RETRO VILLA | One Lion on a Shirt – Villa for England
In March 2021 Ollie Watkins scored on his debut for England, after coming on as a substitute in a routine 5-0 win against San Marino. In the grand scheme of footballing events perhaps one consigned to history, but what stood out for me was the raw pleasure from current Villa captain Tyrone Mings as he […]
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PLAYER FOCUS | TYRONE MINGS
The Discourse Around Tyrone Mings There’s no denying Tyrone Mings has been one of our best players since he signed from Bournemouth in 2018. His height, combative nature and physical assets, paired with his left foot make him one of the leagues truly unique defenders and this has been shown by his England performances. His […]
EURO 2020 | PLAYER RATINGS | England 1-1 Italy (Italy win 3-2 on pens)
Congratulations Italy – EURO 2020 Champions! It started so well for England – 115 seconds into the game and Luke Shaw sent Wembley into a sea of limbs! 1-0! England had Italy rattled and on the ropes in the first half but failed to take advantage before Italy composed themselves, taking the forward-thinking initiative and […]
EURO 2020 | PLAYER RATINGS | England 2-1 Denmark (AET)
England have done it.… We’re in the EURO 2020 FINAL!!! England Captain Harry Kane followed up his missed penalty to fire England into the Final! It wasn’t a straightforward night – This is England after all, did we expect anything else? Mikkel Damsgaard opened the scoring with a well executed free-kick for Demark, breaching our […]
EURO 2020 | PLAYER RATINGS | England 4-0 Ukraine
🎵…and then one night in Rome – we ran riot!! Southgate’s trusted old guard blow away Ukraine – a brace from Harry Kane and goal a piece for Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson send England into a semi-final clash with Denmark! Let’s see how the fans rated the players, joining us today – Justin Hawthorne, […]
EURO 2020 | PLAYER RATINGS | England 2-0 Germany
England end 55 years of hurt to beat Germany in an international knock-out game and book a quarter-final spot against Ukraine in Rome this Saturday. Raheem Sterling continued his rich vein of form in front of goal, opening the scoring on 75 minutes, followed by Harry Kane’s first of the tournament in the 86th minute […]
EURO 2020 x EURO 1996
Southgate’s England can provide the healing a divided nation needs. Selly Oak, Birmingham, 26th June 1996, a 6-year-old boy lets out a sob as England defender Gareth Southgate’s meek penalty is saved by Andreas Köpke, advantage Germany. Moments later the waterworks would begin in earnest as Moller emphatically finished off England with the decisive spot-kick. […]
EURO 2020 | PLAYER RATINGS | Czech Republic 0-1 England
Bukayo Saka and Jack Grealish provided much-needed energy and spark to England’s attack – well, for the first half at least! Raheem Sterling was once again England’s match-winner, heading home after superb work from Jack Grealish. England’s victory seals the top spot in Group D setting up a showdown at Wembley with the runners-up of […]
EURO 2020 | PLAYER RATINGS | England 0-0 Scotland
In what can only be described as a drab 0-0 draw our Euro hopes look as far away as ever. The manager decided to keep faith with the front 4 despite them flattering to deceive in the first game. He replaced the full-backs with James and Shaw coming in. This performance has given us far […]
EURO 2020 | PLAYER RATINGS | England 1-0 Croatia
England won their first-ever opening match at a European Championship thanks to Raheem Sterling’s second-half strike at Wembley. Sterling slotted home from the impressive Kalvin Phillips’ through ball to net his 13th international goal in his last 17 games. Phil Foden almost gave England the perfect start but his effort struck the foot of the […]
EURO 2020 | JG7 x England
Good things come to those who… work extremely hard and never give up! Gareth Southgate named his final 26 players to take on Europe’s elite in the delayed 2020 European Championships. Included in that squad – Jack Grealish! Now, some don’t see Jack as the complete role model. His antics of the past and mistakes […]
TWITTER WATCH | A debut goal for Ollie!
Ollie Watkins marked his England debut with a goal after coming off the bench to fire home England’s 5th of the night in our opening World Cup Qualifier against San Marino. Never before has a 5th England goal against San Marino been celebrated with such pride and passion. Ollie Watkins and his rise through the […]
PLAYER FOCUS | Ollie Watkins
Ollie for England!! It is not all that long ago that Aston Villa fans were clamouring for the inclusion of Jack Grealish in Gareth Southgate’s international squads, increasingly incensed by every baffling omission. This week Gareth announced his latest selection with Tyrone Mings retaining his place, Grealish’ lack of inclusion solely due to injury and […]
FAN REPORT | Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester City | Hannah Gowen
After the news broke that talisman Jack Grealish would be missing for at least a week, Aston Villa looked to produce a statement result to dispel any speculation that they are a one-man team. Instead, the lethargic and unorganised home side gifted Leicester a two goal cushion in the early stages and struggled to get […]
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Global Villans | Mark Jirobe
One of the great joys of football is its ability to transcend borders, drawing people together from all walks of life. This week, I was lucky enough to catch up with prominent overseas Villa supporter, Mark Jirobe. For those of you who are not familiar with Mark, he’s the co-founder/editor of the hugely popular fan […]
PRE SEASON RECAP | PART TWO
Welcome back. Aston Villa will face Carlisle United, Sunderland and Fleetwood Town in Group A of the EFL Trophy this season. We debuted our Under-21 side in this competition last season with defeats to Tranmere Rovers and Salford City. While our final game against Bury had to be cancelled due to Bury’s expulsion from league […]
Twitter Watch | Jack’s England Call-Up
So it happened, finally. And if you’re like me, for a solid two hours after Jack’s England call up was announced, I scrolled endlessly through Twitter looking at people’s reactions. There were some good. Some funny. Some not so funny. And some totally absurd. In case you missed it, here’s a selection of the best […]
