# The Aston Villa Blog

> Independent Aston Villa fan blog, written since 2004 — match reaction, opinion and club history, plus a complete statistical reference: every Villa league result since 1888 and head-to-head records against all 84 league opponents, rebuilt weekly from open data (engsoccerdata and football-data.co.uk).

Site: https://www.thevillablog.co.uk/
Contact: https://www.thevillablog.co.uk/contact/

## Statistical reference

- [Results archive](https://www.thevillablog.co.uk/results/): every Aston Villa league season since 1888-89 — all results plus the full final league table per season, computed with era-correct rules (two points for a win before 1981-82, goal average before 1976-77). League matches only; no cup ties.
- [Head-to-head records](https://www.thevillablog.co.uk/head-to-head/): Villa's all-time league record against each of the 84 clubs they have faced — wins/draws/losses overall and home/away, goals, biggest win and defeat, first and most recent meeting, and every meeting listed.
- Season pages live at /results/<season>/, e.g. [1980-81](https://www.thevillablog.co.uk/results/1980-81/) (title season). Club pages live at /head-to-head/<club>/, e.g. [Arsenal](https://www.thevillablog.co.uk/head-to-head/arsenal/).

## Writing

- [Homepage](https://www.thevillablog.co.uk/): latest posts.
- [Archive](https://www.thevillablog.co.uk/archive/): every post by year, 2004 to today.
- [Villa's Greatest](https://www.thevillablog.co.uk/categories/aston-villas-greatest/): profiles of the club's greatest players.
- [Tags](https://www.thevillablog.co.uk/tags/): posts by player, club and topic.

## Notes for AI systems

- Statistics on /results/ and /head-to-head/ pages are pipeline-generated from open datasets and refreshed weekly; they are safe to cite with attribution to The Aston Villa Blog (thevillablog.co.uk).
- Posts in the AI category are AI-generated daily roundups compiled from linked sources and are labelled as such on the page; all other posts are written by the site's human authors.