" team against Villa.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=840678&sec=england&cc=5901

Aston Villa 3 - 2 Blackpool

MATCH INFORMATION
Stadium:	Villa Park, England
Attendance:	34,330
Match Time:	November 10, 2010, 14:45 ET
Referee	Anthony Taylor

SCORING SUMMARY
Aston Villa	Blackpool
Stewart Downing (28)	Marlon Harewood (45)
Nathan Delfouneso (60)	DJ Campbell (87)
James Collins (89)

MATCH STATS
	Aston Villa	Blackpool
Shots (on Goal)	21(8)	14(3)
Fouls	10	10
Corner Kicks	10	8
Offsides	2	4
Time of Possession	40%	60%
Yellow Cards	2	3
Red Cards	0	0
Saves	1	5

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Villa v. Blackpool on ESPN3.com

Just a reminder that tomorrow (10 Nov), the Villa v. Blackpool match will be broadcast online at ESPN3.com.

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

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Congratulations Villa!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Draw with Blackpool

Hide team line-ups and match stats

Blackpool

Substitutes

Aston Villa

Substitutes

Thursday, November 11, 2010

3 Points! Villa 3-2 over Blackpool

Aston Villa 3 - 2 Blackpool

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Villa v. Blackpool on ESPN3.com

About Me

Followers