Aston Villa
Liverpool 3 Aston Villa 1: Gerrard can win England World Cup, says Benitez
Published: 01 May 2006
Forget Wayne Rooney. The player who can win the World Cup for England is Steven Gerrard, according to the Liverpool manager, Rafa Benitez, who believes the marathon season undergone by his dynamic captain has turned him into "the complete player".
Liverpool 3 Aston Villa 1: Inspirational Gerrard rekindles fight for second
Published: 30 April 2006
If Manchester United no longer need to think about Chelsea's points total relative to their own, they cannot dismiss Liverpool's. Rousing themselves in the second half to dismiss ailing Villa, Rafa Benitez's side delivered notice to their rivals at Old Trafford that the business of the season is not yet fully complete.
The bright side of O'Leary
Published: 16 April 2006
Aston Villa 0 West Bromwich 0: Robson braves blizzard to walk into referee storm
Published: 10 April 2006
Bryan Robson braved a hailstorm to confront the referee Mark Halsey after West Bromwich Albion had two penalty appeals rejected in swift succession late in a derby that ended with his team still in the relegation zone and Aston Villa a point closer to safety.
Patience wearing thin as O'Leary's Villa crumble
Published: 08 April 2006
Everton 4 Aston Villa 1: Ellis refuses to be drawn on O'Leary's future after 'private chat'
Published: 20 March 2006
There was a quick defeat but no swift departure for Aston Villa at Goodison Park, their team coach left waiting outside the main reception for two hours after Doug Ellis had summoned David O'Leary for a private conversation following a third demoralising loss within a week.
Everton 4 Aston Villa 1: Cahill stimulates resurgent Everton's appetite for Europe
Published: 19 March 2006
There were fewer more sorrowful sagas than Everton's campaign in Europe last autumn, but like a moth spotting a lighted candle, they are being drawn again towards potential pain. Masochists everywhere can only look and admire.
Aston Villa 1 Portsmouth 0: Redknapp and O'Leary enter a silent partnership
Published: 06 March 2006
Portsmouth skipper Gary O'Neil revealed Harry Redknapp "said a few things that people might not be happy with" after a post-match dressing room inquest into their latest Premiership setback.
Aston Villa 1 Portsmouth 0: Baros takes flight to raise rafters at Villa
Published: 05 March 2006
Middlesbrough 0 Aston Villa 4: Gibson the model chairman faces fans' fury on McClaren
Published: 06 February 2006
Boardroom votes of confidence are usually up there with fake sheikhs and fan phone-ins in any manager's Room 101.
Middlesbrough 0 Aston Villa 4: McClaren for England, plead fans
Published: 05 February 2006
Luke Moore's first senior hat-trick humiliated a bedraggled Middlesbrough whose fans turned on their manager, Steve McClaren, with a venom rare for these undemonstrative parts.
Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 1: Moore finds belief to rein in misfiring champions
Published: 02 February 2006
Chelsea's midwinter blip continues. Two defeats in 62 Premiership fixtures hardly constitutes a crisis, but Luke Moore's 77th-minute reply to Arjen Robben's first-half goal ensured a third successive draw for a team accustomed to victory as well as justice for Aston Villa.
Aston Villa 3 Port Vale 1: Double by enigmatic Baros flatters Villa and foils Vale
Published: 30 January 2006
Milan Baros is hoping an FA Cup double will help him overcome a crisis of confidence and enable him to deliver goals in the second half of the campaign for Aston Villa. The Czech international has seldom been in consistently top form since his £6million arrival from Liverpool in the summer and he took time to fully recover from an Achilles problem.
Tottenham Hotspur 0 Aston Villa 0: O'Leary deflects attention with envious look at Spurs' resources
Published: 23 January 2006
Whether Aston Villa's manager, David O'Leary, likes it or not - and he doesn't - his club is at the centre of attention right now, given the tabloid sting which saw the England coach, Sven Goran Eriksson, drawn into discussions about taking over at Villa Park.
Tottenham 0 Aston Villa 0: Sorensen thwarts Spurs as Villa make their point
Published: 22 January 2006
Villa appoint financial adviser to find buyer
Published: 21 January 2006
Aston Villa have appointed Rothschild to find a buyer after appearing to lose patience with the Irish consortium who have still to make a concrete offer for the Premiership club.
Aston Villa 1 West Ham United 2: Pardew has the last laugh by finding Hammers' mojo
Published: 16 January 2006
Shaun Newton has urged West Ham to maintain the standards demonstrated in the second half of their victory at Aston Villa and revive their season after a wobbly festive programme.
Irish magnates pull out of £64m Villa takeover
Published: 11 January 2006
The proposed £64m take-over of Aston Villa, which would have seen the octogenarian chairman Doug Ellis finally relinquish control of the Premiership club, appears to have fallen through after the Irish property magnates linked with the deal decided not to proceed.
West Bromwich 1 Aston Villa 2: Baros transforms Watson from hero to villain
Published: 03 January 2006
"You'll never beat the Villa," gloated the visiting fans as West Bromwich Albion's followers slunk away from The Hawthorns. Aston Villa's ascendancy over their neighbours is certainly starting to assume an air of permanence, Milan Baros' late penalty winner taking their unbeaten run against Albion to 13 matches stretching back more than 20 years.
James Milner: 'Players my age want to play in the World Cup. I'm no different'
Published: 31 December 2005
Delaney demands Villa transfer after being left in limbo
Published: 23 December 2005
The Aston Villa defender Mark Delaney has handed in a written transfer request after becoming frustrated at the club's indecision over offering him a new contract.
Aston Villa 0 Manchester United 2: Rooney's rare pedigree raises United above the ordinary
Published: 19 December 2005
Woeful Aston Villa made Wigan Athletic seem like Real Madrid. Mark Delaney, the Villa right-back, asked if he thought Manchester United could mount a title challenge, wryly replied: "If they keep playing us they will."
Aston Villa 0 Manchester Utd 2: Rooney takes advantage of Villa gifts
Published: 18 December 2005
Villa prepared to double money to secure Davis' loyalty
Published: 15 December 2005
The Aston Villa midfielder Steven Davis has been offered a new contract which would more than double his pay, even though he still has three and a half years left on his current deal.
