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Started in 2004, its gone too far to stop so I aim to post once a week. All opinions are mine and mine alone.

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Aston Villa Opinion
Yesterday was a great example of us nearly getting what we went for and another great example of what not to do next season. And I'm starting to tire ...

Aston Villa Live
When Liverpool came to Villa Park earlier this season, they fancied they were going to come and get three points. Little did they know they'd leave hu...

Aston Villa Match Previews
I'm grateful for the international break, as it allows me a few days break from football. And I know I write this every time, but apart from knowing O...

Aston Villa Live
It's nearly 1pm where I am when I start to write this post. It's Friday and I've had a busy week. But I'm trying to not have work calls on a Friday no...

Aston Villa Opinion
I don't know what to write to make the other night go away and be forgotten. I know what I will end up writing, so I'm going to try my best to not go ...

Aston Villa Live
We've wobbled a bit of late but a win tonight would put us above Liverpool with a game of hand. All things considered, where they finished last season...
With your usual vocal backing and 110 percent effort from each and every one of the players, I am sure we will get the right result.
Ron Saunders
I don't particularly like Birmingham City after the four games we have played against them in the Premiership.
Olof Mellberg
Villa have amazing support. If you hung 11 Villa shirts on a washing line 20,000 fans would turn up to watch them!
Tommy Docherty

Villa's Greatest Heroes

Paul McGrath will always hold a place in my claret and blue heart for ...

"Put it this way," said Ian Taylor, when asked if he was likely to ren...

In a week that saw the new national team manager name five Aston Villa...

Billy Wright and Duncan Edwards were two of the greatest footballers e...

With all the pain and grief caused by and surrounding the Second World...

Sims, Lynn, Aldis, Crowther, Dugdale, Saward, Smith, Sewell, Myerscoug...

"We should want the kids to know when they come here that Gordon Cowan...

It's an odd quirk that, while even the very best of British have faile...

"Memorable," is Dion Dublin's understated description of his first six...

In the week before this article was written, Gareth Barry took to the ...

It's March 24, 1996, and Savo Milosevic has just curled the ball into ...

Peter Bonetti. Nigel Martyn. Two great goalkeepers who in many eras ot...

I'm yet to hear it in a quiz, but I'm sure it will come up at some poi...

One man always takes the glory for a cup win. Anyone who thinks of Eng...

Eyebrows were raised when Aston Villa forked out £500,000 on a journey...

When the whistle blew, the ball it flew … through the air, through the...

Every generation, every crowd and every single Aston Villa fan has the...

It seems strange that a whole generation of Liverpool fans have grown ...