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West Ham tomorrow, the World Cup and match facts from the BBC

West Ham tomorrow, the World Cup and match facts from the BBC

13 December 2025
  • West Ham
  • FIFA
  • Unai Emery
  • Basel
I've seen Aston Villa win silverware and I've seen us lose finals. I've seen us compete at the top of the league and I've seen us relegated. But right now, in this very moment, I don't recall such a good run and overall positive feeling. 

That doesn't...

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Basel tonight, West Ham at the weekend and Arsenal last time out

Basel tonight, West Ham at the weekend and Arsenal last time out

11 December 2025
  • Arsenal
  • West Ham
  • Brighton
  • Unai Emery
  • Basel
Right, there is going to be little I can write about last weekend that hasn't been written since. That said, I can point to things I wrote before we started the month and highlight the importance of winning the first two matches.

And beating Brighton ...

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Match day, Arsenal at Villa Park and match facts from the BBC

Match day, Arsenal at Villa Park and match facts from the BBC

06 December 2025
  • Arsenal
  • Brighton
I think it interesting that the managers of the top three sides in the Premier League are all Spanish. It's even more interesting and I might have this wrong because I've just quickly scanned the table, there are only five English managers and only o...
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Brighton at the weekend, Championship feel to December and match facts from the BBC

Brighton at the weekend, Championship feel to December and match facts from the BBC

02 December 2025
  • Arsenal
  • Wolves
  • Brighton
Football is a game of 90 minutes and in football you can't just go out and run for 90 minutes like every match is the FA Cup final. Sure, you can try and yes, you have to want to win every game, but you can't play like it's the last 5 minutes and you...
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Thursday, Wolves at Villa Park tomorrow, the big question and match facts from the BBC

Thursday, Wolves at Villa Park tomorrow, the big question and match facts from the BBC

29 November 2025
  • Wolves
  • Ollie Watkins
  • Unai Emery
  • Young Boys
  • Donyell Malen
It's a team game and it's nice to see that we've got players in the squad that can play a role and make an impact when required, but then switch that up and take on the role of starting. Thursday showed that and not for the first time this season.

And...

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Good weekend, Young Boys next and match facts from the BBC

Good weekend, Young Boys next and match facts from the BBC

26 November 2025
  • Leeds
  • Wolves
  • Emiliano Martinez
  • Ross Barkley
  • Young Boys
The weekend was good wasn't it. After the first half you could have been forgiven for thinking it wasn't going to be our day, but that second have performance and how we went about it just showed we are in a very good place.

And while Leeds had a goal...

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Leeds at the weekend, getting better every season and match facts from the BBC

Leeds at the weekend, getting better every season and match facts from the BBC

20 November 2025
  • Leeds
  • David O'Leary
We're back and thankfully no more breaks until next year and we start with a trip to Leeds and it's never a nice place to go and for sure it's not going to be a walk in the park as some might suggest.

We've only won two more games than Leeds this seas...

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Bournemouth at Villa Park, slip up last weekend and some players back

Bournemouth at Villa Park, slip up last weekend and some players back

08 November 2025
  • Bournemouth
  • Emiliano Buendia
  • Youri Tielemans
Thursday was a nice run out but nicer to see Tielemans and Buendía back on the bench and getting some minutes. Nice also too see we're in the top eight, which is basically where we want to finish after these initial matches.

But the focus has to be th...

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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

Villa's Greatest Heroes: Gordon Cowans

Villa's Greatest Heroes: Gordon Cowans

Villa's Greatest Heroes: Jimmy Dugdale

Villa's Greatest Heroes: Jimmy Dugdale

Villa's Greatest Heroes: Peter Aldis

Villa's Greatest Heroes: Peter Aldis

Villa's Greatest Heroes: David Platt

Villa's Greatest Heroes: David Platt

Villa's Greatest Heroes: Andy Gray

Villa's Greatest Heroes: Andy Gray

Villa's Greatest Heroes: Nigel Spink

Villa's Greatest Heroes: Nigel Spink

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