Five Reasons

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 Recent Statement of Intent

Since the last international break its hard to pin down Villa's true identity at the moment. We know we can score goals, which at...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Lively Blues Win

The 4-2 win against the Blues in the Second City derby was all about the result and some notable goals, but Dean Smith wasn't...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Second Smith Home Win

Dean Smith made it two wins out of two at Villa Park, as Villa chalked up a fairly routine 2-0 win against Bolton. Smith...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans Despite Recent Result Woe

17th When you're sitting 17th in the Championship table in your third season in the league, having blown millions on under-performing players, it's hard to...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Dean Smith Makes Winning Start

It was a decent day's work for Dean Smith's new Villa regime against Swansea City. Three points, a clean sheet, a controlled performance for...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After One Win in Nine

Yes, Villa have only seen one win in their last nine games, and that was at home against Rotherham.Away against Bristol City they seemed...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Another Injury-time Show

"Every manager who managers Aston Villa is always going to come under pressure. We’ve lost one out of seven in the league, but we’re...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After a Horror Week

Lets recap the season so far...There's been a batch of unconvincing performances to kick off the 2018/19 season, where even Villa's initial two league...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Three Draw Week

Three draws in a week? It takes me back to the days of Alex McLeish...When the Championship fixtures were made for the 2018/19, Aston...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Cup Success

The 100% winning feeling continues, but while Aston Villa haven't been all that convincing, compared with where we thought we might be three weeks...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Best Season Start This Century

It was certainly an eventful summer for Aston Villa off the pitch, that's to put it mildly, but this week Villa's season started in...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans From Villa’s Preseason

To say that off the pitch Aston Villa's pre-season has been one of turmoil would be something of an understatement. The extent of the...