News in Brief
Uefa Cup Draw
Inter Bratislava v Litex
Inter Milan v Brasov
Servette v Slavia Prague
Roda JC v Fylkir
CSKA Kyiv v Crvena Zvezda
Gen�lerbirligi v Halmstad
AEK Athens v Hibernian
Olimpia Ljubljana v Brondby
FC Utrecht v Grazer AK
Slovan Bratislava v Slovan Liberec
FC Copenhagen v Obilic
CSKA Sofia v Shakhtor Donetsk
Standard Liege v Strasbourg
AC Milan v BATE Borisov
C'Morets N'ssyisk v Valencia
Aston Villa v NK Varteks
Parma v HJK Helsinki
NK Gorica v NK Osijek
Ipswich Town v Torpedo Moscow
Kilmarnock v Viking
Ajax v Apollon Limassol
Real Zaragoza v Silkeborg
Dinamo Bucharest v Grasshoppers
FC Pr�bram v Sedan
Troyes v MSK Ruzomberok
Gaziantepspor v Hapoel Tel Aviv
Legia Warwaw v Elfsborg
KVC Westerlo v Hertha Berlin
Chelsea v Levski Sofia
PAOK Thessaloniki v K�rnten
Dinamo Moscow v Birkirkara
Dnipro v Fiorentina
St Gallen v Steaua Bucharest
Bordeaux v Debrecen
FC Haka v FC Union Berlin
FK Partizan v Rapid Vienna
Celta Vigo v Sigma Olomouc
Sporting Lisbon v FC Midtjylland
Anzhi v Rangers
Hajduk Split v Wisla Krakow
Paris St Germain v Rapid Bucharest
Maritimo v Leeds United
Olympiakos Nicosia v Club Brugge
Odds BK v Helsingborgs
Lokomotiv Moscow/Tirol Innsbruck* v Viktoria
Zizkov
Dinamo Zagreb v Maccabi Tel Aviv
Polonia Warsaw v FC Twente
SKM Puchov v Freiburg
First legs to be played on September 13
Second legs to be played on September 27
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Oh dear, serious lack of updates in the news
section. Well I've got some news worth reporting
for you all...
Villa sign Schmeichel - 12/07/01
Villa today signed ManYoo legend Peter "Rudolf
the red-nosed Reindeer" Schmeichel on
a one-year contract with option to a one-year
extension. Schmeichel signed on a free transfer
from Portuguise side Sporting Lisborn.
Schmeichel told SkySports:''I want to play
football. I came to the end of this season
thinking about retiring and I quickly found
out I wasn't ready to retire - I've got a
lot of football in me. When the decision's
been made to play on there's only one place
to play - and that's the Premiership. I've
always liked the atmosphere, the people and
the whole set up around the Premiership -
I consider it the best league in the world.
I want to play - I have the desire to play
and I still have the hunger to play.''
''It took me some time to get around that
(not being at Manchester United). Hopefully
people will respect my reasons. I want to
play - I have the desire to play and I still
have the hunger to play football.
''I'm under no illusions that I could play
for Manchester United again. They have the
best goalkeeper (Fabien Barthez) in the world
now and I could never come back. But I still
want to play in England so it's obviously
going to be difficult for me - and also for
a lot of people around Manchester. I still
love Manchester United - and this is no disrespect
to Aston Villa. I still love the club and
have so many fond memories of my time there,
and so many friends. I hope people respect
my decision to come back.
"But I am looking forward to playing
for Villa. It's a big club with some very
good players - players I've played with before.
I needed to see the commitment is there to
go forward and the manager has persuaded
me that is the case. For me it's the right
environment.''
John Gregory said: ''He knows this is the
best league in the world - and he has got
a big reputation to live up to. He has given
Sporting Lisbon two good years and has been
a major influence for them.''
''He has come here on exactly the same contract
he had at Sporting Lisbon. We are delighted
he has chosen to come here for football reasons,
rather than financial ones.
''It's evident that the people that have
left our club have left for the money - but
that's life and people do that kind of thing.
Who's to say other players won't do that
if they're at liberty to leave? But he wants
to prove to the world what a fantastic goalkeeper
he is. He is fit and desperately keen to
have one last hurrah in the Premiership.
