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Aston Villa 2, Stoke City 2: Bill Howell's big match verdict

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

Aston Villa 2, Stoke 2: Full time report

Stoke struck twice in the final three minutes to snatch a dramatic draw and put a dent into Aston Villa's Champions League hopes.Read

Young Villa side easily beaten in Moscow

JUST a silver star, a grey void then the word ‘Prepared’ underneath.Read

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1: Bill Howell's big match verdict

THE end of not just one proud run but two completed a wretched week for Villa.Read

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1: Match report

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

Aston Villa 1, CSKA Moscow 1: Bill Howell's big match verdict

TOM Cruise plays Ethan Hunt as he uses fingertip precision to climb a treacherous stretch of rock without ropes, harnesses or even a net.Read

Everton 3 Villa 1: Bill Howell's big match verdict

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

FA Cup: Everton 3 Aston Villa 1 - full time report

FA Cup 5th Round: Everton 3 Aston Villa 1 Villa's FA Cup dream ended at Goodison Park as Everton marched on to the quarter-finals.Read

THE last time Villa recorded 13 unbeaten league games Harry Houdini was taking the first controlled powered flight over Australia.

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

Everton next for Aston Villa in the FA Cup as they avoid upset

“FIFTH round” and “Aston Villa” in the same sentence used to be a reason why Paul McGrath had skipped training.Read

Aston Villa 3 Doncaster 1: Verdict

John Carew scored on his first start for three months as Aston Villa reached the fifth round of the FA Cup for only the second time in nine years.Read

Aston Villa 0 Wigan 0: Big match analysis

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 0 Wigan 0: Final whistle report

Aston Villa missed out on the chance to climb into second spot in the Barclays Premier League after being held at home by Steve Bruce's battlers.Read

Portsmouth 0 Aston Villa 1

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

Doncaster 0 Aston Villa 0

Neil Sullivan rolled back the years to give Doncaster a deserved FA Cup fourth-round replay with Champions League-chasing Aston Villa.Read

Sunderland 1 Aston Villa 2: Full time report

Gareth Barry cemented 10-man Aston Villa's place in the top four with a controversial victory over Sunderland.Read

Aston Villa 2 West Bromwich Albion 1: Full time report

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

Gillingham 1, Aston Villa 2: Bill Howell's big match verdict

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

Hull 0 Aston Villa 1

A LATE Kamil Zayatte own goal saw Aston Villa snatch a barely-deserved victory at Hull.Read

Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 2: Bill Howell's Birmingham Mail verdict

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