Aston Villa v Reading – Match Chat (27/11/2012)

Aston Villa v Reading
Tuesday 27th November 2012 - Kick off 8.00 pm
Villa Park
Premier League


Game Introduction

Match Officials:
Lee Probert has been appointed referee for Aston Villa v Reading on Tuesday 27th November.




RFC AWAY - If you’re going and want to know more, see this great link about the stadium, travelling and food –
http://www.footballgroundguide.com/aston_villa


A note about the ground
Address: Villa Park, Trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6HE
Villa Park is a football stadium in the district of Witton, Birmingham, England with a seating capacity of 42,788.


FORM GUIDE

Table Positions:
Aston Villa 17th - 10 points (played 13 games)
Reading 18th - 9 points (played 12 games)
(Correct on Saturday night)

Villa Recent form:
Last five (most recent first)
D-L-L-W-D (plus LC win v Swindon)

Reading Recent form:
Last five (most recent first)
L-W-D-D-D (plus LC defeat to Arsenal)

Recent form table – last 8 games:
Reading 15th
Villa 19th
See table - http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/PR/oform.html


THE BOSS – the current manager of Aston Villa:
Paul (Christopher) Lambert (born 7 August 1969) is a Scottish professional association football manager and former player
Full Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lambert




WEB SITES

Official Aston Villa Club Web Site:
http://www.avfc.co.uk

Unofficial individual club Web Sites – daib0’s suggestion:
A Villa Fan - http://www.avillafan.com/forum/index.php?act=idx
A nice clean site, and one that banks its efforts on inter-forum connections, like RR. The sections to the forum are well organized, and simple to understand. Recommended choice for all things Villa.



OPPOSING FANS SECTION

Rivalries:
Birmingham, West Brom and Wolves

Famous Fans:
A solid list of names! -
Ian Bell – cricketer, Alan Davies – comedian, Lennie Godber – Jailbird, Nigel Kennedy – violinist (I’ve worked with him on a British tour!), Mark Williams - comic Actor (The Fast Show), Geezer Butler - Black Sabbath bassist, Tom Hanks – actor, Pauline McLynn - actress (Mrs Doyle in Father Ted), Ozzy Osborne - heavy metal singer (star of "The Osbourne's), Martin Shaw - actor (The Professionals), Iain Duncan-Smith - former Conservative leader, Prince William – royalty, Emma B - Radio 1 DJ, Fioella Benjamen - 80's kids presenter, Ocean Colour Scene – Band, Jane Sixsmith - hockey player

Nicknames and Mascots etc.
Villans - based on official name of club. Also heard are The Villa, Lions, The Claret and Blue
The club don’t play much on cuddly mascots, but instead invite children up to the age of 14 to sign up for JV-Life, where they have the opportunity to be live matchday mascots. If you’re interested to know more, browse here:
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/Mascots



MATCH DAY EXPECTATIONS

Attendances:
Villa’s average at home this season is 35,756, giving them a top ten spot in the premier attendance table this season. This rose to over 40,000 for their maximum gate. The average represents an 83.6% of total capacity.

Squads and Team News:
Not available yet - please add any news in your posts and comments - one of the most important things to add here before kick-off!



SCORE PREDICTIONS

My own verdict:
I feel we’ll get a win, but it won’t be pretty, but it’ll be touch and go: Villa 1 Reading 2 (HT Villa 1 Reading 0)

What do others say?
The Oddschecker site, listing nearly all the major betting companies, shows Reading are underdogs once again on their travels, with prices of about 3/1. A draw is about 5/2, but little point in betting a home win to be honest ...



FOR THE RECORD

Last Encounter
7th March 2010
FA Cup – 6th Round (quarter-final)
Reading 2 Aston Villa 4


Head-to-head Reading and Aston Villa
Played in total 17 times: 2 Reading wins / 13 Villa wins / 2 draws
Best Reading victory: February 2007 – Reading 2 Villa 0
Best Villa victory: January 1930 – Villa 5 Reading 1 (FA Cup)
Also interesting: Oct 1970 – Reading 3 Villa 5 // Oct 1986 – Villa 4 Reading 1 (League Cup) // Mar 2010 – Reading 2 Villa 4 (FA Cup)

For those who’d like to read a really detailed match presentation please pop over to the specialist Reading FC forum ‘Royals Rendezvous’ where you have even more sections covered and some of these current sections expanded (this present article is simply a resume) and many a photo up too … http://royalsrendezvous.co.uk/topic/9770005/1 We even have a separate thread dedicated to your views.

Here’s to a good game, all comments welcome! Any snippet copied will be fully credited (and thanked) with your user name and the forum! ...

daib0

 

Right. Our team is a mess, Manager is stubborn as a Mule and Villa are improving after a poor start. Three points to the Royals then!

 

It's starting to look pretty bleak now!

 

but we might all be laughing in March as Brian brings off the fourth consecutive second half season surge !!!