Aston Villa Football Club - Goals and glory

McLeish has faith in Aston Villa staying in Premier League Division

2012-04-06T18:59:00.002-07:00

Even whit the bad results of the current season and Aston Villa's position in the table, Alex McLeish remains optimistic.

Actually, the team is only five points against relegation, but that is not an extreme situation according to McLeish. Even when they are about to face Liverpool. "We have tremendous challenges in the next eight games, but we have the capacity to earn points" he said.

Fans in London are praying for his words to become true.

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores last-minute goal in Villa's win over West Ham

2011-04-17T00:10:00.000-07:00

Aston Villa achieved a huge result in their duel against West Ham United at the Upton Park Stadium. Houllier's team got a 1-2 victory with a dramatic goal in the last minute.

West Ham started the game with great energy and scored the opener just two minutes after the kick-off. Robbie Keane recieved the ball after a defensive mistake of Aston Villa and blasted on Friedel.

But Aston Villa's efforts were rewarded when Darren Bent scored the equalizer with a precise head shoot. The most exciting moment would come at the very last minute of the game, when substitue Gabriel Agbonlahor header enter West Ham's goal.

Robert Pires backs Gerard Houllier's work

2011-04-09T10:03:00.000-07:00

French midfielder Robert Pires stated that Gerard Houllier is a World-class coach, and that he is the "perfect coach for Aston Villa".

"I understand the frustration of our supporters because of the bad position in the tournament, but I must say that Houllier makes an excellent job at the club, and the players are with him 100%" said Pires.

"Fans are not used to seeing our team close to the danger zone, but we need their support now. We must work together to be stronger" the French player concluded.

Villa fans to bring scarves: Original initiative was born in Facebook

2011-04-03T19:32:00.000-07:00

Aston Villa fans have some surprises for the next game against Newcastle. Some supporters created a group in Facebook to spread the idea of using scarves with the colors of the club in that match.

Comments of other fans and users clearly show that the initiative has been well received by most fans. A big wave of claret and blue scarves will be seen in the next match. Even the official site of Aston Villa has supported the idea.

Everton's Baines rescued a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa

2011-04-03T19:14:00.000-07:00

Darren Bent proved to be an efficient striker by scoring two goals against Everton. That was Aston Villa's reaction to Leon Osman opener. But Leighton Baines would laugh louder at the end: he netted a penalty kick at 83' and the match finished 2-2.

The game played at the Goodison Park Stadium was really tough for both teams, and the referee had to show his yellow card up to five times.

With this result, Everton remains in the 7th position of the Premier League with 41 points, while Aston Villa ranks 16 with 34 points.

Inspired Wayne Rooney lead Manchester United to victory over Aston Villa

2011-02-02T14:48:00.000-08:00

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney was the absolute hero of the game. His offensive power and precision killed Aston Villa just in the first half, with two superb goals scored in the very first and the very last minute of that period. The match took place at the Old Traffor Stadium, a pitch where Rooney feels really comfortable.

Darren Bent scored for Aston Villa in the second half and some Villa fans though that the equalizer was possible. But five minutes later, Nemanja Vidic netted the third and last for United and crushed the visitors' hope.

After the match, coach Gerard Houllier expressed that Rooney was a key factor for this result. "Wayne was the different player today. However, we have helped his confidence and that should not happen... all he needed was a goal. We gave him one. He took it very well."

Aston Villa squad is now in the 14th place of the Barclays Premier League with 28 points, while Manchester United remain as strong leaders with 54 pts.

Coach Houllier unhappy with Stephen Ireland's performances

2010-11-01T14:47:00.000-07:00

Stephen Ireland began this season with great expectations as a new player at Aston Villa, but things are not going well so far. Coach Gerard Houllier has demanded him to improve his game or he might not get more chances to play.

As we know, the talented midfielder was left out of the team that Houllier used against Birmingham City last weekend. And the coach has a strong reason: "Ireland needs to work harder. In fact, Stephen played against Chelsea and did well, he played against Sunderland and was not good enough to me, simple as that. He needs to work harder. The skill is one thing but you need to compete".

The game between Villa and Birmingham finished 0-0 and Houllier was disappointed in most of his players. Therefore, there's an urgency to improve the level of the whole team.

Aston Villa Wallpaper 2010

2010-11-01T14:30:00.000-07:00

Aston Villa is the most important team in the Premier League. And every real Aston Villa fan should have this wallpaper on their desktop. Instructions to save it:

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Richard Dunne netted an own goal and helped Sunderland win

2010-10-24T22:21:00.000-07:00

Aston Villa started this game with great chances to win, but in the end Sunderland got a 1-0 victory thanks to a Richard Dunne own goal. The defender has scored more own-goals than any other footballer in the history of the Premier League.

The funny moment of the game happened when a man dressed in a pink body suit jumped on the field. Security guards were able to convince him get out of the pitch, though.

