The Villa Football Club Results and Comments

Monday, 21 January 2008
Barclays Premier League

Liverpool	2-2 (HT 1-0)	Aston Villa
Benayoun 19 Crouch 88		Harewood 69 Aurelio o.g. 72
Bookings: Arbeloa 69 Mascherano 71		Bookings: Laursen 74 Young 88

Draw game against Liverpool

Peter Crouch rescued a Barclays Premier League point for Liverpool with a late goal that salvaged a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa at Anfield

Saturday, 12 January 2008
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	3-1 (HT 1-0)	Reading
Carew 22 Laursen 55 Carew 88		Harper 90
		Bookings: De la Cruz 25 Hahnemann 48

Carew's two goals against the Reading FC

Aston Villa produced a confident display putting three goals past Reading at Villa Park on Saturday

Saturday, 05 January 2008
The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON

Aston Villa	0-2 (HT 0-0)	Man Utd
		Ronaldo 81 Rooney 89

Aston Villa were defeated by Man U

Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney struck late on as Man Utd booked their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win at Aston Villa

Tuesday, 01 January 2008
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	2-1 (HT 1-0)	Tottenham
Mellberg 41 Laursen 85		Defoe 79
		Bookings: Malbranque 23 Dawson 33 Zokora 89

Tottenham were beaten by The Villa FC

Martin Laursen's 84th-minute winner helped Aston Villa to sixth place in the Premier League after an entertaining match against Tottenham

Saturday, 29 December 2007
Barclays Premier League

Wigan	1-2 (HT 1-0)	Aston Villa
Bramble 28		Davies 55 Agbonlahor 70
Bookings: Bramble 90		Bookings: Agbonlahor 90

Aston Villa fight back

Aston Villa had to come from behind to claim a 2-1 victory over Wigan at a rain-soaked JJB

Wednesday, 26 December 2007
Barclays Premier League

Chelsea	4-4 (HT 1-2)	Aston Villa
Shevchenko (pen) 45 Shevchenko 50 Alex 66 Ballack 88		Maloney 14 Maloney 44 Laursen 72 Barry (pen) 90
Bookings: Essien 19 Ballack 90 Alex 90		Bookings: Reo-Coker 55 Harewood 90
Sent off: Carvalho 80 Cole 90		Sent off: Knight 45

An incredible match against Chelsea

Shaun Maloney volleyed Villa ahead and Petr Cech's gaffe gifted him a second but Zat Knight saw red and Andriy Shevchenko netted from the spot

Saturday, 22 December 2007
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	1-1 (HT 1-1)	Man City
Carew 14		Bianchi 11
Bookings: Barry 55 Reo-Coker 80		Bookings: Hamann 38 Gelson 56 Ball 63 Vassell 69

Aston Villa 1 Man City 1

Manchester City held on for a rare away point to reinforce their push for a European spot despite being under the cosh for long periods in the 1-1 draw with Aston Villa at Villa Park

Saturday, 15 December 2007
Barclays Premier League

Sunderland	1-1 (HT 1-0)	Aston Villa
Higginbotham 10		Maloney 73
Bookings: Whitehead 18 Yorke 85		Bookings: Gardner 5 Young 79

Sunderland were robbed of a dramatic winner against Aston Villa to leave them embroiled in a battle to preserve their Premier League status. Late goal specialists, the Black Cats looked to have conjured up another last-gasp winner at the Stadium of Light. But intervention by match official Steve Bennett saw the late header by Danny Collins ruled out for foul on Villa keeper Scott Carson

Saturday, 08 December 2007
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	1-3 (HT 0-2)	Portsmouth
Barry (pen) 72		Gardner o.g. 10 Muntari 40 Muntari 61
Bookings: Carew 4 Berger 67		Bookings: Pedro Mendes 43 James 74 Pamarot 75 Kranjcar 80

Aston Villa were defeated by Portsmouth with 1-3 score

Harry Redknapp's proud Portsmouth continued their impressive run of success with another resounding away win. It was a particular landmark for Pompey as it was the first time they have won at Villa Park in the top division since Boxing Day 1955. There were no doubts about their sixth successive away win as it was fully deserved on a rain-swept pitch

