Mikel Arteta’s work-in-progress squad made the fans believe — and placed football on notice
Thanks to several unique circumstances, this season will likely confound everyone, from pundits to economists
Predicting who will qualify for Europe next season is now shamefully a fool’s errand
The Manchester City manager wants to strengthen his squad in the transfer market so that he can mount a challenge to Liverpool next season
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola conceded the Premier League title to Liverpool long ago, but his side’s profligate attack and porous defence are becoming worrying trends. A sixth defeat of the campaign, at Tottenham on Sunday, means City have now lost as many times this season as in their previous 84 league games under Guardiola […]
The straggling members of English football’s top six have not done enough to secure their position, so they cannot afford to rest on their laurels
While Aston Villa fought hard and were close to beating Arsenal in their Premier League home match, the Gunners managed to remain on top.
West Bromwich Albion deepened the gloom around new Manchester United manager David Moyes with a sensational 2-1 win at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Manchester United plays the last of today’s five matches in the Premier League against Swansea
Manager Alex Ferguson says Robin van Persie’s second goal in their 3-0 win over Aston Villa proves Manchester United deserve a place in history.
Steven Gerrard’s penalty sealed a second-half turnaround by Liverpool in a 2-1 win over relegation-threatened Aston Villa on Sunday.
Wayne Rooney has fired Manchester United five points clear at the top of the Premier League table after their controversial 4-0 win over Aston Villa.
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/ 22 October 2011
Paul Scharner was West Bromwich Albion’s match winner as the Baggies beat 10-man Aston Villa 2-1.
Birmingham have been fined £20 000, with a further £20 000 suspended, following a pitch invasion during their League Cup quarter-final.
Arsenal routed Leyton Orient 5-0 in a fifth-round FA Cup replay and Manchester City eased past Aston Villa to make the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Martin O’Neill resigned as manager of Aston Villa with immediate effect, the English Premier League club said on Monday.
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/ 28 February 2010
Rooney scored his 28th goal of the club season as
Manchester United retained the League Cup with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Sunday.
Mark Hughes believes Craig Bellamy can lead Manchester City into the Champions League after the striker’s goal earned a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa.
Aston Villa’s Brad Friedel is still on track to become the first player to appear in 200 consecutive league matches after he had a red card rescinded.
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/ 8 February 2009
Fernando Torres came off the bench to head a stoppage-time winner as Liverpool twice came from behind to beat Portsmouth 3-2 on Saturday.
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/ 29 January 2009
Defeat for Liverpool by Chelsea at home on Sunday would leave them contemplating another season as also-rans in the title race.
Manchester United and Aston Villa reached the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday after seeing off lower league opponents Southampton and Gillingham.
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/ 31 December 2008
A Kamil Zayatte own goal two minutes from time gave Aston Villa a 1-0 win at Hull City on Tuesday and lifted them to fourth place in the Premiership.
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/ 25 December 2008
Aston Villa have what could be their best chance to crash the title race with the opportunity to put one of their rivals out of the running.
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/ 21 December 2008
Aston Villa took full advantage of the absence of the other Premier League top clubs on Saturday, winning 1-0 at West Ham United to climb to third.
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/ 8 December 2008
Ashley Young’s goal in the third minute of stoppage time secured a 3-2 victory for Aston Villa over Everton at Goodison Park in Liverpool on Saturday.
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/ 30 November 2008
Bolton rallied to beat Sunderland 4-1 on Saturday and heap more pressure on manager Roy Keane as he took charge of the team for the 100th time.
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/ 16 November 2008
Arsenal’s title challenge suffered a blow on Saturday as a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Aston Villa left them nine points adrift of leaders Liverpool.
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/ 4 November 2008
Obafemi Martins scored twice as Newcastle United produced a stirring second-half performance to beat Aston Villa 2-0 on Monday.
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/ 16 September 2008
Spurs’ problems deepened further on Monday as they were beaten 2-1 by Aston Villa to leave them bottom of the Premiership with just one point.
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/ 1 September 2008
Darren Bent secured Tottenham’s first point of the season in a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Chelsea on Sunday.
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/ 22 November 2007
Steve McClaren paid the price of England’s failure to qualify for Euro 2008 on Thursday when he was unceremoniously dismissed from his position as head coach. McClaren was sacked less than 12 hours after a 3-2 win for Croatia at Wembley, combined with Russia’s 1-0 win in Andorra, confirmed that England would miss out on the tournament.