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Posts Tagged: "Aston Villa"
The 200% Pre-Season Previews: Aston Villa
For the supporters of Aston Villa Football Club, last season ended forty-eight hours after everybody else. Nine months of purgatory under the managership of Alex McLeish had resulted in the...
Match Of The Past: Aston Villa
And so we reach the end of the current run of Match Of The Past, our summer series covering some of the great matches in the history of the clubs...
100 Owners: Number 92 – Doug Ellis (Aston Villa)
If you ask the question of why the best-supported club in Englands second biggest city have managed just one English championship in the last one hundred and two years, there...
Swansea & Norwich: Cities Counting The Hidden Costs Of Success
This weeks news concerning the apparent departures of Brendan Rodgers and Paul Lambert to Liverpool and Aston Villa respectively means that the warm glow of satisfaction hanging over The Liberty...
Bye ‘Eck – McLeish Out At Aston Villa
There is something rather appropriate about the fact that the first post-season managerial casualty in the Premier League should have turned out to be Aston Villa’s Alex McLeish. It was,...
Aston Villa: Stalking Horses For Relegation?
The gloves came off at Villa Park last night. Leading by a goal and having dominated the match at half-time against Bolton Wanderers, Alex McLeish’s team threw their lead away...
Aston Villa’s Financial Performance Reflects An Inert Season
The haste with which football clubs dispose of their managers has been discussed in depth on here before. It has long been a peculiarity of this particular sport that managerial...
Match Of The Week 3: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa
With seven wins from eight games and twenty-two points from a possible twenty-four, the sun is rising over the white and navy blue corner of North London at the moment....
The Twohundredpercent Premier League Previews: Aston Villa
They are amongst the pillars of the English game. They were amongst the first bastions of professionalism in the game, were founder members of the Football League in 1888, and...
Alex McLeish’s Honeymoon Period Ends Before It Begins
When Mark Hughes walked out on the Fulham manager’s job – the popular narrative still holds that he did so the full expectation of being offered the managerial position at...
The Mark Hughes’ Career Path Turns Into A Cul-de-Sac
The end of the domestic football season can be a tough time for anybody that works in the game. As contracts expire, many players are left with their livelihoods hanging...
Match Of The Week: Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United
A feeling of nervousness hangs heavy in the air at Villa Park this afternoon. The four teams below Aston Villa have already lost this weekend, but home supporters may already...
Crisis Or No Crisis? An Uncertain Time For Aston Villa
One of the defining characteristics of this season in the Premie League has been the desperate battle to avoid relegation. With seven matches of the season left to play, there...
Why Blackpool Had To Be Fined For Fielding Their Reserves
In what may be seen as slightly surprising news, the FA Premier League fined Blackpool £25,000 for fielding an under-strength side. The slight surprise was that, in fining the Seasiders,...
Randy Lerner’s Houllier-Shaped Dilemma
Martin O’Neill’s resignation from the managerial position at Aston Villa just days before a ball was kicked in August came as something of a shock to many of the club’s...
The Way We Were: Aston Villa vs Everton, November 1989
Watching repeats of old football matches can be an unsettling experience at times. Watch any match over around thirty years old and everything looks and feels different. The levels of...
Match Of The Midweek: Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa
With three losses from their opening three matches, Stoke City have a problem. Their third season back in the Premier League has begun with three losses and it is only...