Loan Watch w/e 8 March
- James
- 3 days ago
- 8 min read
Double B continues his fabulous Falkirk run, Triston tastes defeat as Travis tastes first-team action for the first time in France, Jama looks mightily confused, and Charlie scores from the spot again. A smattering of late goals spoiling results and a crucial win north of the border for Ewan Simpson completes an action-packed Saturday for the Villa Youth. Sunday is clean sheet day as Joe helps Vale stun Sunderland and OZ keeps his ninth shut-out in 20 games in Poland.
Ben Broggio 🏴 ✅ 🟩
🟩 6 Mar 2026 Falkirk 🏴 2-1 Dundee United 🏴
Scottish Cup Quarter Final
Double B starts and plays 75 minutes as Falkirk qualify for the Semi-Final. The boy must be thinking this football lark is way too easy.
2026 Falkirk 🏴
2 Feb 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
Scottish Premiership
🕒 7 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/ben-broggio](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/ben-broggio)~
Lewis Dobbin 🏴 ✅ 🟥
🟥 6 Mar 2026 Preston North End 🏴 1-3 Oxford United 🏴
Championship
Lewis starts his 25th game for Preston and plays the full 90, but Oxford record a fantastically unexpected victory to plunge the Sandwell Project into deeper relegation trouble.
**2025-26 Preston North End 🏴**
22 Aug 2025 to 31 May 2026
Championship
🕒 29 | ✅ 25 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 7 | 🇺 1 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/lewis-dobbin](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/lewis-dobbin)~
Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba 🏴 🔁 🟨
🟨 7 Mar 2026 Sheffield United 🏴 1-1 West Bromwich Albion 🏴
Championship
Jama comes on after 78 minutes in Sandwell’s hugely fortunate draw against a poor Sheffield United at Bramall Lane, as a point-blank save and blatant penalty are immediately followed by a hit-and-hope equaliser. Sandwell remain mired in a relegation fight, and Jama looks bewildered.
2026 West Bromwich Albion 🏴
2 Feb 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
Championship
🕒 6 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jamaldeen-jimoh-aloba](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/jamaldeen-jimoh-aloba)~
Josh Feeney 🏴 🔁 🟩
🟩 7 Mar 2026 Huddersfield Town 🏴 1-0 Rotherham United
League One
The prat Manning benches Josh once again, but this time is forced to bring him on at half-time. Josh keeps a clean sheet and helps Huddersfield to a second win in six, but their play-off hopes under Manning are under severe threat as they hold a narrow one-point advantage in sixth despite having played two or more games than those around them.
2025-26 Huddersfield Town 🏴
1 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2026
League One
🕒 22 | ✅ 16 | 🔁 6 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 8 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/josh-feeney](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/josh-feeney)~
Lino Sousa 🏴 🔁 🟥
🟥 7 Mar 2026 Huddersfield Town 🏴 1-0 Rotherham United
League One
Lino comes on in the 78th minute for his second appearance for the sinking Millers, three points from safety.
2026 Rotherham United 🏴
2 Feb 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
League One
🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 3 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/lino-sousa](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/lino-sousa)~
Kadan Young 🏴 ❌
🟩 7 Mar 2026 Luton Town 🏴 2-3 Reading 🏴 League One
Kadan doesn't feature for the second game in succession as Reading once again come from behind to win. Presumably, there is an injury issue.
2026 Reading 🏴
2 Feb 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
League One
🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/kadan-young](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/kadan-young)~
Tommi O'Reilly 🏴 ✅ 🟥
🟥 7 Mar 2026 Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crewe Alexandra
League Two
Tommi starts and plays 73 minutes before being substituted. Crewe conceded in the 87th and 92nd minutes to lose without him on the pitch to save them.
2025-26 Crewe Alexandra 🏴
15 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2026
League Two
🕒 38 | ✅ 37 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 11 | 🇺 0 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/tommi-o'reilly](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/tommi-o'reilly)~
Sil Swinkels 🇳🇱 ✅ 🟥
🟥 7 Mar 2026 Chesterfield 🏴 2-3 Shrewsbury Town 🏴
League Two
Sil starts for the twelfth consecutive game and plays the full 90, but Chesterfield lose to a 93rd-minute winner and they’re out of the play-off places in eighth.
