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Thank McGrath for that! No, not the fact that we’ve signed someone, just that at least we have an alternative to “There’s only one……”

Aston Villa have been crowned Peace Cup champions after overcoming Juventus in a penalty shoot-out in the final in Seville.

by Mark Fletcher…
(Martin O’Neill enters the living room, he flops down in his favourite armchair, takes off his glasses, rubs his forehead vigoursly, puts glasses back on and pushes them up the bridge of his nose. His wife enters the room with a concerned look on her face)
MRS O’NEILL ‘Love, we really need to talk [...]

Villa booked a place in the semi-finals of the Peace Cup with a 3-1 win over Atlante of Mexico in Malaga.

We’ve finally decided to abandon the manila website and move over to a more up to date Wordpress one.
It’s the end of July and so far the player(s) “in” are a solitary crocked Stuart Downing.  I can’t say I’m overwhelmed.  Still, there’s almost 3 weeks to go until the start of the season so we [...]

The Blessed Martin was scheduled to take part in Euro2008 web chat today on the offical Euro2008 website. Our Martin turned up 20 minutes late and looked like he was doing his own, slow, typing. Click for a transcript,

We’re 2 years into Randy’s Grand Five Year Plan to lead us to the promised Champions League land.
We’re managed by someone who is widely acknowledged to be the best person-driven leader in football.
When O’Neill joined us we needed a goalie and a right back. Now, 5 transfer windows on we’re still searching for those apparently [...]

from john e
International football is what football used to be like.
The winners will be from a country who have an astute Manager, work well together as a team, and play to there collective strenghts.
Whereas the Prem will be decided on who has spent the most money, regardless of the various strenghs and weaknesses of [...]