Everybody in Aston Villa ended frustrated because their performance was more than acceptable, but they did not have fortune in front of Sunderland's goalie.

Aston Villa denies Martin O'Neill's resignation

2010-03-30T13:58:00.001-07:00

After the disappointing game against Chelsea FC (7-1), many rumours suggested that Martin O’Neill had quit as Aston Villa manager. The main reason - according to this speculative version - was that O'Neill considerd that their low budget for new footballers this season was not suitable to make a good campaign.

However, sources close to Aston Villa comfirmed that this version is completely false, describing it as "pure nonsense".

Still, Aston Villa has made no official statement about this issue. Which is a completely understandable, since the club painfully lost a vital match against an inspired Chelsea, after a ten-game unbeaten run in the Premier League.

Aston Villa got a 0 - 0 draw against Stoke City: O'neall is happy with the result

2010-03-14T23:30:00.000-07:00

Aston Villa rescued only one point from their visit to Stoke City's field. The game finished 0-0 despite many chances created by Petrov and Carew.

Aston Villa had many moments of great football this Premier League season, but this game was an exception. James Milner, who is used to creating every offensive move of his team, had a terrible day. Meanwhile, the strikers had zero precision to score a goal. Both sides did not have the answer to find the opener in a very dull clash.

Despite that, coach Martin O'Neill was happy with the result: "It was a really tough afternoon for us. We defended very stoutly indeed. Still, we must understand that this match didn't have that many clear cut chances. So, it I think a draw was probably a fair ending for the match".

Aston Villa 2010 Squad

2010-02-16T20:08:00.000-08:00

Aston Villas' squad has many footballers with great experience at the top level of football. Heskey, Carew, Petrov and Friedel are just some of the important names we will find here:

1 Brad Friedel (Goalkeeper) - United States
2 Luke Young (Defender) - England
3 Wilfred Bouma (Defender) - Netherlands
4 Steve Sidwell (Midfielder) - England
5 Richard Dunne (Defender) - Republic of Ireland
6 Stewart Downing (Midfielder) - England
7 Ashley Young (Midfielder) - England
8 James Milner (Midfielder) - England
9 Marlon Harewood (Striker) - England
10 John Carew (Striker) - Norway
11 Gabriel Agbonlahor (Striker) - England
12 Marc Albrighton (Midfielder) - England
14 Nathan Delfouneso (Striker) - England
15 Curtis Davies (Defender) - England
16 Fabian Delph (Midfielder) - England
17 Moustapha Salifou (Midfielder) - Togo
18 Emile Heskey (Striker) - England
19 Stiliyan Petrov (captain) (Midfielder) - Bulgaria
20 Nigel Reo-Coker (vice captain) (Midfielder) - England
22 Brad Guzan (Goalkeeper) - United States
23 Habib Beye (Defender) - Senegal
24 Carlos Cuéllar (Defender) - Spain
25 Stephen Warnock (Defender) - England
29 James Collins (Defender) - Wales
33 Andy Marshall (Goalkeeper) - England
44 Eric Lichaj (Defender) - United States
47 Ciaran Clark (Defender) - England
50 Jonathan Hogg (Midfielder) - England

Aston Villa could not win: Spurs rescue a 1-1 tie at Villa Park

2009-11-29T08:38:00.000-08:00

Tottenham Hotspurs rescued a point in their visit at Villa Park Stadium. Gabriel Agbonlahor scored the lead for Aston Villa, but the Spurs dominated the last period and manage to equalize the match with a nice goal netted by Michael Dawson.

Redknapp - Spurs' coach - expressed that his team deserved the victory: "I'm delighted with how we played. I thought in the second half we played some great football and really made all the chances. We deserved to win."

Martin O'Neill said that it was not an easy game, and the tie was fair enough. "I thought we played very strongly in the first half and got the goal and always created opportunities. We proved to be tough and fast, but the second half was totally for Tottenham. You can't play well the entire 90 minutes."

City's Micah Richards might go to Aston Villa

2009-11-23T08:27:00.000-08:00

Manchester City defender Micah Richards is the new target of Aston Villa, according to many English newspapers.

The talented Richards is seeking for continuity in order to assure a place in the English team for South Africa 2010, so it's very likely to see him in a new jersey in January.

It's being roumored that Martin O’Neill will make an offer of £13million for the England international.

Only for real Aston Villa fans!

2009-11-23T07:04:00.001-08:00

Millions of fans right now enjoy the football displayed by our beloved team and the goals of Agbonlahor, Carew or Heskey, but only the real fanatics know that the glory of Aton Villa began with the goals of Archie Hunter and so many great footballers more than one hundred years ago.

We are starting this blog that should have started a century ago, because the glory of Aston Villa truly deserves it. We will provide you with the latest news and everything that goes on at Villa Park and every where our team plays football. We will also get you tons of videos, interviews, wallpapers and much much more. Don't miss a thing!!