We take a look back at the sporting events of 1978 - the year Wilfred Bouma was born.

Wilfred Bouma is desperate to play for Aston Villa again so he can repay the club’s faith in him.

Aston Villa full-back Wilfred Bouma has dismissed talk of retirement and insists he is “progressing well” after 11 months out of action.

Influential left-back hoping to step up fitness bid in pre-season.

Nicky Shorey is keeping his fingers crossed Aston Villa defender Wilfred Bouma will return to full fitness even though it will increase competition for his left-back role.

Martin O’Neill expects Wilfred Bouma to come \”roaring back\” when pre-season begins.

Aston Villa defender Wilfred Bouma is set to undergo further ankle surgery which will rule him out for the remainder of the season.Villa boss Martin O’Neill is already resigned to losing captain Martin Laursen for the rest of the campaign with the knee problem which has sidelined him since early January.

Aston Villa may welcome back Wilfred Bouma from an eight-month absense in Sunday’s Premier League clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford.The Dutch left-back came through a third reserve-team run-out against Tottenham on Monday night since dislocating his ankle against Odense in an Intertoto Cup clash in late July.

Wilfred Bouma has admitted that he feared his career was over when he saw the extent of the ankle injury he picked up last summer.

Wilfred Bouma has heaped praise on his Villa team-mates for supporting him during his recovery from injury. \n\n