Aston Villa snapped their seven-match losing streak in dramatic fashion, beating West Brom 2-1 with a Christian Benteke penalty in the final seconds of the game. This also gave Tim Sherwood his first win as Villa manager and he celebrated as if he just won a trophy — even going so far as to make a show of checking his pulse to affirm that Villa are still alive as they now sit three points above those in the relegation zone (with 1-2 more games played).
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Avram Grant says Prince William asked him to be Aston Villa manager
Following the dismissal of Paul Lambert, Aston Villa are in need of a new manager and FA chairman Prince William has apparently notified his first choice. Even though he has no official affiliation with the club (aside from being their most powerful fan not named Tom Hanks).
Fresh off losing the African Cup of Nations final in a shootout ended with a penalty scored by a goalkeeper, Ghana coach Avram Grant tells Sky Sports:
“I met Prince William and he asked me ‘why don’t you come to Aston Villa?’. I said ‘when you become the chairman, I will come’.
“As long as my name is mentioned, I feel good with this, but not more than that. I want to continue with Ghana.”
It’s probably not a good sign that the future King of England can’t even convince someone to take the Villa job.
Aston Villa fans point out goal with large arrows, Villa finally score
Aston Villa’s long running goal drought reached the point where a group of fans brought arrow signs to Saturday’s match against Chelsea in order to point out the goal. And it seemed to work since Villa ended their 659-minute dry spell when Jores Okore equalized early in the second half.
Six-year-old Aston Villa fan politely asks Jose Mourinho to manage the club
Aston Villa are struggling. They’ve only scored 11 goals in 23 Premier League matches this season, frustrating supporters young and old. But six-year-old Jude Branson has decided to do something about it and penned a letter to Jose Mourinho, asking him to push Paul Lambert aside and take charge of the club.
Tom Cleverley just wants a Roy Keane panic room for Christmas
According to The Sun, Aston Villa midfielder Tom Cleverley lived out everyone’s worst nightmare when an angry Roy Keane showed up at his house unannounced and rang the bell at his front gate for 15 minutes. Keane supposedly did this believing that Cleverley was the leak behind reports of dressing room unrest leading to Keane’s departure from Aston Villa as Paul Lambert’s assistant manager.
DT Exclusive: Kids telling mall Santa Roy Keane what they want for Christmas
Roy Keane quit his job as Aston Villa’s assistant manager in the last week of November. At the time, he said the reason for his decision was so he could devote himself more fully to his role as Ireland’s assistant manager and spend time with his family. The truth is that he really wanted to fulfill his lifelong dream of being mall Santa Claus in the United States.
Keane grew out his beard in recent months just to see if he could pull it off. Pleased with the results, he decided now was the time to make his dream come true. The following is a transcript of his first day on the job.