2026 Chesterfield 🏴
4 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
League Two
🕒 12 | ✅ 12 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/sil-swinkels](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/sil-swinkels)~
Aidan Borland 🏴 ✅ 🟨
🟨 7 Mar 2026 Crawley Town 🏴 2-2 Swindon Town 🏴
League Two
King of the Clowns, Ian Holloway, is banned from the touchline, so his able deputy clown, Marcus Bignot, takes the team, as Aidan starts, and leaves the pitch just after Swindon’s equaliser from the spot. Two more goals are scored, and it’s a point apiece with Swindon now winless in four but still in the play-off places. It's another late, late goal, this time in the 98th minute that does the damage.
2026 Swindon Town 🏴
3 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
League Two
🕒 8 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 2 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/aidan-borland](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/aidan-borland)~
Kane Taylor 🏴 🔁 🟩
🟩 7 Mar 2026 Tranmere Rovers 🏴 1-3 Oldham Athletic 🏴
League Two
Kane comes on as a 93rd-minute sub, which is all rather pointless as Oldham extend their unbeaten run to six games and four wins. A remarkable turnaround in form for the Lancastrians.
2026 Oldham Athletic 🏴
13 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
League Two
🕒 8 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 6 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 2 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/kane-taylor](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/kane-taylor)~
Ewan Simpson 🏴 ✅ 🟩
🟩 7 Mar 2026 East Fife 0-3 Hamilton Academical 🏴
Scottish League One
Ewan starts his 10th game and plays the full 90 before collecting a booking for the second consecutive game. It’s a huge win on the road as East Fife sit two places above the Hammies, four points ahead, as Ewan and Co. stop the gap increasing, and keep pressure on Cove Rangers (who also won), one place ahead in their fight to avoid the relegation play-off.
2025-26 Hamilton Academical 🏴
23 Aug 2025 to 30 Jun 2026
Scottish League One
🕒 14 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/ewan-simpson](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/ewan-simpson)~
Kosta Nedeljkovic 🇷🇸 ❌
🟩 7 Mar 2026 RB Leipzig 🇩🇪 2-1 Augsburg 🇩🇪
Bundesliga
Back problems, rather than squad selection, keep Kosta out again this week.
2025-26 RB Leipzig 🇩🇪
Bundesliga
14 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2026
🕒 6 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 9 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/kosta-nedeljkovic](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/kosta-nedeljkovic)~
Triston Rowe 🏴 ✅ 🟥
🟥 7 Mar 2026 Le Mans 🇫🇷 3-0 FC Annecy 🇫🇷
Ligue 2
Triston makes his 20th appearance as he’s back in the starting line-up, but Annecy suffered a damaging defeat at promotion rivals Le Mans as he once again plays the full 90.
**2025-26 FC Annecy 🇫🇷**
2 Sep 2025 to 30 June 2026
Lique 2
🕒 20 | ✅ 16 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/triston-rowe](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/triston-rowe)~
Travis Patterson 🏴
🟥 7 Mar 2026 Le Mans 🇫🇷 3-0 FC Annecy 🇫🇷
Ligue 2
Travis makes his first squad appearance for Annecy and comes on as a 75th-minute substitute with Annecy already trailing 3-0.
2025-26 FC Annecy 🇫🇷
2 Sep 2025 to 30 June 2026
Lique 2
🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |
Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/travis-patterson
Charlie Pavey 🏴 ✅ ⚽ 🟩
🟩 7 Mar 2026 Stourbridge 3-0 Halesowen Town
Scorer(s): Charlie Pavey | 53’ (pen) |
Charlie Pavey starts for Stourbridge again, scores from the spot again, plays the full 90 again and wins again.
