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Aston Villa shared details on how supporters can watch the club’s pre-season fixtures on Monday.

However, the update didn’t go down with some Villa fans, who vented their frustration on social media.

Villa take on Walsall, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, Bristol City and Sevilla in the space of two-and-a-half weeks prior to their first game of the new season against Watford on August 14.

A single match pass for any of those games on Villa TV will cost £4.99 to watch, with fans also having the option to subscribe for 12 months of Villa TV for £34.99 or two months free with the pre-season friendlies for £19.99.

The club made no mention of tickets for the games, admitting that Villa TV is the only place where fans can watch live coverage of all five friendlies.

Villa fans react

Villa posted the news on their official Twitter page on Monday evening and here is what these Villa supporters had to say in reply, with one left ‘disappointed’ by the arrangement.

“Watch live coverage of all five pre-season matches, plus 12 months access to Premium content on VillaTV (normally £19.99) – £34.99… huh?”Credit: @villanmike73″I love Villa and everything they are doing. But £5 a match for pre season games is a bit of a joke, can’t lie. I’d understand if it was Premier League games not on the TV but pre season and the fact they used to stream it for free”Credit: @VillaVisionBen”Slightly disappointed that as a club we need to charge people to watch a pre-season friendly online.”Credit: @JohnHadley1984″no mention of being able to watch Sevilla live, joke.”Credit: @joegodwin_”35 smackers to hear Jack Woodward commentating over a dodgy and unrefined feed of Walsall players. Nice”Credit: @DOUGLASLUlZ”Amazing how quickly everything gets a price slapped on it in football! It’s not like we give you our money in ticket sales (£500+), replica kits (£150+) & training wear (£100+) every single year, you now have to charge us for the 1 free thing we used to get from the club”Credit: @KingEightyOne

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With the Ashes action switching to Adelaide, Somerset all rounder Ian Blackwell who is in Australia with the England Academy finds himself in the thick of things

SOMERSET19-Nov-2002With the Ashes action switching to Adelaide, Somerset all rounder Ian Blackwell who is in Australia with the England Academy finds himself in the thick of things.`Blackie’ told me: "The second Test is here and things are reaching fever pitch. The press are predicting another easy victory for Australia and are debating who should play either Lee or Bichel!"Before the Test gets underway `Blackie’ will be linking up with his Somerset team mates who are in the England squad. He continued: "We are actually netting with the test squad tomorrow so I will be meeting up with Caddy and Banger for the first time then."Regarding his own progress at the Academy he told me: "Things have been going OK for me. I rolled my ankle and was out of action for a couple of days but thankfully I am back to it now. We have been practicing different drills, using feet to spinners and also practicing playing the short ball!"He continued: "I’m into my last week at the Academy and then I join the one day squad next Tuesday. It’s quite fortunate for me because the one day squad are based in Adelaide for the first week and will play games against the Academy on the 2nd and 3rd of December."He went on: "Looking forward to things kicking off, these five weeks at the Academy have been enjoyable and hard but I need to start playing again. I have been practicing hard at my spin with the former Aussie Test star Ashley Mallet and I feel things have improved quite a lot and I am keen to put this intopractice."`Blackie’ concluded: " We travel to Sydney on December 3rd for about 5 days and then go to Canberra for a while. From there we travel all over the place and kick off the one day series on December 13th against Australia in Sydney."

Round two of the State Championship gets underway tomorrow and the rampaging Canterbury side will be looking to put a significant performance together against Northern Districts to get their season off to the perfect start

