Yes, we lost against a good-looking Wolves attack on Saturday, without a doubt. And we may well have been looking at the eventual champions. But, to look at it from another angle, it was Villa’s first defeat in nine starts, and nine starts in which we have scored four goals in two of the matches […]
“The Story of What Made Villa Special” From the very words of George Ramsay, Fred Rinder and other early architects and supporters of the great Club, published in newspapers of long ago, this book brings to light the character of those early leaders and the methods they used to keep the Villa ahead of the […]
On October 12, Steve Bruce will celebrate his first year in managerial charge at Aston Villa. But it has not been an easy year for him nor the fans, and the team has been changed a good deal. Of di Matteo’s last team, only Hutton, Chester, Jedinak, Adomah and Grealish are survivors, and only two […]
It’s a curious thing that over 100 years ago if there was one criticism due to the formidable Villa sides of those days, it was that they failed to convert enough chances into goals. And to me, there lies the key issue of today’s players: that they are creating enough chances but are not putting […]
As we’re entering a break I thought I’d pull out of the archives something that was a subject of contention at the Villa well over 100 years ago. Back in the “good old days” Villa had their moments when they frustrated their supporters. Nothing changes! But of course then there was no Team Manager to […]
