THE LAST time Villa headed into February in quite such a dominant position in the top flight, Nelson Mandela was days away from release from Victor Verster Prison near Cape Town after 27 years behind bars.Read
Aston Villa climbed level with second-placed Liverpool on 47 points after £3.5 million signing Emile Heskey hit a 20th-minute winner on his debut at Fratton Park.Read
CURTIS Davies silenced the West Brom boo-boys by scoring the opening goal as Martin O'Neill's side climbed above Manchester United into third spot in the Barclays Premier League.Read
Birthday boy James Milner grabbed both goals as Aston Villa reached the fourth round of the FA Cup for only the second time in eight seasons - but they were given a scare by Gillingham.Read
REVENGE is a dish best served cold – but fewer strikes have been hotter than the 92nd-minute firecracker from Zat ‘Zico’ Knight that rescued a deserved point for Villa and brought the house down.Read
ASTON Villa's fight for Champions League qualification was given a significant boost as Zat Knight rifled home an injury-time equaliser to rescue a well-deserved point against Arsenal.Read
ROY Hodgson became the latest manager to talk up Villa’s Champions League credentials with the Fulham boss insisting they have the pace and power to gatecrash the top four.Read
GARETH Barry squandered the chances to lift Aston Villa into third place in the Barclays Premier League - 24 hours after pledging his immediate future to the West Midlands club.Read
VILLA thought the days of generous give-aways to Middlesbrough ended when Gareth Southgate led a claret and blue exodus to the Riverside almost a decade ago.Read
ASTON Villa took a big step towards qualification for the Uefa Cup knockout stages by becoming the first team to beat Slavia Prague at their new Eden Stadion.Read