After going 2-0 down to RB Salzburg, goals from Morgan Rogers, Tyrone Mings and youngster Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba sealed a 3-2 win and a top two place in the Europa League. Things domestically since then haven’t been good. Just one win to celebrate, three defeats at Villa Park which included an FA Cup exit at the hands of Newcastle United (3-1). … Read More
Back At Last
In 2016, Aston Villa had been relegated to the second tier of English Football, our first time out since the inception of the Premier League. Tony Xia had taken over from Randy Lerner and Roberto Di Matteo had come in as head coach so we looked strong favourites for going straight back up. However, things didn’t quite go to plan. … Read More
Half Time Report
At the beginning of the season, we failed to win our first five league games, ending with just 3 points on the board, with only one goal scored in that spell. Now, 32 goals and 39 points out of 45 later, we find ourselves 3rd in the league, just 6 points off the leaders Arsenal. We are also joint top … Read More
Basel Vs Aston Villa
Those early days of difficult results domestically are long and truly behind us now. Our 7th straight win, that dramatic last gasp 2-1 win over Arsenal thanks to goals from Matty Cash and Emi Buendia, really has us dreaming. Just 3 points off the top of the table and some talk of a title challenge, although a bit too early … Read More
Aston Villa Vs Young Boys
The Momentum we have built up after that testing first month of the season is continuing. A 2-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv thanks to goals from Ian Maarten and a Donnell Malen penalty sees us with 9 points in the Europa League stage and in 6th place, just a point off second. Danish side Midtiylland are leading the way, … Read More
Aston Villa Vs Bologna
Our long awaited Europa League campaign begins tonight and we will bring you a preview of all the League stage matches now and (hopefully) in the further stages of the competition. Aston Villa will go in as favourites with the most successful Manager in Europa League history with Unai Emery winning the trophy 4 times. However things are not ideal … Read More
The Curse Of PSR
So far this has not been the start everyone connected with Aston Villa was hoping for. No win, failing to score in the first three Premier League games since 1997/98 season and making their worse start in the Premier League since Paul Lambert began his spell in charge back in 2012. There been the usual problems connected to Football but … Read More
Unai’s Villa European Adventure Part 3
When Unai Emery arrived at Villa Park in November 2022, before his first game against Manchester United, Villa were languishing in 17th place in the League. A 3-1 win made our intentions clear, and for the rest of the season we saw a massive upturn in fortune. At the end of a season which we started with not much hope, … Read More