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Birmingham 1-1 Aston Villa, 16th January 2011 The last time these two rivals met was back in January 2011. Villa travelled to St. Andrews in search of a seventh win out of nine, against their local rivals. Unfortunately for Villa, they were 1-0 down early on in the second half, from a Roger Johnson strike. It […]
Formation 4-4-2 Goalkeeper- Ben Foster Although Ben Foster is injured at the moment, he has been a superb stopper in his time for West Brom. Aston Villa’s number one Brad Guzan would have been ahead of Foster in this side, last season, but not now, as the American keeper is on terrible form for Villa. […]
Louie Littlewood gives Read Aston Villa his combined Aston Villa and Leicester City side ahead of Sunday’s tie at the King Power stadium. Formation 5-4-1 Goalkeeper – Kasper Schmeichel Brad Guzan made this a tough call, because of his key performances at Villa over the last few years, but Kasper Schmeichel is a top goalkeeper […]
Niall Mason was snapped up by Spanish giants Real Madrid – at the age of seven. After some time in Madrid, Mason moved back to England and joined the Blackburn Rovers youth setup. Southampton then swept in for the youngster at the age of 17. His move to Southampton gave fans real belief, that he […]
With the transfer window now shut, Read Aston Villa take a look at the players at Aston Villa, who still needs to be sold. Charles N’Zogbia Since Tim Sherwood’s arrival as Aston Villa’s manager, Charles N’Zogbia has enjoyed the best of both worlds. The Frenchman started in the FA Cup final and featured towards the […]
On transfer deadline day, Aston Villa completed the signing of Portuguese defender, Tiago Ilori, on a season-long loan from Liverpool. Ilori is young, determined and talented – carrying superb pace for a defender. He has developed a reputation for his quick, accurate reading of the game. The European Championships Under 21 star does seem like […]
Gareth Barry played for Aston Villa in a superb 10-year spell for the club, before leaving to join Manchester City in 2009, for £12million. He made nearly 450 appearances for Villa – scoring 52 goals during his time at B6. The midfielder captained Villa in that time, as well as being a vital cog in […]
Tim Sherwood has spoken to the press today about the Crystal Palace game, Jack Grealish and the team news. Team news… Sherwood said that the squad was “pretty healthy” with a few players returning last Monday against Derby County in a U21 game. Both Jack Grealish and Carlos Gill played with the Villa boss describing […]
Moustapha Salifou’s career didn’t really take off at Villa, to say the least, and was probably one of Aston Villa’s worst ever deadline day signings. The Togolese international joined Villa on the 31st August in 2007, and Villa’s manager of that time, Martin O’Neil, stated that Salifou “may well prove to be an excellent asset”. […]
Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood will have to make some tough decisions on who to play, for the game on Saturday, at Crystal Palace. Players of Jack Grealish, Carles Gil, and Adama Traore are all in contention to now play, after playing for the U21’s against Derby County, last night. Grealish scored the only goal […]
Paul McGrath was an Irish centre-half, who played for both Manchester United and Aston Villa in his career, he is often referred to as the ‘God’ by many Villa fans because of his heroic performances in his time at B6. McGrath moved to Manchester United in 1982, with Ron Atkinson, manager at the time, signing […]
Sherwood knows what he’s doing With only Ashley Westwood remaining in the starting line-up from the final at Wembley, Sherwood has clearly brought in changes, and with four of the players starting at Bournemouth, from France this summer, there was a worry that they might not settle in, and be able to step up to […]