Marc Albrighton has already stepped from the shadows to star at Villa – now Kevin MacDonald reckons a host of his other young lions can do the same.

Striker John Carew will be reunited with former club Valencia after Villa announced they will face the Spanish giants in a pre-season friendly.

Turn back the clock 12 months and you will find some spooky similarities between this campaign and the last for manager Martin O’Neill and his Villa team.

Goal hero Gabriel Tamas is refusing to use the ‘P’ word until Albion are safely back in the Premier League.

The big freeze has prevented Wolves from having an extended look at Toulouse midfielder Fode Mansare.

Birmingham midfielder Barry Ferguson insists he has nothing to prove to former employers Blackburn in his first meeting with the club that once paid £7.5million for his services.

Wolves’ Sporting Star columnist John Lalley saw 36 years of hurt consigned to memory in winning at White Hart Lane against Tottenham.

Former Wolves striker Mel Eves is the holder of two club records he can’t wait to get rid of.

Chief Sports Writer Martin Swain leads the tributes of three more outstanding servants to the gold and black cause added to the Wolves’ Hall of Fame.

Former Wolves boss Bill McGarry will always be remembered as the manager who brought League Cup glory to Molineux in the 1970′s – and then relegation.