Preseason: FC Wil 0 : 6 Aston Villa

Bit of a stroll in the park for our first pre-season game against Swiss minnows FC Wil former club of Moustapha Salifou who apparently ran the show yesterday evening. Goals for Carew, Maloney (25 Yard Free kick as always), Routledge, 2 for Harewood and a goal for the next big thing Nathan Delfouneso with his first touch for the senior team finding the net. Bit of an easy run out this, like arm wrestling a 10 year old but with our Intertoto game just a week away match practice is very much needed.

YouTube Highlights

Downloadable Highlights (better quality)

Below are some pictures snagged from the FC Wil site:

Sidwell Signs

I wasn't going to post anything this summer until we actually made a signing (excluding the Davies formality) and we have.





Steve Sidwell fiery ginger headed midfielder has joined us from Chelsea for a fee believed to be a bargain 5 million. The 25 year old was a player many of us really fancied last summer but he followed the money to Chelsea from Reading where he had been excellent. Strong, creative and with an eye for goal Sidwell reminds me a bit of Paul Merson and I have no doubt he will be a quality player for us in the years to come.

In other news our first off-season clash is this evening against Swiss minnows FC Wil, doubt we will be seeing much in the way of highlights, but if we do I'll post a link. Also bit of a firestorm this morning as General Krulak somewhat insinuated that we had bid for David Bentley and that we had bid more that the Competition, since Bentley wasn't unveiled in a Villa shirt read into it what you will. my own assumption is that he has turned us down to join Spurs.