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Tom Nightingale

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Writer of MOMS' 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' column, amongst other things, since 2013. The 'Good' section has been consistently the hardest to write. Shares a birthday with former Villa right-back Mark Delaney, which has always been a peculiar source of pride.
After the mixed emotions of Aston Villa’s second double-derby week of 2015, there were more confused feelings on Saturday evening after the 3-2 defeat to Liverpool. As Tim Sherwood said after the match, if you score twice at Anfield...
Obvious positives, obvious negatives. That is fast becoming the narrative of Villa’s early season as their penchant for turning stable positions into desperately disappointing results escalated to new levels on Sunday. After a hard-fought point at Crystal Palace turned...
The 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace on Saturday, a second consecutive defeat for Villa, was far more frustrating than the 1-0 home reverse against Manchester United last weekend because of both the lower calibre of opponent (sorry Eagles fans)...
Tim Sherwood’s first full season as manager got off to the perfect start thanks to Rudy Gestede’s aerial prowess as Villa safely negotiated a potentially tricky opening to the season. With Manchester United at home up next it was...
The winds of change are blowing. After Tim Sherwood’s arrival as manager in February it was always likely that this summer was going to be the most dramatic and most important that there had been at Villa in several...
Jordan Influx Just days after the signing of Jordan Ayew to add to this month’s earlier arrival of Jordan Amavi, Villa have continued their quest to sign all the Jordans in France by capturing highly-rated midfielder Jordan Veretout. With Nantes granting...