Tag Archives: Aston Villa

Three games which can shape the season

By Harry Drew All of this weekend’s Barclays Premier League fixtures will, as they always do, excite punters across the world. If we look beyond Saturday’s games, there are three contests which have outstanding significance: Newcastle at home to Aston Villa, Chelsea playing host to Manchester United, and the encounter between Liverpool and Spurs. The [...]

Loyalty in Football

By David Johnson Loyalty is an incredibly intriguing concept within the realm of football. There seems to be no middle ground on the issue with fans completely polarized on the morals or lack thereof of modern footballers. Some feel that it is an inevitable by-product of the wealth that has been injected into the game. [...]

Tottenham 2-0 Aston Villa

By Samuel Luckhurst The man from No 10 watched on as Tottenham’s number 10 regained his potency. Emmanuel Adebayor had not scored since late September before his brace sunk an anodyne Aston Villa and propelled his new north London club to 3rd in the Premier League.

Preview: Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

By James Davies As Tottenham’s unbeaten run in the Premier League stands at eight games The Lilywhites welcome Aston Villa to White Hart Lane. After a dismal start to the season losing to Manchester United & Manchester City respectively, the North London club have gone on an outstanding run which has cemented Tottenham in the [...]

Aston Villa 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

By Paul Punter A controversial sending off helped West Brom on their way to a first win at Villa Park since 1979. Chris Herd’s contentious sending off in the thirty sixth minute proved decisive, after Darren Bent had opened the scoring from the penalty spot, an innocuous clash with Jonas Olsson gave the Baggies a numerical [...]

Manchester City 4-1 Aston Villa

Brilliant Balotelli Blasts the Sky Blues to the Top of the League By George Adams Only a few seasons ago this fixture would have been a game between two equally matched teams jostling for the 6th position in the league, now, with Man City as odds on favourites and Villa looking likely to drop into [...]