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Blackburn 1 Villa 2

VILLA chose Easter weekend to perform their own resurrection amid incredible scenes at Ewood Park. Read

O'Neill plea ahead of of crunch double header

MARTIN O'Neill has urged his players to stand tall and not 'hide away in a corner' as Villa face two crucial games which could decide their Premiership fate. Read

Villa get better of league leaders

THERE were several positive points for Martin O'Neill to ponder after Villa's second string comfortably defeated the Premiership Reserve League South leaders. Read

Villa 1 Everton 1

ANTICIPATION, excitement, despair, frustration, anger, tension, then joyous rapture and ultimately contentment...just another night at Villa Park. Read

Villa 0 Liverpool 0

THE televised Sunday afternoon entertainment was, thankfully, served up elsewhere by some classic Cinderella and Robert Powell in The 39 Steps. Read

Villa 0 Arsenal 1

STATISTICS can lie. Anything is truly possible. After all, we now live in a world where even TV icon Blue Peter has become a phone pest. Read

Fulham 1 Villa 1

IT wasn't the Mae West, although certain aspects were Robin Hood: John Carew's Sausage Roll when he picked his Selina Scott and stroked the Albert Hall Pope in Rome. Read

Reading 2 Villa 0

PERHAPS the biggest miscarriage of justice in Reading since Oscar Wilde was banged up in the local nick for doing something he oughtn't. Martin O'Neill may want to lock some of his sleepy defenders or goal-shy strikers away after letting this one slip. Read

Villa 1 West Ham 0

MARTIN O'Neill is extremely wary of "false dawns" - something which seems to show that a successful period is beginning or that a situation is improving when it is not. Read

Newcastle 3 Villa 1

VILLA started like a 1978 Austin Princess – probably the worst car ever manufactured – in damp conditions, having lain dormant and untouched at the bottom of an old man's garage for nigh on 30 years. Read

Villa 2 Watford 0

IF Milan Baros is as good at learning French as he is at finishing chances in the Premiership, then he will be spending the next few months muttering the phrases "Je parle Francais" and asking "Ou sont les toilettes s'il vous plait?" around the streets of Lyon. Read

Man Utd 3 Villa 1

THERE was a time when Villa were bigger than United. A proud club from a buzzing area at the very heart of 1970s industrial Britain. But how times have changed since those halcyon days. Read

Man Utd 2 Villa 1

WHEN the 13th-richest country in the world takes on the biggest, according to economic statistics, it is akin to the United States being invaded by Australia. Read

Villa 0 Chelsea 0

THE last time Villa were beaten by Chelsea on home soil the western world was squabbling over beef and bananas, Shakespeare in Love and Saving Private Ryan were battling it out at the Oscars and B*witched were riding high at the top of the charts with Blame it on the Weatherman. Read

Villa 0 Man Utd 3

TWO-GOAL Cristiano Ronaldo's virtuoso performance and a superb strike from Paul Scholes proved to much for Villa as they went down at home to title-chasing Manchester United. Read

Villa 0 Bolton 1

WHEN the English monarch, the Dutch aristocrat William the Third, was short of money he attempted to find a solution with the imposition of the much-hated Window Tax, which led to: "Daylight Robbery". Read

Sheff Utd 2 Villa 2

"ALL'S well that Ends Well. It was Much Ado about Nothing!" is how Martin O'Neill amusingly played down a "handbags" tunnel confrontation that followed Juan Pablo Angel's stray elbow into the face of Chris Morgan in the dying embers of an enthralling contest. Read

Portsmouth 2 Villa 2

SUCH has been Villa's recent trouble-torn home life that it is almost inevitable they should get such enjoyment from playing away. Read

Villa 1 Man City 3

MARTIN O'Neill spent many days and nights swotting up on Villa by cramming in videos of last season's struggles following his shock return to the Premiership. Read

Villa 1 Middlesbrough 1

DON'T be surprised if Villa use the remaining three home games of 2006 to run out to a different tune on their public address system. Read

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Bill Howell

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