A difficult Pre-Season but some decent results Keep it up

2013-08-05 21:48#125667 P-KIDDY : A difficult Pre-Season but some decent results Keep it up

I know but there is more to come Thanks Mate

first story i've even began to read for a while...good luck mate

Thanks MCFCDAP

The Aston Villa board are proud to announce their sponsers for their kit sfor the following season. The manufacturer will remain as Macron and the kit sponser will change from Genting Casinos to Dafabet.





Hope you like them cause I made them myself

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The excitement that built up inside me in the days coming up to my first game in charge was huge. I just couldn't help myself from researching and researching over and over again our tactics and our opposition's style of play. The rush of blood inside me was even better than when I was playing the game. I took out our fixture list for the 1000th time that week. I stared at the first few games, only 3 in the first month of August. West Ham away, Crystal Palace at home and Tranmere Rovers away in the Capital One Cup 2nd Round.

Saturday 18th August 2012

Today I woke up and thought to myself, 'This is it, it starts today, the start of a new era.' 'I beleive I can bring the club I spent years at to success and glory.' Mine and Aston Villas campaign in the premier league started today and I was hoping that it would start of with a nice win.

An hour before kick off I announced my team for the game. Thats when it hit me. Everyone is counting on me to deliver.



The whilstle blew for the start of the game and I was as nervous as ever I cant describe it.



It was very dissapointing to lose my first match in charge however it was only 2-1 and its someething to build on.


Saturday 25th August

The day of the Crystal Palace game and I was eager to get a win in our first home game of the season.



I decided to change our tactic and go for a completely different approach.



And it certainly worked 5-0!!! Benteke was great infront of goal but Brett Holman was outstanding in all aspects of the game and deserved his man of the match performance. I was chuffed to bits with and for the lads.


Wednesday 29th August

The day of the Tranmere game. And I went for the same approach.





This time it didn't work so well with us only going through on penalties.

Not a bad start to our campaign. Hopefully more wins will come. Thank You and Goodbye

Some good results there mate. Keep up the good work, will be following!

2013-08-06 11:55#125752 Radders2109 : Some good results there mate. Keep up the good work, will be following!

Thanks Mate

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Former Aston Villa captain and now Aston Villa manager Stiliyan Petrov has opened his heart on the crushing moment he was told by medics to retire from football.

And he revealed the decision reduced him to tears and hurt more than the day he was given the devastating news he had acute leukaemia.

The dad-of-two said: “I just burst into tears. It was the news I dreaded. To be honest, hearing that was just as tough, if not tougher, than the moment when they told me I had leukaemia.”

The Bulgarian was diagnosed with the life-threatening disease in March 2012, but always believed he would one day return to the Aston Villa first team.

But on May 9 the midfielder officially announced his retirement at just 33 after a glittering career.

Petrov said: “Before I started my treatment I didn’t know how long it would take to recover.

“I was hoping, sort of convinced myself, it would take a few months and then I’d be back playing soon after.

“Every few months I had very strong chemo sessions and I kept saying to my wife Paulina that I’d get back playing one day but she never gave me an answer, never backed me up on that. She knew different but didn’t want to tell me the news I didn’t want to hear.

“It was the same with my doctor, Professor David Linch, when I mentioned it to him.

“After about five months I really confronted him and demanded an answer. He told me straight that I should come to terms with having to retire.

“I had been in football all my life and after all the things I achieved in my career, it was hard to accept. It’s still hard to accept, I can’t lie.”

The support of Paulina and sons Kristiyan and Stiliyan helped Petrov during his fight.
Just seven months ago Petrov didn’t have the energy to walk the length of the six-yard box.

But now he’s on the road to recovery from acute leukaemia – back in training sessions, scoring goals and making crunching tackles.

Petrov is thriving in his new role as manager after being offered the role after Paul Lambert was sacked.

Following league and cup success in his native Bulgaria with CSKA Sofia, he moved to Celtic at just 19 and won 10 trophies in seven years at Parkhead.

He moved to Villa in 2006 and was skipper of the side when illness struck last March.

Now Petrov, who also won 106 Bulgarian caps, hopes the managierial position at Villa Park is the start of a new career in football for years to come.

He said: “It was a really nice surprise when the chairman offered me the job. He told me he felt I had lots to offer and believed I could take the club to glory.

‘‘He gave me a few days to think about it and after speaking to my wife Paulina and the doctors we felt I was in good enough health to go ahead.

“The past month has been great, really good fun. I’ve loved getting my boots back on. It’s what I’m all about.

“I still have that fire in me, I still hate losing. The players have already witnessed that first hand.

Sad Update mate I hope Stiliyan can bring glory back to Aston Villa!

2013-08-06 14:33#125818 Radders2109 : Sad Update mate I hope Stiliyan can bring glory back to Aston Villa!

Same here mate Hopefully he will.