Five Reasons

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 Villa Just Keep Winning

A week ago, you'd have said back-to-back home wins against Everton and West Ham would have seen Aston Villa safe and sound in terms...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Villa Park Witnesses a Proper Performance

Well, i don't know about you, but the performance against Everton was probably the best I've seen Villa play at Villa Park all season....

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Defence Undermine Performance at Etihad

As you would have noticed by Villa's paltry 32 points, they need six points from the remaining games to match the club's worst total...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Wembley Wonder

potentially could enjoy three trips to Wembley within five months and also qualify for Europe.It's been five years since Villa's last Wembley visit,...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Glory at Spurs

I had a funny feeling the Spurs result would be better than the QPR result, after Benteke rescued a point with his late equaliser...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Team Fall to Rejuvenated United

Tim Sherwood reckoned after the United match that Villa were always in the game at Old Trafford. While it's true in terms of how...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Swans Nick it

For a change of prematch scene I found myself in the Witton Arms' Away Fan section before the Swansea game. No, Sherwood hasn't made...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Villa KO Blackcats

Such was the cool calm execution of the goals that made up the 4-0 half-time scoreline, you were left wondering what the hell had...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Wembley Beckons

1. The ObviousWembley! Villa's season will be alive in the traditional sense of still being in the hunt for silverware and Europe until at...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Dramatic Baggies Win

Just when we thought we'd lost that winning feeling for good, Christian Benteke's coolly taken 93rd minute penalty was met with so much relief...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans after Villa Toon Out Against Newcastle

Meh. Same old, same old. There was a slight improvement in Villa's attacking vigour in the first half but apart from a Benteke overhead...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Sherwood False Start

It's only one game and Sherwood's men perhaps deserved a draw from a dire game. Of course everyone wanted a honeymoon period for Tim...