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Wigan 0 Villa 0

WITH two teams sailing on the crest of six league wins between them it could so easily have turned into something akin to The Gunfight at the JJB Corral. But Wigan and Villa came armed only with blanks. Read

Everton 0 Villa 1

THE minute's silence was impeccably observed - bar a Bullseye ringtone on an errant Nokia - in memory of those who had given their lives in service of their country. It was nothing to do with the last rites of a former manager. Read

Chelsea 4 Villa 0

HAD they known what Randy Lerner might inadvertently put them through, 6,000 Villa fans might have asked for a free West End show and free hotel accommodation to go with their free coach travel. Because in the end it was torture. Read

Liverpool 3 Villa 1

Rafael Benitez will believe his management style was vindicated by what was for most of the game a hugely improved Liverpool display. Read

Villa 1 Fulham 1

MARTIN O'Neill recently accompanied his daughters Aisling and Alana to a Moody Blues concert at The Royal Albert Hall. At the end of Villa's sixth stalemate in nine Premiership games he was left feeling just that - moody and blue. Read

Villa 1 Tottenham 1

IT'S a fair bet that had Steve McClaren been at Villa Park on Saturday that at approximately 4.36pm he would have vacated his seat and gone to the toilet. Read

Chelsea 1 Villa 1

THE pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, the building of the railroads, and the Panama Canal... Read

Villa 2 Newcastle 0

FITTING that when Randy Lerner was in town there should be stars and stripes on show. Read

Villa 2 Reading 1

PERHAPS in an effort to shun the spotlight that was inevitably befalling a man who has transformed Aston Villa from bedraggled also-rans into pumped-up contenders, Martin O'Neill turned up in an ill-fitting black tracksuit with 'SW' for Steve Walford emblazoned on his chest. Read

Arsenal 1 Villa 1

SAME players same chairman, same training ground... different manager, different attitude, different result. Read

FC Groningen 2 Villa 2

LIAM Ridgewell earned Villa a share of the honours at the Euroborg Stadium last night. Read

NEC Nijmegen 2 Villa 1

NEW manager Martin O'Neill knows his team have a lot of work to between now and the start of the season after Villa's first pre-season defeat. Read

Hannover 96 0 Villa 0

FOR a man who was mobbed by fans at Villa Park on his arrival as new manager, Saturday's trip to Germany could not have been more different. Read

Chasetown 0 Villa XI 3

MARTIN Laursen successfully came through a scheduled 45-minute run-out on his return to action at Chasetown. Read

Wolves 0 Villa 3

MICK McCarthy joked on checking in at Molineux that he was unable to play Merlin the Magician when it came to helping Wolves out of their summer doldrums. Read

Chesterfield 0 Villa XI 2

SCOTT Bridges scored twice as Aston Villa's second string eased to victory at Saltergate. Read

Hull 0 Villa 2

WHAT would Randy Lerner have made of it? The swanky KC Stadium is pleasant enough, but it was hardly the $290million, 73,200-capacity Cleveland Stadium. Read

Walsall 0 Villa 5

THE last time Villa rattled in as many goals David O'Leary labelled the fans "fickle". Read

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Bill Howell

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