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Features news coverage of Aston Villa football club and its players, including match reports, transfers, transfer rumours, kits and general football news.
Don’t blame Rafa, blame Liverpool’s ‘stars’
If a team does poorly, or as is the case in modern-day football, fails to entertain, the blame falls on the manager. That sounds right until you consider that if those bloody millionaires running aimlessly on the pitch had followed instructions, and if the opposition had turned around and grabbed their ankles as asked, the…
England squad for Andorra and Croatia
England play Andorra in Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium at 1900 BST on Saturday evening and then travel to Zagreb for their second qualifier against Croatia on Wednesday, 10 September at 2000 BST. Players out with injury include Steven Gerrard, Owen Hargreaves, Michael Carrick and Micah Richards, with Portsmouth’s Glenn Johnson and Fulham’s Jimmy Bullard brought into…
Who makes your football kits?
Here’s a list of football shirt manufacturers and the clubs they make kits for in the Football League:
Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool – Live Blog – English Premier League
Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool Stadium: Villa Park Date: Sunday 31 August 2008 Competition: English Premier League Kickoff: 16:00 BST, 11:00 ET It was a scoreless draw between Liverpool and Aston Villa at Villa Park. Soccerlens brought the action (or lack thereof) to you live! Click below for the live blog! For coverage of all the…
Transfer Rumors (30 August 08): Bayern bid for Berbatov?, United offload Saha to Everton, Liverpool’s Riera deal almost done, and more
We’re into the final weekend of the summer transfer window, and it’s sure to be a wild weekend. Well, maybe. Whatever the case may be, I’m back to give you the latest transfer news and rumors, and there is something to report on with Dimitar Berbatov, but I don’t know if it’s what Sir Alex…
Man City, Tottenham, Pompey and Villa get easy UEFA Cup ties, Everton get one of the toughest
The 2008/09 UEFA Cup first round draw was conducted today with the first leg to be played on Thursday 18 September 2008 with the second leg to be played on Thursday 2 October 2008. Five days after the second legs the draw will be held for the group stage, the fixture dates for which are…
Aston Villa sign Milner from Newcastle – will he ever play for England?
Aston Villa have announced the signing of James Milner from Newcastle United – the England U-21 international has penned a four-year deal at Villa after passing a medical at Villa Park.
Weekend Predictions: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton and Villa to win, Liverpool, Tottenham, Newcastle and Man City to lose
I’ve never really understood the need for foreign travel. It makes no sense to leave a perfectly good country for a significantly poorer one; although this is never a real problem for the Welsh. When I have capitulated to convention, I have found the experience quite pleasurable. I particularly enjoyed my timeshare in an underground…
How much will England and Liverpool miss Gerrard?
Steven Gerrard will undergo groin surgery in a bid to have an injury-free season and will miss two league games and two England World Cup qualifiers in the process. How much will they miss him?
Transfer Rumors (28 August 08): Arsenal after £12m de Guzman, City to get SWP for £8.5m, Newcastle to reluctantly grant Milner £10m Villa move, and more
We’re rapidly moving towards the end of the summer transfer window, and the mad dash to get deals done continues. Still waiting for news on a couple of big names, but there’s plenty to report as is, so let’s get to it, shall we?
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