ALL POSTS TAGGED "Villa Park"

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/ 545 days ago

United's locker room bugged in astonishing security breach

Manchester United’s visit to Aston Villa in October 2024 took an unexpected turn due to a troubling security breach. Reports revealed that the away team's dressing room at Villa Park had been bugged before the Premier League match. This has since raised serious concerns about the security measures at England's top clubs. According to reports, […]

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/ 861 days ago

Police arrest 46 Legia fans after 90-minute melee at Villa Park

English police have confirmed that 46 soccer fans were arrested Thursday night following Aston Villa's victory over Legia Warsaw. Authorities claim that all of the arrests were traveling Legia supporters. The fans clashed with both Villa supporters and police throughout the night. As a result, the visitors were barred from entering Villa Park to watch […]

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/ 1205 days ago

Aston Villa plans expansion of Villa Park to more than 50K

Aston Villa announced plans on Wednesday for expansion to the current stadium, Villa Park. The decision to add seats to the arena was approved by the Birmingham City Council. Increasing the maximum attendance to over 50,000 will now allow Villa to host major international tournaments. Current capacity at Villa Park is around 42,600. This is […]

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/ 5681 days ago

Houllier Needs To Hit The Ground Running

So after a somewhat belated start to his managerial career at Villa Park, Gerard Houllier will need little time to assimilate himself back in to the rigours of English football. His six year stint at Liverpool is still fresh in the memory for many, especially for landing us with El Hadj Diouf for the last […]

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/ 5722 days ago

Martin O'Neill Did A Solid Job At Aston Villa: No More, No Less.

Articulate, funny and an enthusiastic celebrator of his team's goals, Martin O'Neill is one of the most popular men in football. Having done a superb job at Leicester City, and a very good one at Celtic (despite quite heavy spending) he was linked with the Manchester United job in 2002 (before Ferguson stayed on) and […]

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/ 5955 days ago

Richard Dunne Shows Manchester City What They Need

During the takeover of Manchester City last summer, City's Chief Executive, Gary Cook made several rather tasteless comments but one stood out above all the others for me. During an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Cook was outlining City's plan for world domination. As Wednesday's defeat at Tottenham showed, sometimes things don't go to plan. […]