Villa begin to reap rewards of patience with Petrov
Martin O’Neill has called for his Villa stars to maintain their superb midweek UEFA Cup form as they head into this afternoon’s tough away clash with Wigan.
John Carew faces a £52,000 fine from Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill after claims he was in a strip club on a match-day.
Villa are facing a striker crisis for their weekend game at Wigan after Gabriel Agbonlahor was carried off against Ajax on Thursday.
Aston Villa midfielder James Milner has said he would be happy to warm the bench if the club are successful.
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UEFA Intertoto Cup Final Leg One
Saturday 19th July 2008
Players may come and go (mainly go this pre-season!). Kits, sponsors, captains and John Carew’s hair may have changed, but somethings always seem to linger - namely bizarre refereeing in the Intertoto, a right side issue that needs to be sorted sooner rather than later and a very late goal conceded.