Millwall piles more misery on Aston Villa
LONDON, England ● Millwall piled on the misery for beleaguered Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert as John Marquis’s late goal gave the Championship club a 2-1 win in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday. Lambert has endured a torrid time since leaving Norwich to take charge at Villa Park in the close-season, but this [...]
Everton demolish Villa
BIRMINGHAM, England ● Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert suffered a nightmare home debut as his team went down 3-1 against Everton at Villa Park on Saturday. Goals from Steven Pienaar, Marouane Fellaini and Nikica Jelavic made it a 100 percent start to the season for Everton, while Villa, who played most of the second-half with [...]
Aston Villa signs Morocco international El Ahmadi
BIRMINGHAM, England ● Aston Villa has signed Morocco international midfielder Karim El Ahmadi on a three-year contract from Dutch league runner-up Feyenoord. The 27-year-old El Ahmadi is new coach Paul Lambert’s first signing for the Birmingham club. El Ahmadi has agreed a deal at Villa Park until the end of the 2014-15 season and says [...]
Community Shield at Villa Park
LONDON, England ● The Community Shield clash between Manchester City and Chelsea at the start of next season will be staged at Villa Park rather than Wembley. The annual curtain-raiser to the new top-flight season is traditionally played at Wembley, but the English national stadium in London is hosting the Olympic football final on [...]
Spurs blow it
BIRMINGHAM, England ● Ten-man Tottenham Hotspur spurned the chance to go third in the Premier League on Sunday after a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa, for whom a point all but assured their top-flight survival. Ciaran Clark gave the hosts the lead at Villa Park via a deflected first-half opener and their cause was aided [...]
Villa close in on survival
BIRMINGHAM, England ● Aston Villa inched closer to Premier League survival after a 1-1 draw against Stoke on Monday. Alex McLeish’s side were forced to settle for a point at Villa Park after Robert Huth’s second-half header cancelled out a first-half opener from Austria striker Andreas Weimann. But despite the frustration of Huth’s leveller, Villa [...]
Weimann strikes late to give Villa welcome win
BIRMINGHAM, Engladn – Unheralded Andreas Weimann scored his first Premier League goal three minutes into injury-time to give Aston Villa a 1-0 victory over Fulham after a hard-fought encounter at Villa Park. The 20-year-old Austrian was a second-half replacement for Charles N’Zogbia and became the home side’s hero by scrambling the ball over the line [...]
Robbie Keane back in Premier League
Irish striker Robbie Keane, who joined Los Angeles Galaxy from Tottenham last summer, is to spend two months on loan at Aston Villa, the club announced on Thursday. The Midlands side completed the final paperwork early Thursday and he could be in the lineup for the Premier league match with Everton on Saturday. That would [...]
Liverpool too strong for dismal Villa
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — Kenny Dalglish secured his first ever victory at Villa Park as a manager as Liverpool once again enhanced their aspirations of a top four finish with a 2-0 win on Sunday. Dalglish will probably not enjoy a more comfortable afternoon this season, with goals from Craig Bellamy and Martin Skrtel securing [...]