He would not be coming here unless he was
confident of keeping that reputation intact.''
''We've done exceptionally well to keep it
all quiet. It was very cloak and dagger and
it was good fun - but we've shown our hand
to the world now."
Angel Delight - 21/06/01
Villa's Columnian International striker Juan
Pablo Angel has been cleared to play in Aston
Villa's Inter Toto Cup campain which starts
on the weekend of 14-15th July. Angel was
supposed to be helping Columbia in their
Copa America challange but has been rested
from the squad.
Villa's 2001/02 Fixtures - 21/06/01
Villa start off their seasons campain in
London with tricky trip to Spurs' White Harte
Lane ground. The start of the season brings
the likes of Manchester United to Villa Park
and see's John Gregory's men travelling to
Liverpool.
VILLA'S FIXURES IN THE 2001/02 F.A. BARCLAYCARD
PREMIERSHIP:
Saturday, August 18th, 2001 Tottenham Hotspur
v Aston Villa
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2001 Aston Villa
v Charlton Athletic
Saturday, August 25th, 2001 Aston Villa v
Manchester United
Saturday, September 8th, 2001 Liverpool v
Aston Villa
Saturday, September 15th, 2001 Aston Villa
v Sunderland
Wednesday, September 19th, 2001 West Ham
United v Aston Villa
Saturday, September 22nd, 2001 Southampton
v Aston Villa
Saturday, September 29th, 2001 Aston Villa
v Blackburn Rovers
Saturday, October 13th, 2001 Aston Villa
v Fulham
Saturday, October 20th, 2001 Everton v Aston
Villa
Saturday, October 27th, 2001 Aston Villa
v Bolton Wanderers
Saturday, November 3rd, 2001 Newcastle United
v Aston Villa
Saturday, November 17th, 2001 Aston Villa
v Middlesbrough
Saturday, November 24th, 2001 Leeds United
v Aston Villa
Saturday, December 1st, 2001 Aston Villa
v Leicester City
Saturday, December 8th, 2001 Arsenal v Aston
Villa
Saturday, December 15th, 2001 Aston Villa
v Ipswich Town
Saturday, December 22nd, 2001 Derby County
v Aston Villa
Wednesday, December 26th, 2001 Aston Villa
v Liverpool
Saturday, December 29th, 2001 Aston
Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
Tuesday, January 1st, 2002 Sunderland v Aston
Villa
Saturday, January 12th, 2002 Aston Villa
v Derby County
Saturday, January 19th, 2002 Charlton Athletic
v Aston Villa
Wednesday, January 30th, 2002 Aston Villa
v Everton
Saturday, February 2nd, 2002 Fulham v Aston
Villa
Saturday, February 9th, 2002 Aston Villa
v Chelsea
Saturday, February 23rd, 2002 Manchester
United v Aston Villa
Saturday, March 2nd, 2002 Aston Villa v West
Ham United
Wednesday, March 6th, 2002 Blackburn Rovers
v Aston Villa
Saturday, March 16th, 2002 Aston Villa v
Arsenal
Saturday, March 23rd, 2002 Ipswich Town v
Aston Villa
Saturday, March 30th, 2002 Bolton Wanderers
v Aston Villa
Monday, April 1st, 2002 Aston Villa v Newcastle
United
Saturday, April 6th, 2002 Middlesbrough v
Aston Villa
Saturday, April 13th, 2002 Aston Villa v
Leeds United
Saturday, April 20th, 2002 Leicester City
v Aston Villa
Saturday, April 27th, 2002 Aston Villa v
Southampton
Saturday, May 11th, 2002 Chelsea v Aston
Villa
All fixtures are subject to change and Copyright
of The F.A. Premier League Ltd. and The Football
League Ltd. 2001. Compiled in association
with SchlumbergerSema.
Villa get the Kach - 19/06/01
Hassan Kachloul today signed a 3 year contract
with Aston Villa subject to a medical. Kachloul
joins Villa from Southampton on a Bosman
free transfer. Kachloul initially anounced
that he was to move to Ipswich, he made a
last minute U-turn saying�When I told George Burley I was planning
to move to Ipswich, I genuinely believed
I was making the right decision. However
a move to Aston Villa is a dream for me and
I am pleased to be joining one of the biggest
clubs in the country."
