Villans mauled by seagulls

🟥 31 Jan 2026 Villa 1-4 Brighton

Scorer(s): Finlay Barnard | 74’ |

Villa concede two first-half goals, including their second deep into injury time, before falling 0-4 behind just after the hour.

Finlay Barnard reduced the deficit with 15 minutes remaining, scoring for the second time this season, but Villa can’t mount a comeback

Finlay Barnard: Scored Villa's consolation

Full Match Report: https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa/reserves-youth/game/20260131

Line Up & Subs:

GK Owen Asemota | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

LB Finlay Barnard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽

LB Rodrigo Fortes | 🇵🇹 | (LB Teddie Bloomfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 64’)

CB Leon Routh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CM Lennon Melhuish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CM Olly Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CM Oliver Bindley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

AM Jack McGrath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (AM Cole Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 64’)

W Alfie Lynskey | 🇮🇪 | 🟨

F Oscar Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CF Markie Meade | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Rio Hammond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 64’)

Unused:

GK Rhys Oakley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

AM Fletcher Boyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

It’s Villa’s second successive defeat and leaves them winless in the League in 2026.

Villa fall to eighth in the table.

Leon Routh appears for the u18s for the first time this season after ten PL2 appearances.