Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa are aiming to appoint their new manager by the start of next week with Paul Lambert and Roberto Martinez at the forefront of their thoughts, Press Association Sport understands. Wigan boss Martinez's advisors spoke with Villa at the end of last ...  

Darren Bent has revealed his religious faith has helped him cope with missing out on England's Euro 2012 squad through injury. The Aston Villa striker failed to recover in time from an ankle ligament injury to be chosen by ...  

Aston Villa Football Club was the big winner at this year's Official Football Hospitality Awards, netting six awards including the 2012 Overall Match-day Hospitality Experience title. The in-house catering team at Villa Park took home top prizes in three other categories.  

VILLA hope the appointment of a ‘vibrant’ new manager will help them eclipse last year’s season ticket sales after Alex McLeish’s sacking prompted a surge in renewals. The club are now up to the 10,000 mark – halfway towards the total 20,000 ...  

ASTON VILLA and Liverpool are locked in a battle for Wigan boss Roberto Martinez. The Daily Star Sunday can reveal that Villa agreed a contract with Martinez in secret talks last Wednesday. But they were dismayed when he then went into talks in Miami with ...  

But that situation looks like being resolved with a new deal for Holt, the club's top scorer last term. Former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez remains keen on the Villa job and has been heavily backed by punters in recent days. Yet Villa are seriously ...  

Liverpool and Aston Villa are both former European Champions, and are among the best supported clubs in the country. It should be an honour for would-be-bosses to even be considered with managing either of the clubs, but both have been unable to ...  

Behind him, Villa players Kenny Swain, Allan Evans, Des Bremner and Gary Williams wave to their families and to their fans. It was the greatest moment in Aston Villa’s history, earned by a goal scored by England international Peter Withe after dazzling ...  

DENNIS Mortimer has urged Villa to recruit a manager to “restore ... His comments come as Randy Lerner and Paul Faulkner await developments with Roberto Martinez and Liverpool before plotting their next move in the hunt for Alex McLeish’s successor.  

SHAY Given reckons Villa and Ireland team-mate Richard Dunne still has plenty to offer for club and country. Dunne returned from a broken collarbone to play a part in the claret and blues’ late-season survival battle, but is now nursing a stomach problem ...  

LONDON: Norwich manager Paul Lambert on Thursday squashed speculation linking him to the vacancy at Aston Villa, insisting he was happy at Carrow Road. Lambert, 42, is regarded as one of the brightest managerial prospects in British football ...  

Villa have returned to the drawing board in their search for a new manager after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ruled himself out of the running. The 39-year-old Norwegian was the bookies’ clear favourite to succeed sacked Alex McLeish after jetting in for talks ...  

Roberto Martinez, who is one of the frontrunners to be named as Liverpool's next manager, will reportedly be the subject of a second approach from Aston Villa. Liverpool are searching for a new manager after sacking Kenny Dalglish last week, and Wigan boss ...  

Brad Guzan, Carlos Cuellar and Emile Heskey have all been released ... His best moment in the claret-and-blue shirt came during their pre-season tour of Spain in 2009, when Martin O'Neill's side won the Peace Cup, defeating Juventus in the final thanks ...  

Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is continuing his search for Alex McLeish's successor with Norwich manager Paul Lambert the new favourite with bookmakers. Lambert was reluctant to talk about his future last night and would only say "I'm delighted at Norwich ...