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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 Villa Fans After Potters Loss

Aston Villa are in big trouble with a quarter of a season already done and dusted. They have a manager still tinkering around as...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans after the Anfield Rap

I've said elsewhere that this game was over as soon as that starting line-up was picked. Sherwood was running scared from the off with...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Baggies & Blues

Beating the Blues was a no-win situation. As a Premier League team at home against a Championship team you really should take care of...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Foxes Meltdown

It was all going oh so well at Filbert Street, as we went 2-0 up against one of the real form teams of 2015....

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Black Cat Point

Sunderland will certainly be happier with the 2-2 draw than Villa, as the home side bossed much of the game and should have wrapped...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Goals Galore and Blues Date

As soon as you saw that both the two team's line-ups were littered with attacking players you just knew it was going to be...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Eagles Win

Sloppy errors and a questionable choice of substitution cost Villa or point or three today against a Palace team they had largely contained for...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Spirited but Toothless Display

Losing against Manchester United is a result Aston Villa fans have got used to over the last 20 years, but there's no comfort in that....

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Cherries Win

The perfect start for Tim Sherwood's new-look team had Aston Villa fans leaving the South West coast in jubilant mood. It was a dodgy...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Aston Villa Fan about Preseason

Mixed SummerThe failure of Randy Lerner to sell the club was perhaps the biggest disappointment of the preseason, it fizzled in the background as...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After FA Cup Final No Show

It was at the 70-minute mark of the FA Cup final that I felt the insult to supporters had gone on enough and I...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Saints Carnage

I didn't make the trip to Southampton. Sorry, BT Sport, Sky etc, but I don't do 12.45. I found myself in Nottingham town centre...