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 a Villa Fan after Same Old, Same Old vs Stoke City

 Don't worry, we'll be fine etc, etc  Well, maybe I should just cut and paste the intro from several of the other Five Reasons articles...

Five Reasons for Aston Villa Supporters to Seriously Moan

Five Reasons for Aston Villa Supporters to Seriously Moan Without Even Mentioning Home Form Most of you will know about the MOMS weekly column 'Five...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Manchester United Gifted Villa Park Win

There's worst teams to be supporters of this week, Albrighton rises to the challenge and it can't get any worse, can it?  No home win...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Shocker against Fulham

Grealish off the mark, Helenius is alive, and Lambert's lesson  A back four that was missing arguably it's entire first choice line-up (Lowton, Vlaar, Okore...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans after 3-2 Saints Smash & Grab

A puncher's chance, arise Sir Delph and making a mockery of the stats  At the moment, I liken Aston Villa to a fighter with a...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan as Sunderland 0-0 is Watched by a Prince

Prince empathy, beautiful sunsets and top-half position  Well, Villa should be beating bottom of the table teams when they play them at home. Still, it...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Baggies Fight Back

Midfield miracles, magic bench and a stirring fight back  Shocking defending, dubious starting team selection, potential hammering, it all looked like the clouds of  doom...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Blue Birds/Red Dragons/Cardiff win.

Goals, Villa Park clean sheets and dodgy penalties  Not a vintage performance by any means, with Villa even losing out in possession to an unimpressive...

Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Hammer Point

Unbeaten run starts, another clean sheet and at least we're not Norwich  West Ham 0 Aston Villa 0. There was an air of predictably about...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan Despite Everton Defeat Blues

Four home losses out of five, no goals in three games, but hey, life ain't all bad! A 2-0 defeat by Everton pretty much felt...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Spurs Defeat

 Benteke is back, the tough fixtures are coming to an end and the club apologise to fans Still no clean sheet at Villa Park since...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Dour Hull Stalemate

0-0 more than just a bore, Delph & Clark on the rise and Villa racking up the points An away point is an away point...