Aston Villa made a positive start to the big match with local rivals Birmingham City at St Andrew's, they had Stewart Downing playing just behind Carew in a 4-1-4-1 formation, and they could have taken the lead inside the first minute.Read
THE unity Villa and their fans showed at Bramall Lane might mean Sweet FA if the claret and blues’ tense Premier League survival mission fatally falters.Read
GERARD Houllier trudged away from Villa Park to a chorus of ‘‘You’re getting sacked in the morning’’ as Villa slumped to a new low – and into the bottom three last night.Read
Chelsea's amazing late fightback was in vain as Aston Villa scored a stoppage-time equaliser to leave the champions' Barclays Premier League title defence in considerable doubt.Read
Stewart Downing and Emile Heskey provided a much needed lift for Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier as their goals earned victory over derby rivals West Brom at Villa Park.
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NEVER mind ‘This Is Anfield’, the sign Gerard Houllier was most looking forward to seeing at Liverpool last night was conspicuous by its absence – the sign that Villa are capable of turning their stuttering season around any time soon.Read
Liverpool's stand-in strikers shrugged off the absence of Fernando Torres to secure a comfortable victory over Aston Villa and make it an unhappy return to Anfield for former Reds manager Gerard Houllier.Read
Nikola Zigic put Birmingham through to their first Carling Cup semi-final for nine years - and earned his side revenge over Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier.
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RATHER than Gerard celebrating with an à la carte menu washed down with a vintage French red called Pires, Big Sam was probably joyously tucking into a chicken balti and a pint of Thwaites.Read
