http://villa.theoffside.com News from Aston Villa English Premiership Team Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:03:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fabio Capello has tonight announced his 23 man squad for the games against Kazakhstan and Belarus and the only Villan to make the cut is Gareth Barry. No place for Ashley Young again and I know now for a fact that I'm not the only one who finds this hard ... http://villa.theoffside.com/team-news/england-squad-named.html Things didn't quite pan out the way we'd hoped. The dream didn't come true. We didn't finish the day top of the Premiership. But no hard feelings, it was always a pipedream. We actually end the day two places down in fifth and, beyond everyone's belief, Hull take up our third ... http://villa.theoffside.com/team-news/chelsea-2-0-villa.html Last time Villa played Chelsea at Stamford Bridge was on Boxing Day of last year and very few will have forgotten the game. Most Villa fans went into the game begrudglingly expecting a 2-0 defeat at the fortress that is Chelsea's home ground... how wrong we were!! Eight goals and ... http://villa.theoffside.com/team-news/another-8-goal-thriller-anyone.html Over at The Times Online a fella by the name of Richard Whitehead has produced an article on the 50 greatest moments in Villa's long and glorious history. The club was originally founded way back in 1874 and since then has endured many great achievements and triumphs. We've also endured ... http://villa.theoffside.com/team-news/aston-villa%e2%80%99s-50-greatest-moments-49-the-lads-of-the-lamp.html Villa have their biggest chance to go top of the Premiership in far too long on Sunday, but it will require a good performance and a chunk of luck. It's mathematically possible for any of five teams to top the table after this weekend's games, so let's run through who ... http://villa.theoffside.com/team-news/who-will-be-top-of-the-premiership-come-sunday-evening.html He gets a lot of bad press and a lot of stick from many Villa fans but there's also plenty who love him and think he should be given more of a run in the team. From 2002/2003 to 2004/2005 Marlon had three 20 goal season's in a row, but ... http://villa.theoffside.com/team-news/debate-time-is-marlon-harewood-good-enough.html Channel Five aired the first leg but are now being gits and not airing the second leg. BOOOOOO!!!! For those of us who can't make it to the game, be it for geographical or financial reasons, it can be viewed on the Official Villa website. Those good old clucks at ... http://villa.theoffside.com/team-news/villa-v-litex-lovech.html The second leg of the UEFA Cup first round against Litex Lovech is nearly upon us and we go into the home leg with a two-goal head start, after winning 3-1 in Bulgaria. The lead we have is comfortable but it's still game on and Litex will be coming at ... http://villa.theoffside.com/team-news/villa-v-litex-lovech-pick-your-team.html Something to read while you look for a pet shop that sells these: Stiliyan Petrov finally wins over his critics (The Mirror / Tribal Football / Team Talk) Villa ain't proved nothing yet, the real test is next weekend (Daily Mail / Tribal Football) Sunderland game opinions (Independent / iFutbal / The Mirror How ... http://villa.theoffside.com/team-news/villa-weekly-dose-29-sep-08.html The sixth week kicks off and there's plenty of good action this week as the season continues to excite. The first Merseyside derby of the season is the early game, Arsenal take on new-boys Hull in what they hope will be a walkover, Villa entertain Roy Keane's men, Tottenham go ... http://villa.theoffside.com/team-news/premiership-round-up-week-6.html