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McGINN JUST THE TONIC TO INSPIRE VILLA

Grealish upstaged in front of Southgate

By John Wragg
Star Game

NOT THIS TIME: Blackburn goalkeeper David Raya makes a save

ENGLAND manager Gareth Southgate was part of the last Aston Villa team to win a trophy nearly a quarter of a century ago. Yesterday he returned to Villa Park and saw how the current revival is going.
He would have been impressed.
Sitting in the directors’ box near his old manager, Brian Little, Southgate watched Villa win their fifth successive Championship game.
They have only done that twice since 1998 and it cements Villa as an admittedly late, but se...

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