Sometimes following Villa, as we do, feels as much habit as it does de ja vu. We are the Guantanamo…
Preview: Luton Town (v) Aston Villa – EFL Cup – Let’s win a game of football?
Ah…the promised land of midweek banana-skin Cup ties. Villa travel to Luton looking for a first win of the season…
Report: Sheffield Wednesday (1) v (0) Villa – Hillsborough defeat evidence of challenge ahead.
Welcome back football. We have missed the taste of dubious away ground catering and accompanying defeat in equal measure. In…
Preview: Sheffield Wednesday (v) Aston Villa – New era, new faces & the start of a defining season.
For so many seasons now, at least five, we have been merely anticipating our inevitable relegation or the prospect of…
Transfer Update: McCormack Signing Confirmed but concern as Jordan Ayew links intensify.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Embed from Getty Images As featured on The Villa Underground yesterday, Ross McCormack has now…
£14m McCormack deal, Ciaran Clark transfer to Newcastle & Gana signs for Everton.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Embed from Getty Images In a surprise move, Ciaran Clark is poised to leave Villa…
Dr Xia: Twitter might be good for business, but isn’t it just sham democracy & loaded with risk?
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Tony Xia, our new owner at Aston Villa, has raised a number of eyebrows already…
Report: Villa (1) v (3) Middlesbrough – Friendly defeat a reminder of how much needs to change.
Embed from Getty Images (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In Villa’s final friendly fixture of the 2016 close season, Villa…
Preview: Aston Villa (v) Middlesbrough (Friendly) – Tides have turned for both sides ahead of new season.
Embed from Getty Images (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This lacklustre final pre-season fixture couldn’t be a more appropriate in…
Guzan to Boro, Sanchez & Veretout In Limbo & Gana poised for Everton.
Embed from Getty Images (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); We were promised some squad “trimming” by Roberto Di Matteo, but as…
Cautious scrutiny important as Dr Xia rides wave of optimism.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It’s important to state at the outset that the change of tone and outlook at…
AFC Telford Utd (1) v (2) Aston Villa – Friendly workout features baffling half time booing.
Embed from Getty Images (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Villa won the second friendly of the 2016 campaign following the 8-0…
Transfer activity increasing: Hoilett linked, Gana to Marseille. Sinclair bid & Tshibola signing.
Embed from Getty Images (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The transfer window is the gift that has never really given…
GAK Graz – 0 (v) 8 – Villa – Pre-Season curtain raiser a stroll with Petrov the highlight.
Embed from Getty Images (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This friendly “training” fixture, organised against sixth tier Austrian outfit GAK Graz,…
Defensive Frailties: Ciaran Clark dropped by Ireland & Jores Okore commits to Villa.
Embed from Getty Images (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ciaran Clark dropped by Martin O’Neill’s Republic of Ireland Our very…