Is Aston Villa Ready to Tame Manchester City?
This Sunday’s Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Manchester City certainly has the makings of a decisive game in the outcome of the title race. With City’s stuttering away form over the last six weeks seeing them lose three …
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Alex McLeish tells Aston Villa’s Charles N’Zogbia to work harder
• McLeish unimpressed by N'Zogbia's comments on Twitter• Villa fans planning pre-match protest against managerAlex McLeish has criticised Charles N'Zogbia for expressing his frustrations on Twitter after the Aston Villa winger claimed he was not en...
Stilian Petrov defends Alex McLeish’s management style at Aston Villa
• McLeish doing well and is 'strong and positive', says Petrov• Charles N'Zogbia and Stephen Ireland challenge authorityStilian Petrov has defended Alex McLeish's management of Aston Villa. Increasing frustration at Villa's current struggles to tra...
Newcastle creditable victory by dint of hard work and togetherness
A tough game, and one we were perhaps fortunate to take 3 points from. However, the bottom line is we wanted it more than Villa, and ground out another creditable victory by dint of hard work and togetherness.
We’ve had better football teams over the years,...
Newcastle overcome Villa with goals from their African heroes
Newcastle United moved back up to 5th place in the Premier League table with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa at the Sports Direct Arena on Sunday as the Senegalese duo lit up Tyneside. Demba Ba returned from the African Cup of Nations to pick up where h...
Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa | Premier League match report
Aston Villa became the first Premier League team to suffer defeat by "Double Demba". After falling behind to Demba Ba's opener, Alex McLeish's side travelled home cursing the spectacular manner in which Papiss Demba Cissé had marked his Newcastle Unit...
Newcastle United v Aston Villa – as it happened | Gregg Roughley
Papiss Demba Cissé scored a sensational winning goal on his debut to lift Newcaste into fifth place in the tablePreambleBrrrrrrr. It's Sunday, it's snowing, so why isn't Britain broken? Damn you Southern Trains! I fancied a snow day today. Ah well, if...
Shay Given returns to the scene of highs of lows at Newcastle | Stuart James
Aston Villa goalkeeper talks about the 'mad' time on Tyneside, the managers and the special night against BarcelonaWhen Mark Knopfler's Local Hero is reverberating around St James' Park before kick-off on Sunday, Shay Given could be forgiven for coming...
Aston Villa Underachieving and Unattractive Under Alex McLeish and Randy Lerner
For the past few season, Aston Villa has been a club on the fringes of crashing the “Sky Six” party. Coming into the 2011-2012 season, despite the appointment of Alex McLeish as manager, many supporters had hopes that Villa could challenge …...
Squad sheets: Newcastle United v Aston Villa
If Shay Given can expect a warm welcome on his return to Tyneside, Darren Bent should brace himself for hostility. As a one-time Sunderland forward Bent is not popular on Gallowgate, from where home fans will watch his intriguing duel with Fabricio Col...
Darren Bent hopes joining 100 club will boost his England cause
• Striker scored his 100th Premier League goal against QPR• 'Hopefully getting into the 100 club will help my cause'Darren Bent is hoping his landmark of 100 Premier League goals is sufficient to keep him in the thoughts of Fabio Capello, ahead of ...
Premier League: Wednesday night’s action – in pictures
All the action from around the grounds including Villa Park where Djibril Cissé makes his debut for QPRSteven Bloor