Lynn McConnell04-Dec-2002Round two of the State Championship gets underway tomorrow and the rampaging Canterbury side will be looking to put a significant performance together against Northern Districts to get their season off to the perfect start.Both sides will suffer when the national side is chosen, and points gained at this early stage of the summer when the sides are at close to full strength could come in very handy further down the line.But there are other reasons for Canterbury to want to do well.All-rounder Chris Cairns goes into the match on 599 first-class wickets, Chris Harris will be playing his 100th first-class match and wicket-keeper Gareth Hopkins who is on 98 first-class dismissals.More importantly though is the quality time available to players who are prospective Test candidates for the New Zealand team to be named at the weekend.With that in mind Daryl Tuffey will be looking for a similar sort of return for Northern Districts that he had at the Village Green last year. That was the effort that saw him recalled to the Test team, with such outstanding effect in New Zealand’s victory over England at Eden Park.Should Ian Butler pass the fitness test he has to do before the match, it will be an important trial for him to show he is ready to be considered for Test play.Daniel Vettori will be looking too, to get more overs under his belt, the more the merrier probably.Equally, Chris Martin and Shane Bond will be wanting to have plenty of bowling too.In many ways this game is perfectly placed coming as it does before the Test. Two strong teams doing battle on what is expected to be a good pitch at Rangiora, should make for a tight contest.The other match of the round, between Auckland and Wellington at Eden Park’s outer oval, should be an equally absorbing contest.The home team’s batting, especially the top order, will be well tested by the highly impressive Wellington attack which did so well against Central Districts in the first round.Another good performance by left-armer James Franklin could make Test considerations very interesting while Mark Richardson, Lou Vincent and Matt Horne, all prospective Test batsmen will at least have the chance to work out against some top quality bowling.Then there’s the natural rivalry between these two sides to consider. It is shaping as one of the more intense rounds of the competition.

With Rodrigo failing to deliver the goods last season, Leeds might be in the market for another striker this summer.

However, former Sheffield United frontman Dean Windass doesn’t think that Eddie Nketiah will be on Marcelo Bielsa’s wish list for a second time.

The Arsenal youngster spent the first half of the 2019-2020 season on loan at the Elland Road outfit, and impressed for the Yorkshire outfit, scoring five times in less than 700 minutes of first-team action. Given that he did only play less than 700 minutes, rarely starting, it makes Football Insider’s report about a potential return a surprise.

Due to that lack of game time, he was recalled by Arsenal in that January and became a regular for Mikel Arteta’s team until the end of the campaign.

But the striker’s opportunities were extremely limited last term, making just four Premier League starts and played a mere 104 minutes in the league after Christmas.

With Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang clearly ahead of him in the Arsenal pecking order, the 22-year-old might have to look elsewhere to get regular game-time.

But Windass exclusively told Football FanCast that Leeds won’t be that club:

“I think he will stay at Arsenal. He’s seen it, tried and tested it, he did very well, but I think there’s better players than him, and I think Arteta will try and get him in his team next season.”

Simon made his Durham debut in 1991 and celebrated his benefit year in 2001

Durham CCC Media Release16-Sep-2002Simon made his Durham debut in 1991 and celebrated his benefit year in 2001.Simon holds a number of records for Durham including most first classappearances for Durham (141), most first class wickets for Durham (518) andmost first class wickets in a season (77) for Durham 1996. Simon has missedmost of the 2001 and 2002 season due to injury, playing in only one FrizzellCounty Championship game this season.Marc Symington made his Durham first class debut in 1998, having made hisSunday League debut in 1997 when playing for Durham Academy. Marc and Simonjoin James Brinkley and Jimmy Daley, who were released earlier in theseason.Durham Coach Martyn Moxon said: “Simon has been a great servant to DurhamCounty Cricket Club, but unfortunately he has had a series of injuries overthe last two seasons and as a result we have had to take the difficultdecision to not renew his contract.””Similarly, it was a difficult decision regarding Marc Symington, as he hasplayed a significant amount of cricket for the First XI this season and hasalways given 100 per cent effort and commitment. I would like to wish themboth every success in the future.”

Durham player, James Brinkley, has announced his retirement from county cricket

Durham CCC Media Release31-Jul-2002Durham player, James Brinkley, has announced his retirement from county cricket.28 year old James made his Durham debut in 2001 after six years at Worcestershire and three years with Scotland. James teaches PE at RoyalGrammar School in Worcester during the winter and plans to concentrate onthis permanently.James said: “I wish the Club all the best for the future. I’ve thoroughlyenjoyed my time at Durham, but this year hasn’t turned out as I planned andI feel it’s time to move forward with my teaching and hopefully resumeplaying for Scotland.”Durham Coach Martyn Moxon said: “James has been a model professional duringhis time at Durham and we all wish him well for the future.”

Peterborough United Director of Football Barry Fry insists that Scott Parker will only join Bournemouth if he is convinced the club want to win promotion this season.

The Fulham boss has been heavily linked with a potential move to their Championship rivals following the Cottagers’ relegation to the second-tier.

The Daily Telegraph has reported that Parker is expected to leave Fulham this week and Bournemouth are subsequently set to approach him to become their new manager, with The Athletic reporting on Tuesday it looks likely to happen.

The report claims that the Cherries want a manager who is experienced at winning promotion to replace Jonathan Woodgate after the club failed in the play-offs this term.

