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Aston Villa’s Agbonlahor has mercy on Newcastle’s Joey Barton

It really is a heart-warming story and in today’s world of tit for tat responses and ‘revenge-seeking’ behavior, it’s good to see a footballer stand up, be a man and learn to move on instead of fighting to defend his honour. Last week Newcastle and Aston Villa met at St James’ Park, a match Newcastle…

Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa – English Premier League – 3 November 2008 – Live Blog

Newcastle United (Martins 60′, 82′) 2-0 Aston Villa Stadium: St. James Park, England Competition: English Premier League Date: 3 November 2008 Kickoff: 20:00 GMT, 15:00 ET Newcastle United climbed out of the bottom of the standings and stunned Aston Villa, 2-0, to put an end to Villa’s third-place aspirations. Soccerlens brought you the action live!…

Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth – 18 October 2008 – English Premier League – Live Blog

Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth Stadium: Villa Park, England English Premier League Date: 18 October 2008 Kickoff: 15:00 BST, 10:00 EST Aston Villa and Portsmouth battled to a draw in a match that was long on action but short on scoring. Soccerlens brought the action to you live! Click below for the live-blog!

Top 20 Most Expensive EPL Non-Starters: Kieron’s not so Dyer situation

The English Premiership’s most costly bench-warmers have been revealed today in a new list published by football scouting website IMScouting.com. The list gives a “Cost per game” value for each club’s top benchwarmer, i.e. a ratio of the player’s salary divided by the number of games played since August 2007. Unsurprisingly, the kings of injuries…

Why Hart, Noble and Agbonlahor should be in the England squad

It’s just come to my notice that England Under-21s are actually a quite brilliant side! They haven’t lost for three years and in that time they’ve won 16 and drawn nine, averaging over two goals scored per game. Not bad going by anyone’s standards. With several of those all-conquering kids already in the full squad…

Lee Sharpe: The Soccerlens interview

Manchester United fans from the start of the 1990s will probably remember Lee Sharpe. Arsenal fans of that era will probably remember him too, albeit in a less enthusiastic manner. In the 1990-91 season, Sharpe was an electric, precocious teenager who broke into the first team and making most of England sit up and pay…

Do YOU remember the last time you beat Chelsea at the Bridge?

Sunday was the day that the Aston Villa juggernaut was set to send the Premiership in circles by derailing what is turning out to be one of the most astonishing records in Premiership history. Instead of ranting about what Chelsea football club have done, this will be a more interactive article involving every football fan….

Portsmouth draw AC Milan and full UEFA Cup draw

This article refers to an earlier version of the Europa League draw. Go to the latest Europa League draw article. The UEFA Cup draw has thrown up some mouthwatering ties for the English clubs involved. Top of the pile is Portsmouth, who have been drawn in the same group as AC Milan. Not to be…

Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa – English Premier League – 5 October 2008 – Live Blog

Chelsea (J. Cole 21′, Anelka 43′) 2-0 Aston Villa Stadium: Stamford Bridge, London, England Competition: English Premier League Date: 5 October 2008 Kickoff: 15:00 GMT, 10:00 ET Injury-depleted Chelsea preserved their home unbeaten streak as they outclassed Aston Villa, 2-0. Soccerlens brought you the action live! Click below for the live blog!

Uneasy Relations

Show me an Aston Villa fan keen to criticise owner Randy Lerner, and I’ll show you a man desperate to be miserable. The improvements made under the American have been profound both on and off the pitch. Manager Martin O’Neill has been backed in big money transfers for Stiliyan Petrov, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Luke…