A Blog For Aston Villa Fans

Villarreal CF has announced that Javier Farinós is the club's second signing of the winter transfer window. The 34-year-old holding midfielder returns to professional football after a lengthy...

Our friend Elisa at ForzaFutbol posed an interesting question: What is the club's best XI of the 2000s? There are some obvious choices; in fact, seven players in my starting XI currently feature...

Let's begin with the appetizer, shall we? Giuseppe Rossi did indeed captain Italy against Romania, at least for the first half. Italy's coach Prandelli started a young lineup that hadn't played...

With the World Cup swirling, club football gets lost in the background. Now that the US has been knocked out, my feet are returning to the ground, and while keeping one eye on South Africa, it is...

and some other things. First off, this is a pretty awesome video linked by Nick: Villarreal is challenging their exclusion from Europe, and has already filed paperwork with UEFA to get the process...

Villarreal hero Robert Pires will be playing for another team next season. I know I am not merely speaking for myself when I say that Villarreal fans will miss him. Speaking to the media, he...

Another eventful week in Vila-real, as maddi has detailed. Juan Carlos Garrido will return next season, while Javi Venta will not. Only 4 matches left in the season, and our heroes are back in the...

I decided this week that a long match preview wouldn't be all that interesting, as you can get those elsewhere. Plus there was a lot of interesting stuff going on this week. First, all-around hero...

Bad luck to not score the first goal; things would have been different. Pires had an immediate impact in his 100th appearance for the club, which warms maddi's heart. Hopefully that was a one-off...

Just a few things to update. Diego Lopez swears that he has heard nothing about moving on. He also says that he hasn't heard anything about any other players leaving. It is a fairly typical...