Reading Vs Aston Villa Highlights : EPL Highlights

Aston Villa Vs reading Highlights : EPL Highlights

Both of these teams require points but noth need them for different reasons. As Reading are in freefall down the table they will be looking to move out of the relegation zone, what is weird is they have almost the exact team as last year which did them so well a touch of second season syndrome i think! Aston Villa are in a battle for European spots and want the points to compete for 4th place where we have Merseyside’s best competing.

Aston Villa Vs Newcastle Highlights : EPL Highlights

Micheal Owen will be dissapointed that he did not get to feature in the England game mid-week so he will be out to prove a point, Keegan’s Newcastle have not yet won a game and have only scored one goal under his tenure. Martin O’Neill will have Ashley Young again for selection after his suspension Young got his chance at the midweek game against Switzerland. Will Newcastle get their first 3 points under Kevin Keegan or will Villa take advantage of a poor Newcastle? Watch the Highlights below.

Fulham Vs Aston Villa Highlights : EPL Highlights

Fulham Vs Aston Villa Highlights

Fulham have had a dreadful season and thing can only really get better with new boss Roy Hodgson brining in some fresh new faces to Craven Cottage he will be hoping to turn it around and get Fulham out of the relegation zone. Aston Villa have flourished this season under boss Martin O’Neill and have become the deadball masters scoring almost 40% of their goals from set plays, And with 5 Villa players named in Fabio Capello’s england squad they will be going into this game on a high and with their away form being so good they go into the game Favourites. Sean Maloney will be handed a rare start because Ashley Young’s suspension … Watch theFulham Vs Villa Highlights below.

Villa Park

Aston Villa
Name: Villa Park
Nickname: Villa Park
When Built: 1897
Capacity: 42,573
Record Attendance: 76,588 – March 2, 1946 – Aston Villa vs Derby County
Address: Trinity Road, Birmingham B6 6HE

Description:
Villa Park is the home of Aston Villa since 1897. The stadium is rated with 4 stars by Uefa and it hosted 16 England internation matches at senior level. In the FA Cup history, Villa Park is the most used stadium in the semi-finals. Here, there were 55 FA cup semi-finals. The club has 4 stands called: Holte End, Trinity Road Stand, Doug Ellis Stand and North Stand. In the future, the stadium’s capacity will be extended to 50,000 because the club has permission to extend the North Stand.

Brief History: Opened in 1897, the stadium was officially called Aston Lower Grounds and year by year the stadium has been improved. Holte End was was covered in 1962 and a couple of years later, in 1966, the stadium hosted 3 games from the 1966 World Cup. Doug Ellis stand is the name given in the 1990s to former Witton Lane Stand. Apperently, Doug Ellis didn’t knew anything about this and he found out only after the stand was renamed. Last modification came in 2001, when the Old Trinity Road Stand was replaced by a new, larger and modern stand which took the stadium’s capacity to 42,573.

Villa Park

Martin O’Neill

Name: Martin Hugh Michael O’Neill
Age: 55
Nationality: Brittish
Current Club: Aston Villa

Brief Playing history: He started professional football in 1971 but only in 1975 he began playing at top level when he was made a key player at Nottingham Forest by his new manager. He was playing as midfielder and he had a great role in Nottingham’s Golden era. He helped the team to gained promotion, win the league and twice the league cup, twice the European Cup and once the European Super Cup. Soon after, he moved to Norwich, Manchester City and he ended his career in 1985 at Notts County.

Brief Management history: He began his coaching career in 1987 at Grantham Town but his coaching performances came in 1995 when he signed with Leicester. After a slow start, he took the team into Premiership, and each year when he was manager, the team finished in top10. Also, with Leicester he has won twice the English League Cup. In 2000, he moved to Celtic where he won 3 times the Scottish Premier League championship, 3 times the Scottish Cup and once the Scottish League Cup. In 2006 he was appointed as manager for Aston villa.

Previous Clubs Played for:
1971 – Distillery FC
1971-1981 – Nottingham Forest
1981 – Norwich City
1981-1982 – Manchester City
1982-1983 – Norwich City
1983-1985 – Notts County

Previous Clubs Managed:
1987-1989 – Grantham Town
1989-1990 – Shepshed Charterhouse
1990-1995 – Wycombe Wanderers
1995 – Norwich City
1995-2000 – Leicester City
2000-2005 – Celtic
2006-present – Aston Villa

Aston Villa

Aston Villa Football Club
Nicknames: The Villa, The Villans, The Lions
Founded: 1874
Stadium: Villa Park
Capacity: 42,640
Owner: Randy Lerner
Chairman: Randy Lerner
Manager: Martin O’Neill

Aston Villa is based in Aston, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and they started playing at the current stadium, Villa Park, from 1897. They were one of the founding members of Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992. In 2006 the club was bought by Randy Lerner which wants to make from Aston Villa a top brittish club.

Being one of the oldest clubs from England, Aston Villa managed to win 7 times first division Championships and 7 times the FA Cup. If we are judging by club honours, Aston Villa is the 4th most successful club in England because they’ve won 21 major honours, even though most of these were won before world war 2. In 1982 they managed to win the European Cup and their latest trophee has been won in 1996.

Until now, Aston Villa have spent 98 seasons in top-flight, being the second club after Everton with the longest time in the top-flight. As a result, the game between Aston Villa and Everton is the most played game from English Premiership ever. Aston Villa also holds the record for most goals scored in one season, even though it was in the 1930-31 season, they managed to score 128 goals

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