“Are you Norwich in disguise?” is how we were greeted by cheerful Aston Villa fans as we walked towards the ground. Their excitement was infectious, all clad in their ‘Carling Cup 2010′ embroidered shirts and dopey grins on their faces. It was great to be at Wembley and I of course wanted to see us [...]
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Patrice Evra lifted his first trophy as Manchester United captain, after Gary Neville started the match on the bench, as well as Ryan Giggs and Rio Ferdinand missing the game through injury.
Our French full back has today revealed his pride in being the captain and becoming the second Frenchman after Eric Cantona to lift a [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson lifted his 26th trophy in 23 years as Manchester United manager on Sunday, his 34th in over all, with the reds beating Aston Villa 2-1 at Wembley.
After going a goal behind after four minutes, goals from Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney gave United the win.
Ferguson has praised the patience of our players [...]
The few years between our league title wins in 2003 and 2007 were fairly dark for United. We went on to the win the FA Cup in 2004 after beating Arsenal at Highbury in the semis and Dennis Wise’s Millwall in the final, but we finished third in the league, a massive 15 points behind [...]
In usual big game pre-match fashion, we’ve had a quick chat with Damian from The Villa Blog about Sunday’s League Cup final.
Team: Van der Sar, Evra, Brown, Evans, Rafael, Anderson, Giggs, Carrick, Fletcher, Valencia, Rooney.
Subs: Kuszczak, Neville, Fabio, Scholes, Park, Owen, Diouf.
The first leg of the League Cup semi-final has been postponed for two weeks because of the snow.
The fixture, which was due to take place tomorrow, will now take place on January 19th, meaning the return leg has been moved back to January 27th. This has consequences for our Premiership match against Hull which was [...]
These are the days all football fans crave. Aston Villa haven’t played Birmingham in the FA Cup since 1901. Newcastle and Sunderland have waited since 1956. Sheffield Wednesday played Sheffield United in 1993. Arsenal took on Spurs in 2001. Chelsea played Fulham in 2002. You have to wait years for these games.
What makes today’s game [...]
Leeds captain Richard Naylor has acknowledged there is no love lost between our two clubs, although recognises how great we’ve been over recent years… unlike them.
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