Aston Villa Premiership Soccer

Martin O'Neill believes Aston Villa full-back Stephen Warnock "cannot do much more" in his bid to force his way into England's World Cup squad. Read Full Story

All the rumors regarding the illustrious, Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood ’s future keep piling up. The first guess was his former club, Nottingham Forest which he left in 2003 for a move to West Ham United. In their relegation struggle, this could’ve been a great deal for Forest since Martin O’Neill said he was willing to loan his player who didn’t start a single game in the Premier League this season. When the entire deal looked as good as closed, the Wolves showed up and, as the better ranked and potential next season Premiership members, caught Marlon’s attraction. His agent even claimed Forest ... Read Full Story

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill says his spat with Nigel Reo-Coker is firmly in the past after the midfielder returned in the win over Bolton. Read Full Story

Shaun Wright-Phillips of Manchester City scores his goal during the FA Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Aston Villa at the City of Manchester Stadiun on March 4, 2009 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Shaun Wright-Phillips (Getty Images) more pics » Watch the match LIVE HERE Aston Villa are set to hand a debut to right-back Luke Young, but Carlos Cuellar has a calf problem and will not be fit to play for another week. Striker John Carew (calf) should be fit to play, but midfielder Steve Sidwell has damaged his calf and is a ... Read Full Story

Aston Villa start the 98th season of top-flight football in their history against fellow Premier League founder members Manchester City, under new boss Mark Hughes. Both clubs were involved in Uefa Cup qualifying on Thursday, with mixed fortunes.Video/match Links Posted Below Aston Villa (from): Friedel, L Young, Laursen, Knight, Davies, Shorey, A Young, Routledge, Petrov S, Reo-Coker, Sidwell, Barry, Maloney, Carew, Agbonlahor, Harewood, Gardner, Salifou, Osbourne, Delfouneso, Baker, Taylor. Man City (from): Hart, Corluka, Onuoha, Richards, Ben Haim, Ball, Garrido, Fernandes, Hamann, Ireland, Johnson, Etuhu, Elano, Bianchi, Bojinov, Evans, Sturridge, Castillo, Schmeichel, Caicedo. Match Highlights:: Sopcast : English Com. , Atdhe 1 , Balldee ... Read Full Story

Aston Villa start the 98th season of top-flight football in their history against fellow Premier League founder members Manchester City, under new boss Mark Hughes. Both clubs were involved in Uefa Cup qualifying on Thursday, with mixed fortunes.Video/match Links Posted Below Aston Villa (from): Friedel, L Young, Laursen, Knight, Davies, Shorey, A Young, Routledge, Petrov S, Reo-Coker, Sidwell, Barry, Maloney, Carew, Agbonlahor, Harewood, Gardner, Salifou, Osbourne, Delfouneso, Baker, Taylor. Man City (from): Hart, Corluka, Onuoha, Richards, Ben Haim, Ball, Garrido, Fernandes, Hamann, Ireland, Johnson, Etuhu, Elano, Bianchi, Bojinov, Evans, Sturridge, Castillo, Schmeichel, Caicedo. Match Highlights:: Sopcast : English Com. , Atdhe 1 , Balldee ... Read Full Story

Newcastle United have completed a loan deal for Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood, BBC Newcastle reports. The 30-year-old will go into the Magpies squad for the trip to Ipswich Town in the Championship on Saturday. Villa signed Harewood from West Ham United for £4m in July 2007, but made just one league start for Martin O’Neill’s side in that time. Harewood has fallen out of favour at Villa, his last appearance came against CSKA Moscow in February’s Uefa Cup tie. Newcastle have been struggling for strikers following the departures of Obafemi Martins to Wolfsburg and Michael Owen to Manchester United, while Shola Ameobi has ... Read Full Story