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Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Aston Villa’s Preseason Begins
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans - Preseason BeginsAfter arguably the best season Aston Villa have enjoyed in a generation, Unai Emery's squad has returned to Bodymoor Heath after a well-earned summer break. They've barely had time to unpack the sun cream before the squad has already undergone some serious surgery, and there's every chance more arrivals and departures are still to come.With...
World Cup Villa Reflections – Konsa Scapegoating, Villa Injury Woe and Ex-Villa Hero
The Good, Bad and Ugly of World Cup 2026 So FarWhile Aston Villa fans are either enjoying a summer off or worrying about UEFA cost spreadsheets, there's a World Cup on. It's a good chance to remember what football was like before the Premier League made it a product, or is it?The GoodUp to the quarter-final point, it's been a surprisingly entertaining World Cup,...
What We Learned As Villa Draw, Win (away!) And Flop Out Of Cup
Three games crammed into seven days delivered an unlucky point (and a rightly overturned red card), a comfortable away win - with a debut...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Rare Away Win
Rare Away Win
Aston Villa away wins in recent years have become about as frequent as your birthday or Christmas, so the three-nil win at...
The Villa Rant: Road to Nowhere or Time For Calm Heads
Finally, as many of us hoped and predicted, Adama Traore came good for Aston Villa.
Despite the ex-Barcelona protegé handing Villa the game against Middlesbrough...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Drawing a Blank Against 10-Men Boro
You know the routine...Villa don't win again, so here's still five reasons to be cheerful as Villa fans.This time after a 0-0 draw with...
What We Learned As Villa Fans From A Return To Bruce Ball
The dull international break might have erased the memories of the limp display against Bristol City, but with more of the same following at...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Brentford 0-0
No Show
Goodness me what a poor and lacklustre performance. Brentford will be kicking themselves for not taking away all three points against a Villa...
The VTID: Steve Bruce’s September Trial of Ambition
'Promotion won't be a footballing journey, it'll be a financial necessity'
By Paul AbdaleAT the start of the season many fans thought Steve Bruce had...
Who’s This ‘Goal Scoring’, ‘Fan Favourite’ Midfielder Leaving Aston Villa?
One of the most humourous things about this summer transfer window is to see the headlines that bottom feeder clickbait websites like 'The Football...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Wigan & Bristol Week
Villa's away curse continues, but the 1-1 draw at Bristol City wasn't a total failure when you consider they had lost 10 of their...
What We Learned As Villa Fans as Villa Win Twice In Four Days
After the doom and gloom of the start of the season, Villa have woken up and the fans just can't get enough of it.With...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After First Win of Season
After a week of Villa supporters and the club's manager trading their displeasure with each other via the press and social media, finally we...
What We Learned As Villa Fans From The Start of The Season
Before a ball was kicked, Villa were favourites to win the league and even without their top scorer the marquee signing of John Terry,...