Bournemouth finished sixth in the Championship and were beaten by Brentford in the semi-finals of the play-offs, losing 3-2 on aggregate, as the Bees went on to Wembley and beat Swansea City to seal their promotion.

Fry believes that Parker will only move if he knows he is going into a club with ambitions of automatic promotion, with the ex-Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United midfielder having guided Fulham into the Premier League in 2019/20 via the play-offs.

Speaking exclusively to The Transfer Tavern, Fry said: “Scott would want a club in the Championship that’s going to have a right go at going up. He wants to go up again.”

Ashford: Kent 228-6 (LN Morgan 82) Channel Islands 173 (M Hague 52, R Minter 4-40)

CricInfo24-Jun-2002Group 2:Ashford:
Kent 228-6 (LN Morgan 82)
Channel Islands 173 (M Hague 52, R Minter 4-40).
Kent won by 55 runsGroup 3:Chelmsford: Essex 221 (A Akram 62).
Cambridgeshire 159.
Essex won by 62 runs.Group 6:Alvaston & Boulton:
Staffordshire 378-4 (Archer 134, Dean 79, Franklin 55).
Derbyshire 241 (Smit 57)Kimbolton: Huntingdonshire 268-9 (50 overs) (R Rollins 98).
Leicestershire 261 (49.2 overs) (I Sutcliffe 54)
Huntingdonshire win by 7 runs.Chester Road:Hereford 269-8 (P Lazenbury 87, C Boroughs 88, G Williams 2-46, N Round 2-61)
Worcestershire 270-2 (N Round NO 113, G Kandola NO 88).
Worcestershire won by 8 wickets.

Winchester KS are Hampshire indoor six-a-side cricket champions for the seventh time in the past nine years

Mike Vimpany15-Apr-2002Winchester KS are Hampshire indoor six-a-side cricket champions for the seventh time in the past nine years.Beaten ECB semi-finalists at Lord’s last month, Winchester clinched their now regular spot in the national championships with comparative ease.They beat Paultons by 25 runs before trouncing 2001 runners-up Easton in the first final to be played at the Hampshire Rose Bowl.Chris Wheeler (30), who top scored in both matches, Jimmy Taylor (28), Phil Green (26) and Dave Greatham (25) led the way as Winchester set off on a 156-run scoring spree against Easton, whose bowling and fielding fell apart.Once left-armer Martin Taylor (3-11) had got amongst the Easton top order, the result was a foregone conclusion.Only last-man Mark Stone and Andy Birch put up token resistance as Winchester retained their county indoor crown.Semi-finals:
Winchester 122-4 (Wheeler 32, J Taylor 21)
Paultons 97-5 (Richman 40)Lymington 76-5 (Smith 36, Phillips 20, Sh Green 2-18)
Easton & Martyr Worthy 78-2 (A Birch 15, Sh Green 15, Smith 2-21)Final:
Winchester KS 156-2 (Wheeler 30, Taylor 28, P Green 26, Greetham 25)
Easton & martyr Worthy 93 (Stone 20, A Birch 19, M Taylor 3-13)

A number of Liverpool supporters are hugely excited after a report claimed the Reds are on the verge of signing striker Patson Daka this summer.

The summer transfer window promises to be a busy one at Anfield, with Jurgen Klopp working hard on perfecting his squad ahead of next season.

The 53-year-old will no doubt be keen to bringing in top-quality additions, but he will also be wanting to offload fringe players who are deemed surplus to requirements.

One player who Liverpool have been linked with before is Daka, who has been a sensation for RB Salzburg, scoring 68 goals in just 125 appearances for the Austrian side.

According to Fichajes, the Reds are set to make the 22-year-old their second addition of the summer, having already signed Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig.

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Liverpool fans delighted with Daka update

These Liverpool fans took to Twitter to provide their thoughts on the news after it was shared on Twitter via Sports Illustrated, with plenty of happiness on show.

“Please be true”

Credit: @rieny_rein

“I’d be over the moon with that”

Credit: @its_lew

“Replacing Origi with Daka would be fantastic. So much potential there”

Credit: @IrishRED05

“Don’t give me hope”

Credit: @_euanito

“This would be an incredible signing if true. Daka is being slept on across Europe”

Credit: @YourMateJez

“Good news”

Credit: @itwasashtag

In other news, Liverpool are reportedly willing to sell an attacking player this summer. Find out who it is here.