MARTIN O’Neill admitted that defending of the calibre his side produced against Stoke City yesterday would not have been committed by the top four.Read
Chelsea launched the Guus Hiddink era in positive fashion as Nicolas Anelka's first half strike kept alive their slim hopes of lifting the Barclays Premier League title as they leapfrogged Aston Villa into third spot.Read
THE ghost of FA Cups past came back to haunt Martin O’Neill as once again his ambitions of Wembley were dashed just at the point when even he might have quietly dared to dream.Read
And it will take an act of escapology equal to being suspended upside down in a straitjacket for Martin O’Neill’s side not to make the Champions League now.Read
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
Sir Alex Ferguson railed against unnecessary mid-season jaunts to the Gulf this week, describing England's trip to Qatar next Saturday as a "coach's nightmare" and a "thorn in everyone's flesh".
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