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 Millwall Den Disaster
Double whammy of lower league knockout stress within less than a week. This time at The Den vs Millwall. The worst thing though it...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After an Embarrassing Performance vs Bradford City
The column was created to both provide Villa fans with a few laughs to cheer them up after disappointing results and also to highlight...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after You Let a Two-goal Lead Slip to the Baggies
1. Charles N'Zogbia has finally signed for Aston Villa! Yeah, I know he put pen to paper last season, but Villa fans could be...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Southampton Loss & Dodgy Penalty
"The crowd are right behind it. We couldn't do anymore than stick it in." - Paul Lambert
Lets get this straight, home losses against teams...
10 Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Villa Fan About the Annus Horribilis that was 2012
1.#19 Petrov Tributes
There's no doubt what the worst news for Aston Villa FC was in 2012, with the Villa captain being diagnosed with acute...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Bradford City Debacle
"We're in a game now, that's for sure" - Paul Lambert
With David Michael
Defenders who don't go to meet crossed balls and are constantly out...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…As Rot Is Stopped vs Swansea
"We have to build the football club as well as get results. I have a lot of faith in what I'm doing and I...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan ….After Wigan Loss Completely Ruins Your Christmas
"I don't want to be in this position, that's for sure. This is a brilliant football club." - Paul Lambert
Hang on a minute...I was...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan….After 12-goal Festive Mauling
With David Michael
How best to follow a 8-0 drubbing? Well, certainly not by getting tonked 4-0 in front of your own fans... Is there...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan….After Eight Reasons to be Depressed
'We got beaten up pretty badly from start to finish. The lads know themselves it wasn’t acceptable' - Paul Lambert after 8-0 defeat
In getting...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan….After Double Villa Away Joy
"We will keep our feet on the ground and keep on going" - Paul LambertTwo big away wins in a week and Aston Villa...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…after predictable 0-0 with Stoke
"I know it will come. I have belief that we will create and that we will score" - Paul Lambert
With David Michael
If you bet...