Tag Archives: Aston Villa

5 Things We Learned: Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United

By Tony Mogan After Manchester United managed the seemingly unthinkable and dropped points at home two games on the bounce, a perplexing end to November culminated in defeat at the hands of a plucky Crystal Palace side, a miserable end to Sir Alex Ferguson’s League Cup ambitions. With a crucial visit to Basel lying in [...]

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Match Preview: Aston Villa vs. Manchester United

By Richard Evans Introduction Manchester United travel to Villa Park on Saturday evening, hoping to get December off to the best possible start with a vital three points. Sir Alex Ferguson’s men know only victory will do, as league leaders Manchester City entertain Norwich, and it is imperative that United stay hot on their heels [...]

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Why Young is a good move for United

Contribution by James Johnson With the rumours surrounding Ashley Young’s possible move to Manchester United, it seems as good a time as any to discuss the benefits of the potential transfer. With only a year left on his contract at Aston Villa it’s believed that any transfer fee would be around the 10-12m mark, which fits well [...]

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Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review Part 3 (February – May)

Contribution by Mark Young Read Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review here February (PL) United 3 – 1 Aston Villa (PL) Wolves 2 – 1 United (PL) United 2 – 1 Manchester City (FA) United 1 – 0 Crawley (CL) Marseille 0 -0 United (PL) Wigan Athletic 0 – 4 United February was an interesting month [...]

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Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review Part 2 (November – January)

Contribution by Mark Young Read Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review here November (CL) Bursaspor 0-3 United (PL) United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (PL) Manchester City City 0-0 United (PL) Aston Villa 2-2 United (PL) United 2-0 Wigan Athletic (UCL) Glasgow Rangers 0-1 United (UCL) United 7-1 Blackburn Rovers (CC) West Ham United 4-0 United United were [...]

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OSoC: Villa Fans on Darren Bent and Gérard Houllier

With Manchester United facing Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Tuesday, I posed several questions to members of the Heroes & Villains Forum. Read the Stretford End Arising match preview – Manchester United vs. Aston Villa. Stretford End Arising: What are your thoughts on Tuesday’s game? What team is Gerard Houllier likely to select and [...]

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Match Preview: Manchester United vs. Aston Villa

Match Preview: Manchester United vs. Aston Villa

By Sleepy Manchester United entertain Aston Villa on Tuesday evening, as the reds seek to keep up their fantastic unbeaten run. They will have a tough task on their hands after a recent resurgence in form by the Villans, who will be buoyed by their last visit to Old Trafford as they ran out surprise [...]

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Stretford End Arising’s Player Ratings: Aston Villa vs Manchester United

Welcome to the first Stretford End Arising Player Ratings. After the somewhat fortunate draw against Aston Villa, I asked members of the community to score individual player’s performance with a score from 0-10. The average score was calculated and the results are below. Register with the Stretford End Arising forum to have an influence on [...]

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Other Side Of Coin: Villa Fans on O’Neill, Saturday’s Match and More

With Manchester United facing Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday, I posed several questions to forum members of the Heroes & Villains Forum. Stretford End Arising: What are your thoughts on Saturday’s game? How are Villa likely to line up? What formation do you think they will adopt and what team do you expect [...]

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Carling Cup Final Match Report: Manchester United v Aston Villa

The build up to a cup final is always special, especially the morning of a final and this was no different. Armed with scarves (was a tad nippy) and a greasy burger later my friends and I headed for our choice of location to watch the game. The atmosphere was great with plenty of singing [...]

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