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England vs Croatia preview
By: Martini Extra Dry |
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The England national side tonight face the toughest game in their qualifying group; away to Croatia. No-one in England will have forgot the misery of Croatia dumping us out of Euro 2008 at the qualifying stages just under a year ago. I was in Nebraska at the time and I rented the game out on [...]
Fabio, are you effing kidding me?!
By: Martini Extra Dry | 4 Comments
No Ashley Young? No effing Ashley Young in your competitive England squad?! Am I watching a different sport to you or what? The guy is awesome. What more does he need to do to get recognition? Oh hang on… I know the answer to that question. It’s the same old story as every England manager, [...]
Villa vs Liverpool preview & predictons
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The massive talking point in this game isn’t going to be on the pitch, it’ll be the Martin O’Neill (welterweight) vs Rafa Benitez (heavyweight) punch up on the sidelines! Rafa seems to have the weight advantage but my money’s on O’Neill, who is quick, agile and, judging by the occasional crazy look I’ve seen in [...]
Tags: Aston Villa, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar, Chelsea, Fernando Torres, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Gareth Barry, James Milner, John Carew, Liverpool, Luke Young, Martin Laursen, Middlesbrough, Moustapha Salifou, Nicky Shorey, Nigel Reo-Coker, Premiership, Rafa Benitez, Stiliyan Petrov, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa ParkVilla draw another Never-’eard-of-’em
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The draw for the UEFA Cup first round has pitted The Villa against the Bulgarian side; PFC Litex Lovech. Here’s a link to their website, but unless you’re Bulgarian it’ll look like Wingdings! Don’t worry, just click on the ‘English’ button to transform it from undecipherable symols.
Litex play in the TBI A Football Group, which [...]
Villa vs Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (including goal updates)
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Villa’s game is about to kick off aganst the Icelandic part-timers and we take a nice, comfortable 4-1 lead into the second leg of this UEFA Cup qualifier. I’ll reach for my laptop and post any goal (or major events) updates for those who don’t have Channel 5.
Villa starting line-up:
Tags: no tagsOdense it is
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Aston Villa finally know who they are to face in the Intertoto Cup, with today’s game between Odense Boldklub and Turun Palloseura (aka TPS Turku) ending in victory for the Danish side.
The Final Countdown
By: irish_steve | 3 Comments
Well, this is it. We have 1 game left to gain entry into Europe for next season. If Everton draw and we beat the hammers then 5th place is ours. At worst Villa can finish 8th but if we win the game the lowest we can finish is 6th which is entry into the Intertoto [...]
Category: match previewRound 32: Villa vs Man United @ Old Trafford
By: irish_steve | 3 Comments
Villa come into this game on the back of a very poor month performance wise. Since the heartbreak of the last minute 1-1 draw with Arsenal on March 1st, Villa’s performances have declined dramatically. In the month of March, Villa have picked up 2 points from a possible 12 and their quest to qualify for [...]
Category: match previewSunderland Preview
By: irish_steve | 5 Comments
Martin O’Neill’s decision to apply to enter the Intertoto Cup for next season may turn out to be a very important decision. He applied for the competition in February and after Spurs winning the Carling Cup and the “Big 4” exiting the FA Cup, the competition for a European place for next season is very [...]
Category: match previewRound 29: Boro @ Villa Park
By: irish_steve | 4 Comments
Martin O’Neill has called this week “massive” as Villa play Boro at home tomorrow and travel to Portsmouth on the weekend. Villa have come off another long break, giving up a last minute goal at the Emirates in a game they should have won 11 days ago. Villa are still chasing 4th place but 6th [...]
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