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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.
Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United Match Highlights (13 November 2010)
Either Manchester United is extremely lucky or they’re just too damn good. Stealing a point from Aston Villa after going 2-0 down in the 76th minute – the first was scored in the 72nd minute by the way. United bounced back strongly with a Federico Macheda goal from top of the box and an intelligent…
Fergie Time: The Truth About Paul the Octopus
Welcome to Fergie Time, a roundup/newsletter type deal that delivers news, opinion and links directly to your screen. As the name suggests, there will be some exaggeration, nsfw moments, canceled press conferences (oh, who are we kidding) and late, late, late scoring of points. You’ll like it, trust me. THE TRUTH ABOUT PAUL THE OCTOPUS?…
Fantasy Football: Tevez, Drogba, Berbatov and other Premier League top scorers
Week nine of the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game is approaching. If you want to win some of the week nine prize money, then you need to know which players are likely to score points. Last week we listed the 11 players with the most Premier League assists, this week we’re listing the top scorers. So,…
Fantasy Football: Why Charles N’Zogbia is more important than Tevez, Cahill and Cole combined
There are certain players you can rely on in the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game. Guys you can select for your team and then all but guarantee they won’t let you down. So you just pick those players and win the weekly fantasy football cash prize, right? Wrong. Because chances are that everyone else knows about…
Fantasy Football: Nani and Drogba are the most generous players in the Premier League
The international break is over and so both the Premier League and the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game return to action this weekend. I’m on a roll, having won $25 prize money in week seven, and am all set to win some more in week eight. Hopefully. One thing I’ve learned about the Soccerlens Fantasy Football…
England team to face Montenegro, picked using Fantasy Football
The Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game isn’t just a fun way to compete against other football fans and win some prize money. It’s also the next England manager. Or it could be. I’ve been poking around the fantasy football stats and have selected an England team to face Montenegro based on highest average weekly score in…
10 Unsung Fantasy Football Heroes of the Premier League
We recently listed the best performing fantasy players in the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game, and the top 10 featured a lot of familiar faces. Chelsea’s Didier Drogba, Manchester United’s Nani, and so on. Not a surprise, and most players know these players will deliver value. For example, Didier Drogba featured in 66% of all teams…
Vaart-man Smokes Twente Before Dispatching Villains
In little over just one month, van der Vaart has almost become the most important player in the Tottenham Hotspur dressing room. An obvious bargain at just £8 million, the Dutch playmaker has been in incredible form for Spurs since joining from Real Madrid. Having contributed four goals and three assists from just six games,…
Will We See Arsenal, Chelsea or Tottenham In This Year’s Champions League Final At Wembley?
As things stand, there have only been two occasions during the illustrious 54-year history of the Champions League (or the European Cup, as it was known pre-1993) when a club emanating from the host city of the final has managed to hoist the trophy aloft – both coming over 45 years ago. The first instance…
Houllier’s a good manager, but still a concern for Aston Villa fans
The second the rumours about Gerard Houllier being the next Villa manager went from conjecture to confirmation I was asked by a friend of mine what I – as a Villa fan – thought about it. Well he’s got a great record I said, but still…..and that’s the thing about Gerard Houllier, he has got…
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