Downing netted the third in a 4-2 victory at Fratton Park to send O'Neill's men into the last four of the competition.
That came more than six months after he fractured his foot against Villa while playing for Middlesbrough, and O'Neill was encourag
Warnock made his debut for his country 17 months months ago as a late substitute in the friendly international away to Trinidad and Tobago when still a Blackburn player.
He had to wait until the recent clash with Brazil in Doha for his next call-up
The likes of James Milner, Ashley Young, Stephen Warnock, Emile Heskey, Stewart Downing, Gabril Agbonlahor and Curtis Davies will all be hoping to make the trip to South Africa next summer.
And O'Neill feels that the chance of playing in a World Cup
Aston Villa boss O'Neill is to sit down with Dunne to find out if he is in the right frame of mind to play into Saturday's Premier League clash at Burnley.
Dunne sat out training at Bodymoor Heath on Friday after travelling back from Paris - the sce
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has revealed his delighted for Stephen Warnock, who has been called up to the England squad and could line up against Brazil in Qatar on Saturday night. The Villa boss also expressed how impressed he has bee
The Villa right-back, 30, told the Football Association last season he was no longer available for selection.
But the decision only became public this week, when he was asked about his availability ahead of Saturday's Brazil friendly after Glen John
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has consigned his training-ground spat with Nigel Reo-Coker to history, saying he is too old to start holding grudges .The pair disagreed during a training session in September, which led to Reo-Coker being sent h
Reo-Coker was handed his first start since the infamous training ground bust-up with O'Neill in September and ended up captaining the side in the absence of Stiliyan Petrov.
O'Neill is adamant his bust-up with Reo-Coker is forgotten about and was ha
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