Super Academy Side Win Again

Last updated : 07 December 2009 By Tom Vickers

It is difficult to find any superlatives that haven't already been used when it comes to describing the form of Villa's academy side.

The Claret and Blue under-18's won again on Saturday and the victory against Bristol City couldn't have been much more emphatic.

Going into the game on the back of a 4-2 win against Tottenham Hotspur, Tony McAndrew's side held the tag of favourites and they showed just why.

The brilliant Gary Gardner opened the scoring after some fine team work and another young star - Kofi Poyser - who has been receiving plenty of recent praise, doubled the tally.

Daniel Devine added a third as McAndrew's charges took real control of the game and they would have had a fourth after the break had the referee and his linesman not made a glaring error.

In one of those 'what happened next?' moments, Villa hit the target only to see the ball creep under one side of netting, with the ref none the wiser.

That crazy incident proved meaningless, though, as Durrell Berry slotted in a fourth after City had scored a consolation.