Reigning Champions beat Current Leaders

Villa beat leaders Chelsea in perhaps the biggest win of the season for the reigning Champions. Putting six past Arsenal was good, putting six past the Blues was fun, but scoring two in seven first-half minutes and limiting Chelsea to an injury-time consolation feels massive for Richard Beales' boys after a run of bad results.

🟩 14 Feb 2026 Villa 2-1 Chelsea

Scorer(s): Markie Meade | 19’ | Jack McGrath | 26’ (pen) |

Line Up & Subs:

GK Owen Asemota | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CB Junior Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CB Leon Routh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

LB Finlay Barnard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

LB Rodrigo Fortes | 🇵🇹 | (CM Lennon Melhuish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82’)

LB Teddie Bloomfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

AM Fletcher Boyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

AM Cole Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Clay Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70’)

AM Jack McGrath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

F Oscar Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Vinnie Hayward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82’)

CF Markie Meade | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Elijah Briscoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77’)

Unused:

GK Rhys Oakley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Match Report: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserves-youth/game/20260214