O'Leary: Now Villa must focus on real thing

David O’Leary believes Aston Villa have given themselves the perfect platform to get their Barclaycard Premiership campaign off to a flying start at Portsmouth next weekend.

Mon, 11 Aug, 2003 - 07:07

David O’Leary believes Aston Villa have given themselves the perfect platform to get their Barclaycard Premiership campaign off to a flying start at Portsmouth next weekend.

Villa wrapped up what has been an encouraging pre-season campaign with a 6-0 romp over eircom League side St Patrick’s to win the Dublin Tournament at Tolka Park yesterday.

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