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Mat Kendrick Column: Time to turn off the tap-up rules!

TAPPING-up is rife, trust me. I’ve done it. In fact I do it several times a week.Read

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Mat Kendrick Column: Gerard Houllier is winning over the fans with public slanging matches

GERARD Houllier’s slanging matches with Steve Bruce and Ian Holloway have certainly done him no harm in the eyes of the still-to-be-completely-convinced Villa Park public.Read

Mat Kendrick Column: Loose Skymen with Richard Keys and Andy Gray

HELLO, and welcome to today’s episode of Loose Skymen with Richard Keys and Andy Gray.Read

Alan McInally: Time for Aston Villa and Birmingham City to end season on a high

ALTHOUGH Villa’s hopes of Champions League football were ended by the 3-1 defeat to Manchester City, the season has still been a relative success.Read

Mat Kendrick: Fair Play to Burnley if they qualify for Europe

FAIR play to relegated Burnley if they qualify for the Europa League by virtue of being on their best behaviour.Read

Mat Kendrick Column: Burnley deserve to be in Europa League

FAIR play to relegated Burnley if they qualify for the Europa League by virtue of being on their best behaviour.Read

Mat Kendrick column: Aston Villa's Del Boy's need to play more

NATHAN Delfouneso’s delight and Fabian Delph’s despair have left Martin O’Neill with a problem harder to stop than the prolific prodigy and tougher to tackle than the badly-injured midfielder.Read

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel set to return

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel could return to full training next week after six weeks on the sidelines with a broken foot.Read

Alan McInally: Birmingham City can topple Liverpool FC

IT’S always exciting when one of the big four come to town and even more so when Birmingham know they’ve got a good chance as any of a victory.Read

Mat Kendrick: Doing the 'Wenger' is Gunner catch on

LET’S all do a Wenger, let’s all do a Wenger, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.Read

Mat Kendrick: Birmingham City fans stole the show

LET’S all do a Wenger, let’s all do a Wenger, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.Read

Mat Kendrick: Most Aston Villa fans do like you Martin!

MARTIN O’Neill is right that the Aston Villa supporters should be more grateful.Read

Mat Kendrick: Injuries? Stop busting my testi-tarsals

IT first got me thinking about modern-day football injuries when a manager told me his star striker was suffering from a ‘soft tissue issue’ a couple of weeks ago.Read

Mat Kendrick: Send David Beckham to the World Cup

UPON spotting a white-haired fella with pinkish eyes playing football in our local park, my wife once asked: “Is that one of those Al Pacinos?’Read

Tom Ross: Ref got it wrong in Aston Villa final

REFEREE Phil Dowd is not the reason Villa did not win the Carling Cup but he is a fundamental part of the reason why Manchester United won it.Read

Mat Kendrick:John Terry should be ashamed of himself... for that barnet!

JOHN Terry should be thoroughly ashamed of that embarrassing sight at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.Read

Mat Kendrick: Aaron Ramsey injury was an accident, lay off Shawcross!

SOME of the mock outrage which has followed Ryan Shawcross’ tackle on Aaron Ramsey is much more dangerous and over the top than the foul itself.Read

Mat Kendrick Column: Welcome to Ports Relief, please give generously

AND in a slight change to our advertised programme here on BBC Hampshire, instead of Sport Relief, we can go live to Fratton Park for a charity appeal.Read

Mat Kendrick Column: Referees should be about fairer football, not the fairer sex

IN MY opinion there’s one fundamental reason why Amy Fearn and friends are not fit enough to referee.Read

Mat Kendrick Column: Where did the FA Cup draw event go wrong?

MAYBE with the blurring of time I’m getting confused and mixing up my affection for them with the those two miserable old blokes in the Muppets.Read