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A vastly experienced Villa side could only draw 1-1 with Sky Bet League One side Bristol Rovers, after the hosts equalized in the second half. Roberto Di Matteo named a strong side for the trip to Bristol, with Jordan Ayew, Ashley Westwood, Jack Grealish and Jores Okore amongst the starting line-up, whilst Rudy Gestede and […]
Villa comfortably dispatched their second opponents of the afternoon, beating Worcester City 5-1 in Stourport. Earlier, a Villa XI including the likes of Jordan Ayew, Aly Cissokho and Ashley Westwood needed a last minute goal to beat Telford, but things were much easier against Worcester. Like Telford, Worcester took the lead earlier on, with Matt […]
A Villa side featuring the likes of Jordan Ayew, Ashley Westwood and Rudy Gestede needed a last minute goal from Aly Cissokho to beat a resilient Telford United side. Roberto Di Matteo also gave starts to new signings Pierluigi Gollini and Tommy Elphick, as well as promising youth prospects Andre Green and Easih Suliman. Despite […]
Roberto Di Matteo has offered his thoughts on the returning Stiliyan Petrov, as the former captain steps up his efforts to impress the new boss ahead of the new season. Petrov, who was diagnosed with acute Leukemia in March 2012, officially retired in May 2013 14 months after he had last played. However, this summer […]
Joe Bennent has given his backing to Stiliyan Petrov and has backed the former Villa captain to make a big impact for Villa in the Championship this season. Bennent, who has scarcely featured for Villa since 2013 after a poor first season, scored twice during his return to the Villa team in Saturday’s friendly against […]
Roberto Di Matteo has said that he expects there to be departures from Villa before the season gets underway. Since being appointed as Villa manager at the beginning of June, Di Matteo has wasted no time in strengthening his squad. Tommy Elphick was signed from Bournemouth, whilst Pierluigi Gollini joined from Hellas Verona with Aaron […]
Aston Villa have confirmed the signing of Pierluigi Gollini from Hellas Verona for a fee of around £4 million. Gollini, has represented Italy at U-19 level in the past and was also the subject of interest from Juventus, according to Pat Murphy. The 21-year-old goalkeeper, who came through Fiorentina’s youth system, joined Manchester United in […]
It’s been over six years since Villa reached their only Cup final under Martin O’Neill, in a game which was massively influenced by referee Phil Dowd in the fourth minute. He gave Villa a penalty, which Milner scored, but failed to send off Nemanja Vidic despite the United defender being their last man. Ultimately, Sir […]
With pictures of Aston Villa’s new Under Armour kit for the 2016-17 season leaked ahead of its official launch on Friday, it’s time to take a look at some of the hideous kits to have been worn by Villa over the years. Since 1992 when the Premier League began, Villa have had a number of […]
Idrissa Gueye could be on his way out of Villa Park, after a year after he arrived from Lille. The Birmingham Mail are reporting that French radio station RMC have linked the Senegal international with a move back to France, with Marseille rumoured to be interested in acquiring his services. Gueye, who arrived last summer […]
Villa’s fixtures against Birmingham City have been rescheduled, the club have confirmed. When the fixtures were released last Wednesday, Villa fans attention turned to the first match against our second city neighbours. The first game between the two sides was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 29th October at St Andrews, but will now […]
The fixtures for the 2016/2017 Championship season have been released, with Roberto Di Matteo taking his Villa side north on the opening weekend to face play-off final runners up Sheffield Wednesday. The first home match of the campaign sees Villa entertain Rotherham at Villa Park, before Huddersfield visit the West Midlands three days later. The […]