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FA Cup 3rd Round draw
By: Chris |
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The last ball out of the hat at Soho Square in this afternoon’s FA Cup 3rd Round draw was the mighty number 2, the famous third round ball of Aston Villa.
Amazingly, it wasn’t preceded by Manchester United, but by ‘Gillingham or Stockport County‘.
Given our record of drawing United in the last decade, this is [...]
Category: Misc
VILLA 0-0 Fulham
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In the summer of 1992, I was given an official handbook to the inaugural Premier League season. The kind-hearted Brighton fan who made this donation can’t have foreseen the damage the new League would do to the tradition of English football – nor that his club would still not be in a new home by [...]
Category: Match ReportsBarry staying at Villa (aka Aston Villa Birmingham)
By: Chris | 2 Comments
Pic: NOTW
With the frustration and general annoyance of the January transfer window fast approaching, Aston Villa fans have been preparing themselves for a snooze-inducing month of speculation about Gareth Barry moving to Liverpool and slagging off Rafael Benitez. Well, at least some of it is fun.
We’ve had some news on that front today which should [...]
Category: MiscMatch Preview: VILLA v Fulham
By: Chris | 1 Comment
Aston Villa v Fulham
Premier League
Villa Park
Saturday 29th November 2008, 3pm
Pic: Sky Sports
High-flying Aston Villa host Roy Hodgson’s Fulham in a rare traditional 3 o’clock Saturday kick off at Villa Park. Villa are fourth on 24 points, one behind Manchester United in third and one ahead of Arsenal in fifth, while Fulham are ninth with 18 [...]
The pressure of expectation
By: Chris | 4 Comments
Morning fellow Villans – I’m Chris and I’m your new Aston Villa blogger at The Offside. I’ll get the plugs out of the way first: I blog at twofootedtackle and you can read my inane Twitter feed @twofootedtackle. While you’re at it, you should check out Mart’s new blog and of course VillaTalk.
Down to business. [...]
Category: MiscWrite for Aston Villa Offside
By: Daryl | No Comments
Do you love the Villains? Want to share your opinions with other Villa fans? Then you might be the perfect person to captain our Aston Villa blog.
This is not a paid position. But it is a lot of fun. You’ll be part of the ever-growing Offside community and will be able to reach a large [...]
Category: MiscBack once again for the Renegade Master
By: Martini Extra Dry | 2 Comments
Hi to all Villa Offside readers, apologies for temporarily disappearing, it was purely due to technical difficulties. My stoopid laptop keys were playing havoc and if I typed a ‘j’ i got a ‘6′ and lots of weird fun stuff like that. All fixed now though and normal service is resumed.
The Middlesbrough Mis-hap
As much as [...]
Category: MiscSlavia Prague 0-1 Aston Villa ***LiveBlog***
By: Martini Extra Dry | 2 Comments
FT – A tough win for Villa in the end, after a very convincing first half. The experimental side fielded by O’Neill very nearly came back and bit him in the ass. That win puts us through the group stage with two games left to play. Villa will be looking now to win all four [...]
Category: MiscAshley Young till 2012? Yes please!
By: Martini Extra Dry | 1 Comment
Villa’s star winger, Ashley Young, yesterday signed a new contract to keep him at the club until 2012, during which he will earn a reported Β£70,000 a week. Not a bad rate of pay to you and me, but in the world of ridiculous footballer’s wages (by comparison) he deserves it. Now don’t get me [...]
Category: MiscAston Villa 0-2 Newcastle Utd ***liveblog***
By: Martini Extra Dry | No Comments
FT – At last the whistle blows and we are defeated by bottom of the league, in a very weird weekend where the four bottom teams have all won. Newcastle fly up the table with that win, all the way to 14th! A huge leap. Villa stay 5th, still a good position to be in [...]
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