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 After Home Improvements

Gaps in the stands at Villa Park, Ashley Westwood stretchered off and a poor Leicester team that should have been blasted off the Villa...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Rare Winning Feeling

I had a feeling Villa would beat Crystal Palace. In fact I told folk on the MOMS Facebook page to bet on it at...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Letting Burnley Off the Hook

After throwing away another chance of three points in the final minutes against Burnley, which leaves Villa winless in nine games, there's probably only three...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Lambert Enters Winnable Games Run

Eight games without a win for Villa, a 15-year low attendance and another Villa performance offering very little going forward (one shot on target),...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Hammers Point

Defensive grit and a hearty effort from the back line, but Aston Villa overall again were largely uninspiring. Still, maybe the point at the...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful for Aston Villa Fans as Clock Ticks on Lambert

I had a confident feeling about the Spurs game. The North Londoners weren't as good as they have been in recent years and Villa's...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Lambert Breaks Another Record vs QPR

I'm getting used to this misery, it's depressingly predictable and it seems to last ages - this is the fifth season of pain for...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Poorest Villa Performance of Season

This is a game that's best not dealt on. Lambert said it himself after the game, Villa deserved nothing. Of course, Everton were one...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Citeh Defeat Offers Hope

Just when you thought with 10 minutes to go, Villa had a sniff of snatching at least a point, City's quality eventually paid off,...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Arsenal Virus Loss

While 45% of Scots were left disappointed after the results of the referendum, two Scots did get a result that surprised a lot of...

Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Anfield Wrap

Having grown up watching football as a kid in the 1980's and suffering 11-odd years without a win against Liverpool, there's no sweeter victory...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Villa Become a Top 4 Team

Hull City at home is the type of game that normally has 'Villa home win' written all over it and the team didn't disappoint. ...