Saturday, 01 December 2007
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	1-2 (HT 1-2)	Arsenal
Gardner 14		Flamini 23 Adebayor 36
Bookings: Bouma 37 Carew 56 Young 87		Bookings: Adebayor 31 Gallas 55

The Villa 1-2 Arsenal

Arsenal weathered a vastly-improved second-half performance from Aston Villa to maintain their unbeaten record and the leadership of the Barclays Premier League with a 2-1 win

Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Barclays Premier League

Blackburn	0-4 (HT 0-1)	Aston Villa
		Carew 29 Barry (pen) 53 Young 81 Harewood 89
		Bookings: Mellberg 50
Sent off: Nelsen 52

The perfect game of Aston Villa

Aston Villa moved into the top six of the table following their fourth straight Premier League win. Having been under the cosh for the opening half an hour, Villa led 1-0 at the break courtesy of John Carew's header from Ashley Young's free-kick

Saturday, 24 November 2007
Barclays Premier League

Middlesbrough	0-3 (HT 0-1)	Aston Villa
		Carew 45 Mellberg 48 Agbonlahor 58
Bookings: Cattermole 45 Downing 88		Bookings: Reo-Coker 17

Go the Villans!!!

Scott Carson started the day as public enemy number one at the Riverside Stadium but ended it by serving up an improbable assist as Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa revolution rolled on at the expense of woeful Middlesbrough with a 3-0 win

Sunday, 11 November 2007
Barclays Premier League

Birmingham	1-2 (HT 0-1)	Aston Villa
Forssell 62		Ridgewell o.g. 11 Agbonlahor 87
Bookings: De Ridder 32 Muamba 50 Kelly 54		Bookings: Barry 16 Agbonlahor 88

The Blues were defeated by The Villa

Gabriel Agbonlahor scored a brilliant winning goal for Aston Villa and in the process enhanced his prospects of a call-up to England's senior side. Agbonlahor was certainly Villa's hero as, only two minutes before he notched his 87th minute winner, he had dramatically cleared a Liam Ridgewell header off the line. Earlier, Villa had been given the lead by an own goal by their former central defender Ridgewell

Saturday, 03 November 2007
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	2-0 (HT 0-0)	Derby
Laursen 57 Young 61
		Bookings: Griffin 44 Moore 45 Howard 87

The victory of The Villa FC

Martin Laursen and Ashley Young plunged Derby deeper into the relegation mire with second-half goals in a 2-0 win for Aston Villa at Villa Park

Sunday, 28 October 2007
Barclays Premier League

Bolton	1-1 (HT 1-0)	Aston Villa
Anelka 22		Moore 57
Bookings: Anelka 39 Campo 59		Bookings: Young 79

Aston Villa vs Bolton:1-1 draw

Gary Megson's tenure as the manager of Bolton Wanderers should have started in the perfect manner against Aston Villa at the Reebok Stadium. The former Leicester City boss should have been toasting French international striker Nicolas Anelka's sublime first-half free-kick to seal only Bolton's second league win of the season. But instead he was left cursing Luke Moore's inadvertent equaliser that kept his side rooted in the bottom three

Saturday, 20 October 2007
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	1-4 (HT 1-3)	Man Utd
Agbonlahor 13		Rooney 36 Rooney 44 Ferdinand 45 Giggs 75
Bookings: Reo-Coker 52 Young 67		Bookings: Scholes 39 Nani 89
Sent off: Reo-Coker 60 Carson 66

The Lions were defeated by Manchester United

Wayne Rooney took his goal tally to six in the last five games for club and country as Manchester United overran nine-man Aston Villa 4-1

Saturday, 06 October 2007
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	1-0 (HT 1-0)	West Ham
Gardner 24
Bookings: Knight 36 Reo-Coker 55 Mellberg 68		Bookings: Camara 9 McCartney 73

Gardner's victorious goal

Craig Gardner, Aston Villa's England Under-21 international, prised open West Ham United's defence with a spectacular first-half goal to give the Midlands club their fourth successive Premiership home win of the season

