Sentence:  Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner had backed manager Houllier during the week and asked for the fans to get behind their team as they looked to steer themselves away from the relegation zone. / To that end, the home supporters were in good <WSD>voice</WSD> to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character