Football: Villa Target Uefa Cup Goal ; the Premiership Portsmouth 1 Aston Villa 2

Birmingham Post › February 14, 2005

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With both sides effectively safe from relegation, this game was billed as an inconsequential meeting between two mid-table teams with little to play for in the remainder of the season.

But David O'Leary's Aston Villa players certainly exploded that misconception with one of their most gutsy and determined displays of the campaign.

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Football: Villa Target Uefa Cup Goal ; the Premiership Portsmouth 1 Aston Villa 2

Their efforts yielded an impressive victory which keep alive Villa's faint hopes of qualifying for the Uefa Cup and the visiting players' triumphant celebrations at the end suggest they genuinely believe they can still s...

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