All posts tagged "Aston Villa"

  • Remi Garde hopes to turn around Villa’s holiday blues against West Ham

    Boxing Day fixtures are a treasured Premier League tradition, or as Villa blogger Matt Ferenchick put it, “in theory, rather.” Aston Villa’s recent Boxing Day history has been fruitless, with no wins since 2005, including losing five...

    • Posted December 23, 2015
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  • Aston Villa continue to crash with a Lerner at the steering wheel!

    Tim Sherwood has become the fourth manager in just as many years to face the axe at Aston Villa as American businessman Randy Lerner ran out of patience with the Englishman following the Villains defeat at home...

    • Posted October 26, 2015
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  • Aston Villa braced for a summer thriller

    “‘Cause this is Villa, Villa fright, and no one’s going to save you from the spending of the might.” Michael Jackson’s songs could have easily been adapted to describe Aston Villa’s summer. Villa are having a...

    • Posted July 19, 2015
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  • FA Cup roundup: Wilshere rains on Arsenal’s parade

    I have got closer, in my tourism, to getting my hands on the FA Cup trophy than the Aston Villa players did at Wembley in their recent FA Cup Final against Arsenal. Arsenal’s 4-0 win was in...

    • Posted June 1, 2015
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  • Showpiece Saturday preview: Arsenal v Aston Villa

    Sigh.  Sepp Blatter once again crushed the hopes of football fans worldwide (including many even in Qatar) by winning his fifth term in office as FIFA president.  Perhaps FIFA’s best near-term shot at reform from within in...

    • Posted May 29, 2015
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  • MOTD: Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool

      At times, Aston Villa looked nothing short of Barcelona, making Liverpool appear silly. The speed and creativity leading to Villa’s second goal would have made Pep Guardiola cheer. Yet today’s result was not only a testament...

    • Posted April 19, 2015
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  • MOTD: Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion

    There are moments in every season that have the power to make or break a given team; fewer, though, that can go either way. As Christian Benteke stepped up to the penalty spot against West Bromwich Albion...

    • Posted March 3, 2015
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  • No in-form forwards, no fun; Aston Villa’s goal drought explained

    Aston Villa is one of the seven teams to have been ever-present in the Premier League since its latest rebranding, for all twenty-three years of its existence since.  Yet now they are reaching a new low point,...

    • Posted February 5, 2015
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  • MOTD: Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester United

    Manchester United have raised plenty of questions over the season, and the majority of them they have answered. Will they ever fix their defensive woes? Mostly, at this point. Are they back in contention for a top...

    • Posted December 20, 2014
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa

    Aston Villa actually played well in the beginning. They should have taken the lead, in fact, but after their concentration lapsed for just three minutes, Arsenal had put the game past them. Mesut Ozil simultaneously turned it...

    • Posted September 20, 2014
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