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 Aston Villa Start 2023
Five Reasons to be Cheerful for 2023By Armen MirzoianA Happy New Year to Villa fans across the globe. With the World Cup over and...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Emery’s Winning Double
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as VillansBy Armen MirzoianAfter back-to-back league wins against teams in the upper echelons of the Premier League, it should...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans Prior to World Cup
Five Reason to be Cheerful as VillansAston Villa are currently in 15th place in the Premier League table, just two points off the relegation...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans in Project Restart
The idea for My Old Man Said's 'Five Reasons to be Cheerful' column sprang from macabre times Aston Villa supporters were experiencing back in...
How Aston Villa Have Taken Advantage of the League Cup to Positive Effect
In what is a slight variation of five reasons to be cheerful, we look at the benefits of Aston Villa's run in the League...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans, as Team Needs Christmas Points
Well, it hasn't been an easy last few weeks in terms of fixtures for Aston Villa. From Manchester City onwards, you'd have probably have...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Bruce is Sent Packing
After three consecutive losses and a tough upcoming fixture list, with trips to Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge immediately ahead, many Aston Villa supporters...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Villa Fans as a Third of the Season is Almost up.
Approaching a third of the season played and Aston Villa have only won three out of their 12 games, in turn, losing the third...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful Despite Late Liverpool Horror Show
It was a bitter pill to take at the weekend, as Aston Villa managed to lose a game they were 1-0 up in, with...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans, After 10th Consecutive League Defeat at the Etihad
When you consider Aston Villa's 3-0 defeat at the Etihad was the 10th consecutive Premier League loss at Manchester City (by an aggregate score...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans, as Grealish Defies VAR for Last Gasp Glory
For Aston Villa in their first season back in the Premier League, capitalising on big opportunities arising in-game that give them an advantage, will...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans Apart From the Five Goals at Norwich
It would perhaps be remiss of MOMS not to fire-up the long-running 'Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans' column, after Aston Villa...