Downing targets Villa Christmas debutEngland winger wing·er n. Sports A player who plays wing, as in hockey or soccer. winger Noun Sport a player positioned on a wing Noun 1. Stewart Downing Stewart Jason Downing (born July 22, 1984 in Middlesbrough) is an English football player, who currently plays for Middlesbrough, and is in the England squad. A natural left-footer, Downing plays on the left side of midfield in a traditional winger's role. hopes to make his Aston Villa debut before Christmas having not kicked a ball in anger since breaking a foot for previous club Middlesbrough in April. The 12-million-pound player, who was signed in the summer, is slowly recuperating. "I'll hopefully be back training in mid-November and then looking to play within a month of that," said the 24-year-old. "The specialist has been telling me what to do from day one. I had been doing straight line running because I couldn't do twisting and turning. "But I can do a bit of that now as well so fitness-wise it's just a case of building things up." Downing suffered the injury in a clash with Villa skipper skipper: see butterfly. skipper Any of some 3,000 lepidopteran species (family Hesperiidae) named for their fast (up to 20 mph, or 30 kph), darting flight. Stiliyan Petrov Stiliyan Alyoshev Petrov-Stenly (sometimes incorrectly spelled 'Stilian') (Bulgarian: Стилиян Петров at the Riverside Stadium This article is about a football ground. For the baseball stadium now under a different name, see Commerce Bank Park. For the cricket ground, see Riverside Ground. The Riverside Stadium . He said: "I was going to give the pin to Stiliyan but I have already given him enough stick and made him feel guilty." 
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