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 a Villa Fan After Stunning Money City 3-2
Spirit, Muhammad Ali and Squad Power
An unexpected win and a reminder of what Villa Park should be like on a Saturday afternoon. The positives...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful a Villa Fan after Being Tonked 4-0 by Spurs & Benteke Out for a Month
What a bad evening - 4-0 Carling Cup defeat by Spurs and confirmation that Benteke is out for a month
Terrible performance. Terrible game. Terrible...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Benteke Injury & Another Norwich Away Win
Benteke Injury, Clean Sheet Miracle and Kozák's first goal
1. Clean sheet. Nuff said. 26 games without one was getting a bit embarrassing. A good...
Aston Villa Fans: Five Reasons to be Cheerful after Newcastle Home Defeat
Benteke is top, Villa mixing it up and Lambert's Words of Wisdom
No clean sheet for 26 games straight. Only nine home wins in the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Routine Rotherham Win
Villa 3 Rotherham 0 - Lambert's men march on in League Cup
1. Clean sheet! Yes, it actually happened. Even more impressive was the fact...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Failing to Crack Liverpool
...After firing blanks against the Scousers
1. Three points from 'those' opening three fixtures is fine. Lambert stated in his post-Liverpool interview, that he would...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Stamford Bridge Dubious Decisions
Injustice of Stamford Bridge
1. He maybe looking smarter on the sidelines nowadays, but there's no dimming of Lambert's touchline fire. His dugout battle with...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan vs Arsenal
Benteke is smiling, Tony Moon has a big grin and Villa supporters are pretty darn cheerful
Aston Villa's 3-1 triumph at the Emirates extended their...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan About Preseason After Benteke Transfer Request
Injuries, a Benteke transfer request, but we can still be cheerful can't we?
The potential savior of Aston Villa's defence Okore is already injured, the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Aston Villa Fan After Single Point at Wigan
It's over.First there was doom and gloom, then came hope and the potential birth of a bright new dawn. If the season before was...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Final Home Game Chelsea Loss
It was a game that resembled the Villa Park clash with Liverpool a few weeks back in many ways. Villa 1-0 up at half-time...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Aston Villa Fan After Norwich Win Ensures 40 Points
Another back-to-back set of wins sets Villa up nicely as the relegation battle hits crunch time. But is Lambert now looking up the league?...