ANGEL GABRIEL.Byline: MAT KENDRICK at Villa Park Villa Park, village (1990 pop. 22,253), Du Page co., NE Ill.; inc. 1914. It is a residential suburb W of Chicago. MARTIN O'Neill last night joked that he will forgive Aston Villa striker Gabby gab·by adj. gab·bi·er, gab·bi·est Slang Tending to talk excessively; garrulous. gab  bi·ness n. Agbonlahor's luminous green boots Green Boots is the name given to the dead body of an Indian climber on the North face route of Mount Everest. The body of the climber, presumably Tsewang Paljor,[1] lay curled under an overhang, a victim of exposure in the storm that hit Everest on May 10, 1996. - if he keeps
scoring with them.
Agbonlahor stole the limelight with his outrageous choice of footwear during the 4-2 victory over Bolton that catapulted Villa back up to fourth. And the Brummie's brilliant brace took his Premier League tally to nine goals for the season and puts him second in the top flight scoring chart. "It took me at least a minute and a half before I saw Gabby's boots," laughed O'Neill. "You really have to be a half decent player to wear them. "I think after the first 10 minutes he was thinking about coming over to the sideline and painting some stripes on them! "But I'll forgive him, he was terrific today." O'Neillwas delighted with Agbonlahor's double, which makes him the top English scorer in the Premier League this term with only to Chelsea's French star Nicolas Anelka Nicolas Anelka (born March 14, 1979 in Versailles, France)[1] is a French footballer who plays in the forward position. After winning the 1998-99 PFA Young Player of the Year award and making his name at Arsenal, he has changed clubs several times. having scored more. "He was exceptional and I actually thought he was terrific against Everton too," added O'Neill. "Sometimes when a centre forward comes off the field and hasn't scored he might feel a wee bit disheartened but he had absolutely no reason to at all. "I said to him I thought he was brilliant against Everton and he got his rewards against Bolton. He was absolutely sensational." CAPTION(S): DOUBLE DELIGHT: Villa's Gabby Agbonlahor celebrates his second goal in a performance which had boss Martin O'Neill, inset, purring in admiration |
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