2026 Stourbridge FC 🏴
28 Feb 2026 to 31 May 2026
Southern League Premier Division Central
🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 |
Full Player Profile: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/charlie-pavey-
Max Lott 🏴 🇺 🟨
🟨 7 Mar 2026 Leiston 1-1 Stratford Town
Southern League Premier Division Central
Max makes his first unused substitute appearance as he’s left on the bench in Stratford’s away draw.
2025-26 Stratford Town 🏴
1 Nov 2025 to 31 Jan 2026
Southern League Premier Division Central
🕒 19 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 14 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 1 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/max-lott-](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/max-lott-)~
Samuel Iling-Junior 🏴 🔁 🟥
🟥 7 Mar 2026 Juventus 🇮🇹 4-0 Pisa Sporting Club 🇮🇹
Serie A
After arriving as an injury-time sub last time out, SIJ comes on this time with fourteen minutes to play, but Pisa are already three behind and heading for a heavy defeat in Turin.
2026 Pisa Sporting Club 🇮🇹
2 Feb 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
Serie A
🕒 4 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/samuel-illing-junior](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/samuel-illing-junior)~
Yasin Özcan 🇹🇷 🇺 🟥
🟥 7 Mar 2026 Beşiktaş 🇹🇷 0-1 Galatasaray 🇹🇷
Super Lig
Yasin makes another squad appearance for Beşiktaş, but again doesn't manage an appearance as they suffer a home defeat to ten-man Galatasaray.
2026 Besiktas 🇹🇷
28 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
Super Lig
🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 5 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/yasin-%C3%B6zcan](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/yasin-%C3%B6zcan)~
Joe Gauci 🇦🇺 ✅ ⛔ 🟩
🟩 8 Mar 2026 Port Vale 🏴 1-0 Sunderland 🏴
FA Cup 5th Round
Vale play successive FA Cup games, this time swapping Championship opposition for Premier League, and Joe once again keeps a clean sheet in a 1-0 win that sends the Valiants to the quarter-final for the first time since 1954.
2025-26 Port Vale 🏴
11 Aug 2025 to 31 May 2026
League One
🕒 23 | ✅ 23 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 9 | 🥅 22 | 🇺 6 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/joe-gauci](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/joe-gauci)~
Donyell Malen 🇳🇱 ✅ 🟥
🟥 8 Mar 2026 Genoa CFC 🇮🇹 1-0 AS Roma 🇮🇹
Serie A
Donyell starts, is booked on 40 minutes, and plays the full 90 as Roma lose to mid-table Genoa.
2026 AS Roma 🇮🇹
14 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
Serie A
🕒 8 | ✅ 8 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/donyell-malen](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/donyell-malen)~
Rory Wilson 🏴 🇺 🟩
🟩 8 Mar 2026 Sturm Graz 🇦🇹 2-0 Rheindorf Altach
Austrian Bundesliga
Rory is an unused substitute in Graz’s home win.
2026 Sturm Graz 🇦🇹
6 Feb 2026 to 30 Jun 2026
Austrian Bundesliga
🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 2 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/rory-wilson](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserve/rory-wilson)~
Oliwier Zych 🇵🇱 ✅ 🟩
🟩 8 Mar 2026 Raków Częstochowa 🇵🇱 2-0 Pogoń Szczecin 🇵🇱
PKO BP Ekstraklasa
OZ makes his 20th start for Raków, keeping his 9th clean sheet, in their 2-0 home win to leave them fourth in the table within touching distance of Champions League qualification.
2025-26 Raków Częstochowa 🇵🇱
14 Jul 25 to 30 Jun 26
PKO BP Ekstraklasa
🕒 20 | ✅ 20 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 9 | 🥅 16 | 🇺 15 |
Full Player Profile: ~[https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/oliwier-zych](https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/oliwier-zych)~
Thierry Katsukunya 🏴 🔁 🟩
🟩 8 Mar 2026 Real Unión Club 🇪🇸 4-0 Beasain KE 🇪🇸
Segunda Federación - Grupo II
Thierry arrives as a 64th-minute substitute with Unión already three goals up.
2025-26 Real Unión Club 🇪🇸
1 Sep 2025 to 30 Jun 2026
Segunda Federación - Grupo II
🕒 13 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 10 |
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