Archive | April 5, 2010

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The Villa Chronicle for 1964 to 1966 : Treading Water as the Dark Days approach

Dick Taylor – Joe Mercer’s former assistant – took over the managerial mantle and over the next couple of years there were flashes of hope, but no indication of any development towards the re-instatement of the Villa amongst the elite. Taylor’s third season would prove to be cliffhanger and, as in Mercer’s last days, Taylor [...]

Webb the referee for Semi Final

It as been confirmed that England’s ‘top ref’ Howard Webb is the referee for the semi final on Saturday. He has been dodgy recently but can he really be worse than Dowd was ?

FULL TIME – Villa Reserves 1 – Arsenal Reserves 1 – THE FONZ

For this vital top of the table clash with Arsenal, Villa go into the game 2 points ahead with 2 games in hand, so in effect we win, we will win the Southern League. Villa have announced a very strong squad with Reo-Coker making a welcome return from Injury, the team is Marshall, Hogg, Bouma, [...]

Reo-Coker and Bouma RETURN for the reserves against Arsenal

Table toppers Villa go into tonight’s reserve game against Arsenal with a two point lead and two gams in hand, so win this and we are Southern champions once again. The team has been announced and very good news that NRC is now back and Bouma also plays as well which is good to see [...]