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Champions Villa open 25/26 with a win, 2 goals & a red
🟩 16 Aug 2025 Brighton 0-2 Villa
Goals from Alfie Lynskey (56') and Vinnie Hayward (67') set the reigning champions up for an opening day away win despite the 90th-minute sending off of Jack McGrath.
James
Aug 161 min read
Kerr Smith 🏴 completes Barrow loan move
Kerr Smith has made his second loan move away from the club following his injury-curtailed spell at St Johnstone 🏴 in 2024.
James
Aug 141 min read
Ronnie Hollingshead 🏴 becomes the latest Albion escapee
Villa have raided the Albion youth coffers once again, this time to bring goalkeeper Ronnie Hollingshead to the club.
James
Aug 141 min read
Richard Beale - The Return
Richard Beale has been re-appointed u18s Head Coach after Jimmy Shan's promotion to the u21s.
James
Aug 132 min read
Jimmy Shan promoted to u21s Head Coach
Following his stellar success in 2024-25, Jimmy Shan has been appointed u21s Head Coach ahead of the start of the 2025-26 season.
James
Jul 312 min read
Unai Emery joins Villa
Welcome Villa Unai , you're going to love it. Hats off to NSWE for pulling it off. The blog's gonna take a break and enjoy the ride for a...
James
Oct 24, 20221 min read
Danks, lad.
What a day, what a performance. Although it took many far too long to realise, and some bizarrely still don't, today was proof positive...
James
Oct 23, 20222 min read
First Team Review
Given where the club is at we thought it would be useful and interesting to pool opinions on who and who should not remain with Villa...
James
Oct 22, 202210 min read
News Round Up
How the worm turns One of the most depressing features under the former manager was the media, especially the local media, spinelessly...
James
Oct 21, 20222 min read
At long last the owners have acted.
But the sacking of Gerrard, as welcome as it is, has come 61 days too late. It was clear after Palace that Gerrard was not just a poor...
James
Oct 20, 20222 min read
Club Statement
“Aston Villa Football Club can confirm that Head Coach Steven Gerrard has left the club with immediate effect. A club spokesman said: “We...
James
Oct 20, 20221 min read
Fulham Preview
Setting aside the back-drop of the first half of 180 minutes to save his job here is our prediction for tonight's match at Fulham....
James
Oct 20, 20221 min read
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
To be fair, if he was alive today, in all probability Shakespeare would have been a Villa fan, after all we’re blessed with a celebrity...
James
Oct 19, 20223 min read
Complete Lies
h/t to Football Insider, it may not be the go-to destination for journalistic integrity but it sure is good for a laugh, not least when...
James
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Too Poch for Purslow
Despite Gerrard's shocking performance throughout his time with Villa, whether it be communication, motivation, tactics, player...
James
Oct 17, 20223 min read
Chelsea review - Gerrard culpable once again
Villa’s best performance of the season for 60 minutes is punctuated by two mistakes from Tyrone Mings and a goalkeeping misjudgement. A...
James
Oct 16, 20223 min read
Chelsea Preview
For the second week running there is little point in producing a match preview for the weekend given the disarray into which Gerrard has...
James
Oct 15, 20222 min read
Spot the difference.
We’ve been banging on about one of the major issues with Gerrard seemingly since the day he arrived. Firstly as suspicion, then as...
James
Oct 12, 20222 min read
Michael Beale? More like Jeremy Beadle.
Game for a laugh? You’d have to be to swallow this nonsense: “I’ve seen a statistic that he’s [Gerrard’s] won 10 in 30 or nine in 30, and...
James
Oct 10, 20223 min read
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