Aston Villa 1 – Stoke City 1

Coming off the back of a 5-0 thrashing of Bolton, it was interesting to wonder which Stoke team would be facing Villa, but after watching what one can only attribute as a fairly dour and uninspiring game it was pretty evident that this was the Stoke of old, and not some nouveau footballing colossus. One […]

Aston Villa vs Stoke – Preview

It might just be me, but to be talking about this match with one team of the two being in the FA Cup final, and for it to be Stoke rather than us feels a little strange. I don’t mean to be disrespectful when saying that, but if you asked 100 football supporters who were […]

Best Buy of the last 10 years?

If it wasn’t immediately obvious, the player in question wears the number 39 shirt for Villa and has, if you look at his contribution, been the predominate reason why we are in 9th position and not languishing in the relegation places. Speaking personally, the signature of Bent sparked something in me that no other recent […]