League leaders Aston Villa hosted Arsenal on this day in 1998 and came back from a two-goal deficit to beat the League Champions 3-2. Arsenal had won the League and Cup Double the previous season but had started their season slowly. They sat in sixth place in the table going into the match at Villa […]
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Football’s Greatest Goals No.38
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Aston Villa’s Dalian Atkinson in the first season of the Premier League.The goal came on a wet October afternoon against Wimbledon at Selhurst Park. It was the second season that Wimbledon were playing their home games at Crystal Palace’s home ground after leaving their Plough Lane home in 1991. […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.62
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’‘ comes from the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Aston Villa in the 2004/05 season.In the 80th minute, home side Newcastle trailing 3-0 and were being completely outplayed by their visitors, two of their players brought shame to the club by fighting. Frustrations had already started to boil over in […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.57
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the inaugural season of the Premier League on Saturday 19th September 1992.Liverpool travelled to Aston Villa for their ninth league match of the season. The visitors had won the FA Cup the previous season but were struggling in the league, finishing sixth in their first season without Kenny Dalglish who left the […]
On This Day – 19th August
20 year old Nicky Butt playing in Manchester United’s opening day defeat to Aston Villa It was on this day back in 1995 that Alan Hansen uttered the immortal line of “You’ll win nothing with kids” on Match of the Day after Manchester United lost 3-1 to Aston Villa on the opening day of the […]
On This Day – 7th August
Alan Shearer was sent off for the first time in his career on this day back in 1999. His career had begun eleven year prior at Southampton and he had joined Newcastle via Blackburn Rovers, where he had won the Premier League title in 1995. The red card was as a result of a second […]
On This Day – 20th May
The last FA Cup Final to be played at the old Wembley Stadium was played on this day back in 2000. It’s hard to believe that this was twenty years ago now! Chelsea and Aston Villa played out the last FA Cup Final under the Twin Towers with the Londoners winning the game 1-0. In […]
When outfield players become goalkeepers Part I
Whenever this rare occurrence happens, football fan’s inner child comes out. After the initial laughter has subsided, they rub their hands with glee at the prospect of seeing a player looking so out of his depth between the sticks. This unusual situation doesn’t happen so much these days as seven substitutes are allowed to be […]
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An Interview with…Neil Cox
I understand that when you were at Scunthorpe United, you took part in first-team training at the age of 13. That must have been a great foundation to your career?I lived next to the Old Showground, so I would go and watch them train.I just started to fetch the balls for them and they just […]