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 Villa Fans After Orient Shame
The Leyton Orient 1-0 loss in front of 17,000-odd unfortunate souls was no surprise, but still a shock, if that oxymoron makes sense? It's...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Newcastle Stalemate
There's a couple of stats from Saturday's game that were a cause for concern. Only 30,267 turned up to see Villa's opening game of...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Stoke Three Points
If this season is Paul Lambert's last stand in terms of proving himself to Aston Villa fans, he certainly seems to have his feet...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful As Aston Villa Fans After Texas Tour.
While the hangover of having no World Cup to watch begins to fade, matters of an Aston Villa variety begin to come sharply into...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa’s Limbo Begins with Keane and Lerner Issues
Keane, Lerner and kit issues
Having been crushed by a wave of apathy after Aston Villa's final day loss at Spurs, which elicited similar feelings...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Etihad Tonking
Last 90 minutes, Aston Villa fancy dress away day, another statement, the future is bright!
1. 90 minutes of this sorry season left. Next week...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful: Holte End Steals Show as Aston Villa Takeover Looms
Impressive Holte, Bowery Magic and Takeover Gets Closer?
If only Villa scored a goal in the first minute of games more often, life would have...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans, as Aston Villa Takeover Rumours Offer Hope
Aston Villa takeover rumours help turn negatives into positivesÂ
I remember actor Michael Caine once say the secret to life was turning negatives into positives....
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Villa Park Soap Opera Begins
Wind of change, clean sheets and buffers
I skipped the Five Reasons column last week after the Palace defeat as things were just too...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Record 10th Home Defeat
Destiny, Targets and Fulham's Potential Relegation
Some how last week I knew I would be writing this after another Villa loss. The fact that such...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Another 4-1 Loss
Planes, Performance and set pieces
Two 4-1 beatings in a week, not much sign of improvement there. In fact, it's just like Christmas last year...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Stoke Shambles
Savings, Unpredictability and Lobster
It was embarrassing. Aston Villa 1 Stoke City 4 - such scorelines should simply not happen at Villa Park. If Lambert...