Fulham 1 Blackpool 1

Tom Ince and Alex Baptiste start for Blackpool in today’s FA Cup third-round tie at Fulham, despite speculation both are on the brink of quitting the club.

Huddersfield 1 Blackpool 1

Crystal Palace 2 Blackpool 2

Blackpool 2 Nottingham Forest 2

Aston Villa 1 Everton 3

Aston Villa striker Nathan Delfouneso will boost manager Paul Lambert’s attacking options after being cleared to face Everton tomorrow.

Nathan Delfouneso scored the game’s only goal as Aston Villa edged the Philadelphia Union 1-0 in their pre-season friendly at PPL Park on Wednesday night.

Aston Villa 1 Tottenham 1

TODAY

Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 2

Aston Villa are without both frontline strikers after Darren Bent was ruled out of today's home Barclays Premier League with Liverpool with a thigh injury.

Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish is banking on the Republic of Ireland feelgood factor rubbing off on his team via Shay Given and Richard Dunne – starting with Monday’s Barclays Premier League clash at Tottenham.

Aston Villa central defender James Collins is back in contention for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League derby with West Brom at Villa Park.

Aston Villa’s leading scorer Gabriel Agbonlahor is winning his battle to be fit for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League clash at Manchester City.

QPR made one enforced change to the side that beat Wolves 3-0 last weekend for this afternoon’s match against Aston Villa.

Aston Villa 0 Bolton 2

NORWICH suffered a stunning 4-0 home defeat at the hands of npower League One leaders MK Dons as the three newly-promoted Premier League clubs exited the Carling Cup at the second-round stage last night.

Aston Villa 2 Hereford 0

Aston Villa striker Nathan Delfouneso has signed a new contract that will keep him at Villa Park until 2014, the club have confirmed this afternoon.

Aston Villa will be willing to allow defender Carlos Cuellar to return to his former club Rangers – if the price is right.

Aston Villa striker Nathan Delfouneso has signed for Burnley on loan until the end of the season, the npower Championship side have confirmed.

MANCHESTER CITY are just a home win over Reading away from their first FA Cup semi-final since 1981 after a thumping victory over Aston Villa last night.

GERARD HOULLIER believes Aston Villa loanee Kyle Walker has the potential to play for England.

Aston Villa 3 Blackburn 1

LOCAL pride might have remained intact for Aston Villa and Birmingham City yesterday but their derby draw did neither of their survival hopes many favours.

Birmingham 1 Aston Villa 1

Aston Villa have confirmed the loan signing of Tottenham defender Kyle Walker until the end of the season.

Aston Villa 1 Tottenham 2

Aston Villa 2 Arsenal 4

Blackburn 2 Aston Villa 0

Blackpool boss Ian Holloway laid down the gauntlet to the Premier League by declaring he will resign if the club are punished for fielding a weakened team against Aston Villa last night.

Aston Villa 3 Blackpool 2

Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier will hold talks with striker John Carew today after being on the receiving end of a weekend outburst from the Norway international.

Fulham 1 Aston Villa 1

The Republic of Ireland's Damien Duff, Dickson Etuhu and Andrew Johnson all had to settle for a place on the substitutes’ bench for Fulham’s home clash with Aston Villa in the Barclays Premier League.

Aston Villa central defender Ciaran Clark, who recently declared for the Republic of Ireland, has agreed a new three-and-a-half-year deal with the midlands club.

GERARD HOULLIER marked his first match as Aston Villa boss with a victory as two goals from Ashley Young and substitute Emile Heskey inspired a Carling Cup comeback against Blackburn last night.

Aston Villa 3 Blackburn 1

Aston Villa have only named a 22-man squad for the first half of the Premier League season.

Martin O’Neill insists he put no pressure on Aston Villa striker Emile Heskey to end his England career.

Nathan Delfouneso is to link up with Aston Villa for the Guadiana Cup in Portugal just days after playing for England Under-19s in the European Championships.

Aston Villa 0 Blackburn 1

Manchester City 3 Aston Villa 1