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Bill Howell

Bill Howell

Top strikers the summer target for Aston Villa

OLD boy Peter Crouch has been linked with a return to Aston Villa as Martin O'Neill pledges top strikers will be his summer transfer targets. Read

Luke Moore

Albion loan move will help Luke Moore, says Tony Morley

TONY Morley has backed Luke Moore's imminent loan move from Villa to Albion and insisted the England Under-21 international has to get his career back on track. Read

Ashley Young

Ashley Young: Aston Villa's Europe hopes are high

ASHLEY Young went from hero to zero the last time Aston Villa played at Reading at a time when he says the club were still fearing relegation. Read

Gareth Barry

Gareth Barry is Aston Villa's talisman, says Nigel Reo-Coker

NIGEL Reo-Coker has paid tribute to Gareth Barry for taking his performances on to another level this season. Read

Marlon Harewood

Marlon Harewood is making an impact at Aston Villa

GARETH Barry has hailed Marlon Harewood's impact in recent weeks and believes the big striker has lifted both Villa supporters and his team-mates alike. Read

Play it cool, O'Neill tells Villa's Reo-Coker

ASTON Villa boss Martin O‘Neill has told Nigel Reo-Coker to keep a cool head between now and the end of the season. Read

Aston Villa 4 Newcastle United 1

EVEN Aston Villa's inconsistency is inconsistent as, amid all the controversy of Premier League games being played abroad, their first-half display belonged over the road at Aston Park and their second could have graced the Giants Stadium, Sydney's Stadium Australia or the Tokyo Dome. Read

John Carew

Carew "could net 20 goals a season" for Aston Villa

MARTIN O'Neill believes that John Carew is "miles better than he thinks he is" and has tipped the Norwegian to net 20 goals a season for Villa in the near future. Read

Gareth Barry

Carew thanks Gareth Barry for Villa hat-trick

JOHN Carew thanked Gareth Barry for allowing him the chance to end a 13-year wait for a Villa hat-trick on home soil in the Premier League. Read

Wilfred Bouma

Wilfred Bouma: We'll get new Villa deal sorted

WILFRED Bouma rejoiced in his first Aston Villa goal in 76 appearances and then admitted he believes Martin O'Neill will sort out his future at the club. Read

Wayne Routledge

Aston Villa squad take mid-season Marbella break

WAYNE Routledge joined up but Patrik Berger was left behind today as Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa squad flew out to the Spanish sunshine for a mid-season break. Read

Martin O'Neill

O'Neill: Aston Villa will fight but fourth spot is beyond us

MARTIN O'Neill insists his Aston Villa side will "battle" to the last but has conceded the race for fourth place is a straight dogfight between Liverpool and Everton. Read

O'Neill: Let's get back in Toon

MARTIN O'Neill has urged his Villa team to get over the setback of their first league defeat in two months and push home their European charge. Read

Kevin will have time on his side

KEVIN Keegan will be given the time to turn things around at Newcastle - regardless of results this season. Read

Wayne Routledge

Routledge told to bide his time for Villa

WAYNE Routledge has been told that he may have to wait to show off his talents with the Aston Villa first team, despite an encouraging goal-scoring debut for the reserves. Read

O'Neill: My shock at Fitzgerald departure

MARTIN O'Neill has admitted his surprise at Richard FitzGerald's resignation from Aston Villa but insisted he had nothing to do with the chief executive's departure. Read

Martin O'Neill

O'Neill warns Villa fans: Get ready for a hot summer

MARTIN O'Neill has promised a big summer at Aston Villa in a bid to stop the club from simply "stuttering" forwards. Read

Gabriel Agbonlahor

Gabby's Villa record looks in doubt

GABRIEL Agbonlahor has played in every one of Martin O'Neill's 70 games in charge at Villa but stands to lose that record against Newcastle. Read

Shaun Maloney

Shaun Maloney keen to stake Villa claim

SHAUN Maloney says he is looking to build on only his third 90 minutes in the Premier League. Read

Martin O'Neill

O'Neill: Nathan Delfounso shaping up nicely

MARTIN O'Neill has spoken of his delight at Aston Villa's capture of prolific teenage striker Nathan Delfounso on a first professional contract. Read

Author Profile

Bill Howell started covering Midlands football for the Sunday Mercury in March 1998. He moved to the Birmingham Mail, writing solely on Aston Villa, following the 2000 FA Cup Final. Previously he was a sports reporter in Aberdeen, covering the Old Firm, and before that he was a news reporter in East London.

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