Five Reasons
Win, lose or draw, there’s always five reasons to be cheerful as an Aston Villa fan
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Aston Villa’s Preseason Begins
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans - Preseason BeginsAfter arguably the best season Aston Villa have enjoyed in a generation, Unai Emery's squad has returned to Bodymoor Heath after a well-earned summer break. They've barely had time to unpack the sun cream before the squad has already undergone some serious surgery, and there's every chance more arrivals and departures are still to come.With...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After “Fantastic” Week
Champions League football earned through a fourth-place finish in the league and a Europa League trophy in the cabinet, Aston Villa's end to the season was perhaps as good as it could get, after a wobbly period at the start of 2026. Wins against Liverpool and Manchester City, sandwiched a great night in Istanbul, as Villa finished the season in the final week in...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Shameful Season Ends & New Owners Loom
This season actually ended a long time ago, probably as early as December, but Villa were finally put out of their misery as the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Sob on the Tyne Again
The game was appalling. It never looked like being anything other than a 0-0, after a very conservative Newcastle team devoid of ideas didn't...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Foxes Make Mockery of Lerner
This latest incarnation of the Aston Villa team are marvellously creative in finding ways to lose games, with the defence excelling at gifting opponents with...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Gabby Steps Down & Ownership Race Hots Up
The prospect of watching Villa is bad enough, never mind trying to find five reasons to be cheerful. Against Bournemouth, I couldn't bring myself...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Double Dose of Home Doom
Like thousands of other Aston Villa fans who normally would have made the trip the other week against Chelsea, I decided to give Villa...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Garde and Players are Deadmen Walking
I could talk about the game, but I choose not to. Swansea only had one shot on target and that was enough to beat...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Etihad No Show
Oh gawd, these columns get harder and harder to do. It's a miracle this column has run for around four years considering how useless...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Team Undeserving of Villa Name Lose Again
Is it even worth going through the motions and discussing that performance? The way the Villa defence conceded that second goal was bordering on...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans in Soul-Destroying Week
You could say Aston Villa have reached core meltdown this week. While, it's not the first time they have been beaten at home by Liverpool,...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Norwich Victory
Well, the weather was crap, the game wasn't much better certainly in the first-half, but the result was pure summertime. The first league win...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Baggies Bore
Aston Villa fans will be feeling the Premier League life force being slowly drained from their club, as they failed to win another game...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Foxes Point
Talk about a freaky week for Villa fans, three games and no loses, that hasn't happened much in recent seasons. While a point against...