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 Europa Guarantee
Five Reasons to be Cheerful Post BrentfordBy Armen MirzoianWith Unai Emery breaking yet another record this weekend, and Villa maintaining their unbeaten run to...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Make Huge Toon Statement
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa fans After Newcastle WinBy Armen MirzoianFollowing on from Villa’s demolition of Newcastle, there were discussions on...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Stamping Ticket for the Battle for Europe
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Back-to-Back Midlands WinsBy Armen Mirzoian It is likely that if you’re reading this column, then you’ve had an excellent...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Gatecrashing European Spots
Five Reasons to be CheerfulBack-to-back away wins suddenly place Aston Villa in the European qualifying spots, is the NSWE plan finally coming to fruitition?By...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Two Months in 11th
Five Reasons to be Cheerful - Post Hammers/Pre CherriesBy Armen MirzoianWith twelve games remaining, Villa embody the term ‘mid table’ with thankfully no chance...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After the Palace Grind
Five Reasons to be Cheerful - Crystal PalaceBy Armen MirzoianBack-to-back wins, back-to-back clean sheets, what's not to like? Well, it wasn't too pretty -...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Break Losing Streak
Reasons to be Cheerful After Goodison Park WinBy Armen MirzoianAfter a 2-0 win at Goodison Park broke a consecutive run of three defeats, it's...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Three Consecutive Losses
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After 4-2 Arsenal Home DefeatBy Armen MirzoianAnother game and another defeat. The new manager bubble may have burst but...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans Despite Citeh Loss
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa FansBy Armen MirzoianWatkins' Current RunSince Danny Ings’ surprise move to West Ham; Ollie Watkins is featuring for...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans Despite Being Out Foxed
Five Reasons to be Cheerful Post Leicester LossBy Armen MirzoianThese Five Reasons columns have been writing themselves during the first eight games of Emery’s...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Team Eye Europe
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Saints WinBy Armen MirzoianThis column was started over a decade ago as an antidote to Villa misery, but...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans Entering the Second Half of the Season
Five Reasons to be Cheerful at the Season's Half Way PointBy Armen MirzoianIt is getting easier and easier to find reasons to be cheerful...