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 Face Wembley Death or Glory
West Bromwich Albion over two legs was always going to be the sternest play-off test Aston Villa could face. You'd fancy Villa against anyone...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Elland Road Crazy Shenanigans
It's certainly been a season for offbeat and at times crazy Aston Villa games. 5-5 draws, injury-time madness and now a bizarre goal in...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Play-offs Are Guaranteed with Club Record
With their 1-0 win against Millwall, Dean Smith's Aston Villa team again proved itself to be more resilient than the version that had struggled...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Epic Double Comeback
Aston Villa made it seven wins on the trot as they entrenched themselves firmer into the Championship play-off picture. After two successful trips to...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After High Five of Wins
In the first half, with passages of slick one and two-touch football, it looked like Aston Villa were going to blow another team away,...
Five Unlikely Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Rise to Play-off Positions
The long-running 'Five Reasons' returns, not to be confused by those who have nicked the title. Rather than state the bleeding obvious of recent...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Doubling the Blues
Back-to-back wins for a Jack Grealish-inspired Aston Villa has brought a wave of positivity back to B6. Can they extend recent results into a...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Baggies Defeat
First off, we'll save the team and player analysis until the upcoming Aston Villa Player Ratings and Observations for the game.Despite a vibrant start...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Magic Blades Comeback
Ultimately, Aston Villa's limp start to the year 2019 has probably cost them a chance of making the play-offs, but the last eight minutes...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After a Long-awaited Villa Home Win
It wasn't exactly a routine win against Ipswich Town, but having only had one win in their last nine games, Villa's season was fast...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Woeful Start to 2019
What could be worse than getting knocked out of the FA Cup at Villa Park 3-0 by Swansea City?Well, what about being beaten 3-0...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans About Getting Knocked Out the FA Cup
There I was hoping that 2019 would be the year that Aston Villa finally had a cup run again, the first proper one since...