AG's Football Reports

ASTON VILLA former European Champions now facing the possibility of administration and starting next season on -12 points. What has happened to this once huge powerhouse in English football. Two weeks ago Aston Villa lost the Championship play-off final  1-0 to Fulham Wembley consigning them to a third season in England's second tier. However, the defeat at Wembley has done a lot more damage than just that, the club is now in big financial difficulty as it now needs to sell its big names players to comply with the FFP rules and regs. There is a real possibility that the club could end up in the hands of administrators. Just yesterday the club suspended its CEO after it failed to pay a tax bill. According to Sky Sports News they have been told officially the the club is not for sale but sources have told them that the owner Dr Tony Xia is looking for new investors to share the burden with and if the right offer comes in to cut his losses and sell the club,...

SWANSEA have announced that Carlos Carvalhal has left the club.  The club have opted against extending Carvalhal's contract which expires at the end of the season. He was a surprise appointment in December. However, he oversaw an upturn in results but he couldn't save the club from the drop after a damaging defeat against Southampton in their penultimate match of the season. Relegation was confirmed last Sunday when the Swans lost 2-1 at home to already relegated Stoke. A statement from the clubs chairman Huw Jenkins read: "We'd like to put on record our thanks to Carlos for his enthusiasm, hard work and commitment since arriving at the club in December. "Naturally, we are all disappointed with the clubs relegation from the Premier League, and following discussions with Carlos, we felt it was the best interests of both parties that we move in a new direction. "Everyone at Swansea would like to thank Carlos and his staff for all their efforts...

DAVID MOYES has left West Ham after his contract came to an end.  Moyes leaves West Ham after his contract ended. The announcement comes no less than 12 hours after Co-Owner David Gold had said that he hoped Moyes would stay and continue in his role as manager for next season. Moyes's backroom staff including his assistant Stuart Pearce will leave the club with Moyes. A statement on the clubs website read: "West Ham can confirm that David Moyes has left the club following the end of his short term contract. Co-Owner David Sullivan said the following: "I would like to place on record my sincere thanks to David Moyes and his staff for achieving the target of keeping West Ham United in the Premier League. "Throughout his time here David has himself with dignity and honesty and we have all found him to be a pleasure to work with. He, Alan, Stuart and Billy accepted the challenge and attacked it head on, turning around a very difficult situation. They des...

EVERTON have sacked Sam Allardyce, with Marco Silva set to replace him at Goodison Park.  Allardyce leaves Goodison after just 7 months in charge. Everton finished the season in 8th position in the Premier League table with 49 points, 12 fewer than they achieved last season. Allardyce met with the club's majority shareholder Farhead Moshiri this morning (Wednesday) where he was told that his services were no longer required. This is believed to be have been a decision that come from an Everton board meeting on Tuesday afternoon. It is believed that Allardyce will receive the vast majority of of the final 12 months of his contract which Sky Sports estimate is around £6m. A statement on the clubs website read: "On behalf of the chairman, board of directors and Mr Moshiri, I'd like to thank Sam for the job he has done at Everton over the last seven months. Sam was brought in at a challenging time last season to provide us with stability and we are grateful to h...

ASTON VILLA have the advantage heading back to Villa Park on Tuesday after a 1-0 win at the Riverside against a flat Boro at the Riverside on Saturday evening.  (C)BBC Sport Former Crystal Palace captain Mile Jedinak headed the winner from a corner in the first half and it seemed to stun Boro who just couldn't find a way back into the game. It has been almost three months since Boro failed to score in a game but they just didn't do enough to trouble Sam Johnstone in the Villa goal ensuring the visitors have the edge going to Tuesday's second leg at Villa Park where Villa have lost just six times since the start of last season. Tony Pulls named an unchanged lineup from the one that started last Sunday at Ipswich, while Steve Bruce made six changes to the side that lost 1-0 at Millwall on the last day of the regular season as all the big hitters came back in. Sam Johnstone, Ahmed Elmohamady, John Terry, Robert Snodgrass, Jack Grealish and Lewis Grabben all starte...

CHARLTON have it all to do in their bid to reach the second tier after they lost the first leg of their Sky Bet League One play-off semi final at home Shrewsbury.  (C) Daily Mail  The game was settled by a stunning strike from Jon Nolan his tenth of the season and 20th goal that Charlton have conceded in the final 20 minutes of a game this season. In a game that lacked clear cut chances the hosts started the better of the two sides and went close early on through both Ajose and Josh Magennis. Jake Forster-Caskey produced a good save from Shrewsbury keeper Dean Henderson who had to parry his effort from outside the box wide for a corner. Both sides caused problems with set-pieces especially Shrewsbury every time the ball went into the Charlton box it was won by Shrewsbury head. Carlton Morris was causing a lot of problems from those set pieces. However, failure to convert half chances into anything dangerous cost Charlton dear as a moment of magic from Jon Nolan st...

IAN HOLLOWAY HAS BEEN SACKED BY QPR.  Ian Holloway was appointed in November 2016 QPR finished the season in 16th place in the Championship table. It was Holloway's second spell in charge of the West London side and he managed to win just 26 of his 80 games in charge of the club. There has been speculation around his future with widespread reports that former England and Derby manager Steve McClaren would replace him once the season had ended. A statement on the clubs official website read: "On behalf of the Board we are hugely grateful to Ian for his incredible efforts during his time with us. "He joined us at a critical time when we were looking to cut the wage bill, bring in younger talent and remain competitive on the pitch at the same time. "That is no easy feat and it was down to his desire, love for the club and hard work that he achieved those goals. "However, we are now looking to take the next step as we continue to work through what is...