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As night follows day, so does a poor Villa display follow an opportunity to make a step change in the table. Injuries, of course, are guided by misfortune; repeatedly failing to raise your game is not.

It was a cruel draw, away to the European champions in Villa's first FA Cup game of the season, and despite a valiant effort, Villa are eliminated at the first hurdle.

18 January: 34 things that happened OTD down Villa Park way, featuring Cary Grant, Small Heath Alliance's latest rebrand, Mush Callaghan, Nigel Sims, Darrell Duffy, Gary Shaw, Les Sealey losing it and Grant Holt.

The Dutch Quitter scores on debut for AS Roma, hopefully he's happy now.

"We're creating something special here. More than the capacity to buy everything we want." Unai Emery.

35 things that happened today down Villa Park way, featuring 11 second-half goals, Dick Sloley, Pongo, Muhammad Ali, Spitgate, a Darius Vassell goal, The Sex Pistols, Ashley seeing red, Big John Carew and Keith Chegwin.

The draw for the Fifth Round of the FA Youth Cup has been made, and the winners of next Tuesday’s tie against Fleetwood will face a home draw against either Southend or Wrexham u18 and Villa will travel to West Ham on Tuesday, 3rd February in the Premier League Cup Quarter-Final,

🟨 16 Jan 2026 Derby 0-0 Villa The 21s were held to a goalless draw at Derby on their return to PL2 action this evening.

Out: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | DM Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | DM Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | CM Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | RW Alysson 🇧🇷 Returning: CF Evann Guessand | 🇨🇮 | Gone: RW Donyell Malen | 🇳🇱 |

16 January. 20 things that happened today down Villa Park way, featuring Small Heath, Dennis Hodgetts, Alex Cropley, Gary Shaw, Pau, John Carew, Jimmy Danger and Jhon Durán.

It's official, Finley Munroe is the latest academy graduate (albeit signed from Chelsea), has left Villa permanently to join Championship side Middlesbrough.

15th January, On This Day, featuring controversy at Wolves, Dugdale, McParland, Tommy Johnson, Chester, Makoun, Patten, Digne, Coutinho, Everton, Manchester United and Bidace.

Villa play at home for the first time in six, and are on an eight-game winning run at Villa Park and are unbeaten since 1906 or something like that.

Reigning Champions, Villa's u18s were beaten this afternoon in their game at Tottenham's Hotspur Way training ground. Going into their first game since the winter break, joint second in the table, Richard Beale's boys fall to 5th in the table after conceding an 83rd-minute winner.

Exactly a year to the day since his signing, Donyell Malen leaves Villa, joining AS Roma on loan with an obligation to buy set at €25m (subject to conditions).

This weekend’s game against Everton is set to be Morgan Rogers’ 100th appearance for Villa. It will undoubtedly be a milestone, but earlier this season, doubts arose for some, prompting thoughts about a potential attempt to bring back an old player to Villa. So what's it to be? Rogers or Grealish?

Villa's u21 central midfielder Kane Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has returned to the North West to join League Two side Oldham Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season.

Natalia Arroyo's reshaping of Villa's WSL squad continues as Oriane Jean-François follows Jenna Nighswonger through the doors at Villa Park. French international Jean-François, 24, joins from Chelsea in a £450k deal, for whom she signed in July 2024, having spent time at both Paris Saint-Germain and Paris FC, starting her career with the latter.

So it's Newcastle United at home in the 4th Round of the 2025-26 FA Cup. If any tie has had an impact on the ultimate destination of the FA Cup, it is this one. Villa and Newcastle have met one another six times in the FA Cup (excluding replays). On five of the six occasions the two teams have met in the competition, one or the other of Villa or Newcastle has gone on to win the FA Cup. Villa's double winning squad of 1896-97 having beaten Newcastle in the FA Cup First Round.

Villa's most expensive teenage signing at €12m, Brian Madjo, has already made headlines, but his precocious talent and huge physique make his ascent to the first team completely unpredictable.