Monday, 01 October 2007
Barclays Premier League

Tottenham	4-4 (HT 1-3)	Aston Villa
Berbatov 20 Chimbonda 69 Keane (pen) 82 Kaboul 90		Laursen 22 Laursen 33 Agbonlahor 40 Gardner 59
Bookings: Kaboul 90		Bookings: Reo-Coker 10 Gardner 13 Carson 85

The result of a game against Tottenham is 4-4 draw

Younes Kaboul netted a dramatic injury-time equaliser as Spurs hit back from 4-1 down to snatch an astonishing 4-4 draw with Aston Villa at White Hart Lane.

Tottenham fans turned out in their thousands to celebrate the club's 125th anniversary and saw former greats such as Dave Mackay and Glenn Hoddle paraded before the game

Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Carling Cup

Aston Villa	0-1 (HT 0-0)	Leicester
		Fryatt 76
		Bookings: Clemence 74

The Villans 0-1 Leicester

Coca-Cola Championship strugglers Leicester dumped former manager Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa out of the Carling Cup thanks to a second-half goal from Matt Fryatt

Sunday, 23 September 2007
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	2-0 (HT 1-0)	Everton
Carew 14 Agbonlahor 60
Bookings: Agbonlahor 62

Everton were beaten by The Villa

Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor's liking for Everton continued as he grabbed the decisive second goal in the Barclays Premier League clash with David Moyes' side

Sunday, 16 September 2007
Barclays Premier League

Man City	1-0 (HT 0-0)	Aston Villa
Johnson 48
Bookings: Jihai 68		Bookings: Moore 78

Johnson's goal resulted in The Villa's defeat

Teenager Michael Johnson conjured up a magical goal which defeated Aston Villa and moved Manchester City back into second place in the Premier League. After scoring a spectacular winner against Derby in the opening home league match, midfielder Johnson has this season become an indispensable figure in City's new look side

Sunday, 02 September 2007
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	2-0 (HT 0-0)	Chelsea
Knight 47 Agbonlahor 88
Bookings: Reo-Coker 56 Barry 66 Agbonlahor 71 Carew 71		Bookings: Drogba 70

Knight's good start

Aston Villa fan Zat Knight scored on his debut for Martin O'Neill's side to help shatter Chelsea's seven-month unbeaten record in the Barclays Premier League

Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Carling Cup

Wrexham	0-5 (HT 0-1)	Aston Villa
		Maloney 30 Moore 52 Reo-Coker 62 Maloney 72 Harewood 78
Bookings: Valentine 77

The brilliant victory of The Villans

Martin O'Neill's Premiership Aston Villa cruised into the Carling Cup third round after surviving a couple of early scares.

Their five-goal tally might easily have been greater as they twice hit the woodwork and made several near-misses

Saturday, 25 August 2007
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	2-1 (HT 0-1)	Fulham
Knight o.g. 51 Maloney 90		Dempsey 6
Bookings: Bouma 40		Bookings: Baird 5 Kamara 68
		Sent off: Baird 68

Fulham were beaten by Aston Villa

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill was banished from the dug-out after a verbal blast at referee Steve Bennett and then saw substitute Shaun Maloney snatch an injury-time winner for a 2-1 success against 10-man Fulham at Villa Park

Saturday, 18 August 2007
Barclays Premier League

Newcastle	0-0 (HT 0-0)	Aston Villa
		Bookings: Gardner 68 Reo-Coker 87

Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle

The stage was set for a storybook start to Sam Allardyce's St James's Park career but in the end Newcastle's mis-firing stars had to thank keeper Steve Harper for earning them a goalless draw

Saturday, 11 August 2007
Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa	1-2 (HT 0-1)	Liverpool
Barry (pen) 85		Laursen o.g. 31 Gerrard 87
Bookings: Mellberg 26 Bouma 58 Barry 67 Petrov 89		Bookings: Pennant 55 Reina 84

Liverpool beaten Aston Villa

Steven Gerrard's superb free-kick ensured a 2-1 victory for Liverpool on the opening day of the Barclays Premier League campaign for the first time during the Rafael Benitez era