Archive | November 2009
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Acorns and Villans, the perfect match
It is well known about our support for Acorns not just for the free sponsorship which has given worldwide coverage for the charity but all the things that the players do that does not get publicised. For this Xmas Acorns are running the fragile lives appeal which Villa are personally supporting. When I got home [...]
Villa poppy shirt auction finishes at 3PM
The auction runs out today, so time to get those last minute bids in Ebay shirt auction currently Ash Young and Gabby lead the way on £671with Steve Sidwell being the lowest on £347 Auction finishes at 3PM Ash Young’s was the first one to be won at a fantastic £825.99
A Villan (Benjamin Siegrist) wins the World Cup
Congratulations to youth team keeper Benjamin Siegrist who not only was the Goalkeeper of the U-17 World cup in Nigeria but was outstanding in the final against Nigeria where Switzerland won one nil. Along with England Under 18 keeper Elliot Parish and of course Brad Guzan then we have some magnificent prospects for the day [...]
Hate the International week
It is fair to say that after a 5-1 thumping of Bolton that what we wanted was to play the next Premier League game as soon as possible. Of course everything stops for an international weekend in which only Richard Dunne played a meaningful game and was unlucky to be on the losing side. The [...]
Gartside Plan rejected by the Premier League
BREAKING NEWS The Premier League have rejected the Gartside plan to introduce a PL 1 & 2 and introduce Rangers and Celtic to the league. It is not clear at the moment if there are any caveats to this and we will have to wait to see a full statement. EDIT 13:00 statement from the [...]
Football fans against the Gartside plan
As a fan of Aston Villa I feel very strongly against the plan that the Bolton Chairman Phil Gartside is now promoting to the Premier League meeting this week. Villa fans are very proud that William McGregor was the one who instigated the whole concept of the Football League and pushed it through despite very [...]
Villa poppy shirt raffle
After Saturday’s wearing of the poppies, Villa are auctioning all 14 match shirts that were used. The money will be split between Acorns and Help for Heroes which are two very worth causes and already after a few hours, John Carew’s shirt is worth £255 The OS Ebay shirt auction Please try and bid if [...]
The Trotters roasted by the Villans
Well that was better, much better. A Villa team stripped of numerous players played from the first minute to the last one with a determination and aggression that was possibly borne out of anger after what had happened at West Ham. What the game proved to me was that at home 4-4-2 is the way [...]
Trinity Road destruction pictures added
Just added some pictures of the Trinity Road demolition from 200o, which luckily were saved by Tegis. I would like to record my thanks to him and even now 9 years on these will always remind me of the havoc Doug Ellis caused the club and only now under Randy with the Holte improvements you [...]
Bouncebackability required at Villa Park
The term ‘bouncebackability’ was crowned by Arsene Wenger a few years ago and for the third time this season after very disappointing results this is exactly what we have to show. The defeat at West Ham has been analysed to death in the Villa internet world and the same old arguments have been debated time [...]
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