Aston Villa Blog

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

Latest Posts

Aston Villa Opinion
Defeat is never nice but when you play like we did against Chelsea the other night, with the players we did, it does warm the heart. You see, football...

Aston Villa Opinion
I know it's a little geeky but I like my chart. Look at it below and you'll see why. And I know we are only five games in but if this was after 37 gam...

Aston Villa Match Previews
Everton are one of those sides you look at and you think we should have a chance but the thing with Everton is that they are consistently average. The...

Aston Villa Opinion
On our day, we can beat any side. Any side, on their day, can beat any side. Look at Crystal Palace or Arsenal yesterday. If they can both win, then t...

Aston Villa Live
We've won one, drawn one and lost one so I guess you could look at today as what starts the trend. This isn't me getting ahead of myself or predicting...

Aston Villa Live
The best part about this week is Pep quitting because he had Jack forced on him and the two players he wanted, the club couldn't get. That and watchin...
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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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...

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...

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

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