Usually you won’t hear much about a Player X Coach training ground confrontation (which happens way more often than you think) as it’s dealt with behind closed doors.  But when there’s witnesses, makes it to international headlines and the coach acknowledges it to the media while dropping the player from the weekend match…. You’ve got yourself Aston Villa head coach Martin O’Neill vs Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo Coker.

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From Captaining the Manchester City side to being looked at as surplus in just a week after the double signings of Kolo Toure and Joleon Lescott, Richard Dunne has made the 6 Million Pound move to Aston Villa as Martin O’Neill has found the perfect replacement for the retirement of center back Martin Laursen.

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Liverpool slumped to their second Premier League defeat in nine days as they lost 3-1 to Aston Villa to put their title credentials firmly on the line. Villa produced a defiant, organized display and deserved their first win at Anfield since 2001.

The result also ended Liverpool’s 31-match unbeaten home league record stretching back to December 2007, when Manchester United were the last winners at Anfield.

Aston Villa have fended off late interest from Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur to agree the signing of Fabian Delph from Leeds United for a fee that could rise to £8m. (more…)

Just two years after opening with great promise (above), USA and Aston Villa legend Brad Friedel’s Premier Soccer Academies in Lorain OH - the first full scholarship soccer academy in the Unites States - is fighting for survival.

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It’s not the first time that there’s been a statement issued to the Aston Villa faithful over a move away from Villa Park, but Gareth Barry has taken it upon himself to let the fans know exactly why he’s leaving for Manchester City.

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