ASTON Villa are through to the first round proper of the UEFA Cup for the first time in seven years despite being held by the Icelandic part-timers in a low-key second leg at Villa Park.Read
VILLA reserves stepped up preparations for next week’s Premier Reserve League (south) opener with a comfortable 7-1 victory against Hereford United.Read
THREE goals in less than 10 minutes from Gabriel Agbonlahor saw Aston Villa tell the Premier League that they mean business this season, writes BILL HOWELL.Read
IT WAS quite a day for Villa, who lost a player, gained a player and saw their fans do more to keep another in 90 minutes than any talking – or lack of it – has managed all summer.Read
VILLA’S eagerly-awaited European adventure got up and running in dramatic fashion in Odense – but Martin O’Neill’s men still have work to do to get their UEFA Cup passports stamped.Read
THE positives? Wilfred Bouma was a welcome starter, Ashley Young looked sharp, Steve Sidwell got a welcome 45 minutes and Moustapha Salifou is doing his first-team chances no harm.Read
IT WAS supposed to be a farewell that in years to come, around Aston at least, might rival Humphrey Bogart's: "We'll always have Paris" to Ingrid Bergman, writes BILL HOWELL.Read
A SECOND half brace from Luis Antonio Valencia handed Wigan the win they needed to confirm their Barclays Premier League status as Aston Villa failed to keep the pressure on Everton in the battle for the UEFA Cup.Read
CHAMPIONS Aston Villa proudly lifted the Premiership Reserve League South Trophy having struggled to overcome 10-man Arsenal in driving rain at Villa Park.Read
NOT since the Duke of Wellington was trampling over Napoleon on the battlefields of Waterloo has Europe been fought over so vociferously by two battle-hardened generals, writes BILL HOWELL.Read
THE race to reach the UEFA Cup is set to go to the wire after a dramatic Goodison Park showdown between fifth-placed Everton and Aston Villa in sixth in the Barclays Premier League.Read