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Aston Villa 3 Reading 1

ASTON Villa's Martin O'Neill effectively planted a knotted handkerchief on his head, wore some dodgy spectacles and shouted: "Knickers, knackers, knockers" to his critics – a la Les Dawson's Cosmo Smallpiece. Read

Villa Res 2 West Ham Res 1

VILLA could not have left it much later to come back from the shock of conceding a goal only 40 seconds after the start. Read

Aston Villa 0 Manchester United 2

AS Peter Kay recites in his stand-up routine. Aston Villa were more like a Digestive biscuit than a Rich Tea, able to soak up only so much coffee after a dunk before crumbling to pieces. Read

Aston Villa 2 Spurs 1

SEARCH the high street for a "set piece" and you are likely to end up with a dining table, a cutting-edge lamp or a sofa. Read

Wigan Athletic 1 Aston Villa 2

ASTON Villa's away form continued with a 2-1 victory at Wigan Athletic. Read

Aston Villa 1 Manchester City 1

ASTON Villa were forced to settle for a point in their 1-1 draw against Manchester City. Read

Aston Villa 1 Portsmouth 3

HARRY Redknapp bears something of a resemblance to Robin Askwith but the "filth" that he believed he was confronted by around the Villa dugout would have left Sidney Noggett red-faced. Read

Blackburn Rovers 0 Aston Villa 4

ASTON Villa continued to pile up the points with a 4-0 win at Blackburn Rovers Read

Birmingham City 1 Aston Villa 2

GABRIEL Agbonlahor was the hero for Aston Villa after his injury time winner clinched the three points and bragging rights in the Second City derby with Birmingham City. Read

Birmingham 1 Aston Villa 2

ASTON Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor settled the derby against Birmingham with a late winner for Martin O'Neill's side in a pulsating clash at St Andrews. Read

Villa 2 Derby 0

THE temptation at half-time among the best part of the 38,000 Villa fans present would have been to have a quick drag. Read

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Bolton 1 Villa 1

A GAME made for television, only if you possess both the remote control in one hand and a stiff gin and tonic in the other. Read

Gabriel Agbonlahor tussles with West Ham's Matthew Upson.

Villa 1 West Ham 0

IN a weekend of sporting shocks the one surprise at Villa Park was that it took Nigel Reo-Coker until the second half to get his booking. Read

Toronto FC 2 Aston Villa 4

VILLA'S pre-season got off to a flying start with Luke Moore's first hat-trick since February 2006 and a John Carew tap-in. Read

Bolton 2 Villa 2

IT was Bolton who were partying at the final whistle as the stadium rocked to Status Quo after Sammy Lee's side had crept over the line towards UEFA Cup qualification. Read

Villa 3 Sheff Utd 0

VILLA marked the 25th anniversary of a 1-0 defeat at Stoke City's Victoria Ground with a performance of style and panache that rolled back the clock to days when they were at the very summit of the European game. Read

Man City 0 Villa 2

IT SEEMS an eternity since Brian Cant, Floella Benjamin, Johnny Ball and Derek Griffiths were teaching everyone to Play Away with a smile. It has been an age since Villa were doing so. Read

Villa 0 Portsmouth 0

THE last time Portsmouth got anything at Villa Park the Villa manager very quickly paid with his job. Read

Middlesbrough 1 Villa 3

FOR one horrid, ghastly moment in time Thomas Sorensen performed a limpness of wrist, in attempting to catch Fabio Rochemback's free-kick, not seen since Are You Being Served's John Inman was entertaining audiences on prime time TV. Read

Villa 1 Wigan 1

THE absence of an electronic microchip in the ball may well have handed Wigan a precious point on a day when Villa found back-to-back Premiership wins as elusive as the Scarlet Pimpernel in revolutionary France. Read

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Bill Howell

Find out the inside track from Bill Howell, the Birmingham Mail's man at Villa Park. Read