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We need to be solid says Aston Villa's Martin Laursen

MARTIN Laursen says Villa can live with the huge expectation and pressure as they head off for European glory in Prague. Read

Aston Villa boss wants Celtic and Glasgow Rangers in the Premiership

MARTIN O’Neill admits he wants to see his former club Celtic playing against England’s finest in the Premier League. Read

We need to look forwards now says Aston Villa skipper

MARTIN Laursen says Villa have to take the 2-0 defeat at Newcastle on the chin as they paid the price for failing to capitalise on their first half dominance at St James’ Park. Read

Aston Villa keeper Brad Friedel: We must now get back on track

BRAD Friedel insists there is no doom and gloom around Villa Park following the defeat at Newcastle. Read

Aston Villa boss is ready to ring the changes

MARTIN O’Neill is ready to ring the changes for Villa’s UEFA Cup trip to Slavia Prague after describing last night’s defeat at Newcastle as a “major setback”. Read

Aston Villa boss is ready to ring the changes

MARTIN O’Neill is ready to ring the changes for Villa’s UEFA Cup trip to Slavia Prague after describing last night’s defeat at Newcastle as a “major setback”. Read

Joey Barton defends Aston Villa incident

NEWCASTLE midfielder Joey Barton insists the furore surrounding last night's tangle with Gabriel Agbonlahor is a case of people "making a mountain out of a molehill". Read

Joey Barton won't face action after Aston Villa clash

The Football Association have confirmed that Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton Read

New Aston Villa deal for Ashley Young

Aston Villa forward Ashley Young has signed a new four-year deal which will keep him at Villa Park until 2012. The 23-year-old moved to Villa Park from Watford for £9.65million in January 2007. The England hopeful has been in fine form, having scored four times in 17 appearances for Villa this season. Read

Watch free footage of FA Premier League clash between Newcastle United and Aston Villa

A BAD day at the office for Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa against the ever-improving Newcastle United side... Read

Aston Villa boss: I didn't see Joey Barton incident

Villa boss Martin O'Neill insisted he had not seen the incident when Joey Read

Newcastle United's Joey Barton could be in hot water over clash with Aston Villa star

OBAFEMI Martins sent Newcastle hurtling up the Barclays Premier League table but still could not keep Joey Barton out of the headlines. Read

Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor is the new Michael Owen

VILLA winger James Milner believes Gabby Agbonlahor can become the new Michael Owen by emulating the Newcastle goalscoring star’s reinvention. Read

Randy Lerner's agony as Aston Villa coin thrower hunt goes on

MARTIN O’Neill insists the search for Villa Park’s controversial coin thrower must go on – after revealing the extent of Randy Lerner’s upset over the incident. Read

I never wanted to sign Joey Barton says Aston Villa boss

MARTIN O’Neill has applauded Newcastle’s forgive-and-forget approach to Joey Barton – but denied that he ever wanted to sign the Toon bad boy for Villa. Read

Buzz is back at Aston Villa for Gareth Barry

GARETH Barry admits his on-off Liverpool saga is behind him and now he wants to prove Villa’s critics wrong. Read

Martin O'Neill eyeing January transfer window business

VILLA boss Martin O’Neill is refusing to rule out the possibility of more big-money signings coming to the club in January – just as ‘godsends’ Ashley Young and John Carew did two years ago. Read

Gareth Barry aiming for double figures

GARETH Barry is aiming to hit double figures for Villa this season after bringing his tally to three goals in as many games last night. Read

Luke Young: We can play our way out of trouble

LUKE Young believes Villa’s ‘danger men’ will drag the team out of trouble if they hit the kind of rut they fell into against Blackburn Rovers last night. Read

John Carew: I didn’t go to strip club

VILLA striker John Carew has spoken for the first time about breaking a late-night curfew before last week’s UEFA Cup match against Ajax – and defended his actions as ‘a misunderstanding’ despite being fined by manager Martin O’Neill. Read

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