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 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 Villans, as Villa Bounce Back
"Just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in!" To loosely paraphrase Michael Corleone. Aston Villa's double-digit points safety net for the Champions League places is a thing of the past, and the top-five race based on the contending teams’ current form is likely to stumble on until the end. Have Villa turned a corner though? Here are the latest five...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Garde Remains Winless
Lets not beat around the bush, what is happening at the club is a disgrace. Recently humbled by two relegation threatened teams in their...
Five Reasons for Aston Villa Fans to be Cheerful With Relegation Likely (Already)
Most of us attacked the Christmas period with one last dose of optimism. Aston Villa were playing struggling teams, so it was one last...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Hammers Point
Another missed opportunity for Aston Villa of valuable three points. A three points to spark confidence, claw back the gap to safety and give...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After 16 Winless
I've already grumbled about a lack of last minute urgency in the Newcastle game in the dying minutes to try and win the game,...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans When Your Team Has No Spine
In days gone by when you saw the team line-up, you'd look to see if a certain player had been passed fit or what...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful for Villa Fans After Saintly Point
After resisting an opening onslaught at St Mary's, Joleon Lescott's first goal for the club he supported as a kid, got some Villa fans dreaming...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans Staring Relegation in the Face
I was tempted to rename this article 'Five Reasons to be Cheerless as Aston Villa Fans' after the Watford result. Then I wasn't going...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Toffee’s Stuffing
Played 13, won 1, drawn 2, lost 10. Aston Villa have made a shocking start to the season. After flapping around like a headless...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Rémi Garde Plots Path to Survival
On my slot on the Sportsbar on Talksport last week, I was asked the dreaded question by Andy Goldstein - "36 points on offer, you've...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After New Boss
'Five Reasons' comes a little later in the week than normal mainly due to focus being on the appointment of Rémi Garde all week....
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Club Go Bottom & Sherwood Sacked
Yet again a 'must-win' game ends in defeat and Aston Villa now rock-bottom of the league. It's curtains for Tim Sherwood too, as he's...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Lose Fifth League Game on the Trot
Five Reasons to be cheerful as Aston Villa fans wasn't exactly an easy column to write this week, although saying that it hasn't been easy...