Aston Villa F.C. — Best pictures!

Aston Villa narrowly defeated Stoke City 1:0 at Villa Park yesterday in the English Premier League, allowing Ireland international Richard Dunne to pick up more than 10 rating points and, for the first time, break into the top tier (6th spot) of the FTBL

Three straight games without conceding a single goal have allowed Aston Villa’s U.S. goalkeeper Brad Friedel to soar in the FTBL rankings.

England international Emile Heskey (far right) returned in the top tier of the FTBL ranking of British strikers after earning a whopping 23.34 rating points in our system by grabbing the opener in Aston Villa’s 2:0 win at Sunderland in Premier League

England international Gabriel Agbonlahor fell a few points short of a spot in the top 6 of the FTBL ranking of strikers in the Premier League even after he scored the only goal as Aston Villa embarrassed Manchester United 1:0 at Old Trafford last Saturday.

Aston Villa’s Irish defender Richard Dunne (left) has added 37.9 rating points to his FTBL score in the last 2 games, breaking into the Top 23 of the English Premier League and capturing the top spot in our ranking of Irish defenders. The 100-point mark,