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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PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester City

We are delighted to welcome a diamond of the Villa Twitter community – Algie (x) and Facebook’s AVFC 12th Man creator Alex Lineham (AL) to join UTV podcast team members Justin Hawthorne (JH), and Ryan Mckeown (RM) on player rating duty, as Aston Villa fall to a 1-2 home defeat against Champions League chasing Leicester […]

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FAN REPORT | Brighton Hove Albion 0-0 Aston Villa | Georgia Homer

Last night saw the return of Aston Villa to the Amex Stadium to face Brighton. Following our victory at Villa Park against Arsenal, fans were hoping to see the club begin a winning run and make up for the November loss in the reverse Brighton fixture. Three points would have seen Villa firmly cemented in […]

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PLAYER RATINGS | Brighton Hove Albion 0-0 Aston Villa

We are delighted to welcome Ben Cash to join UTV podcast team members Justin Hawthorne (JH), Liam Mucklow and Ryan Mckeown (RM) on player rating duty, as Emi Martinez ensures we leave the AMEX with a point. If you’d like to join us for the next game drop us a comment. Aston Villa Formation 4-2-3-1 […]

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PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal

Ben O’Callaghan, (B6 BEN) Ross Buet (RB) and Sam Brogan (SB) join UTV podcast team members Justin Hawthorne (JH) and Ryan Mckeown (RM) as Villa bounce back from the mid-week disappointment to complete the double over Arsenal with a 1-0 victory. If you’d like to join us for the next game drop us a comment. […]

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FAN REPORT | Aston Villa 1 – 3 West Ham United | Hannah Gowen

A lethargic and off-the-pace Villa performance gifted West Ham a relatively easy three points away from home on Wednesday night. Jesse Lingard made a dream debut for the Hammers, scoring two and controlling much of their attacking play. David Moyes’ game plan was perfectly executed, and Villa could only muster up one late goal as […]

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PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-3 West Ham United | #TEAMMC

Georgia Homer, (GH) Alex Vitsileos (AV) and Shane Davis (SD) join UTV podcast team member Ryan Mckeown (RM) to cover the Player Ratings on an extremely frustrating night under the lights at Villa Park. If you’d like to join us for the next game drop us a comment. Aston Villa Formation 4-2-3-1 Emi Martinez – […]

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FAN REPORT | Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa | Kristopher Woodward

VAR a friend as Villa see off bogey-team Southampton. VAR has not been an ally to Aston Villa, pretty much ever since its introduction at the beginning of last season. Tonight, it came to Aston Villa’s rescue with two close calls going in their favour. Aston Villa had been without a win against Southampton since […]

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FAN REPORT | Burnley 3-2 Aston Villa | Adam Holt

Aston Villa’s game at Turf Moor against Sean Dyche’ Burnley was a chance to chalk up another win following the weekend’s success against Newcastle. Defeat was to come in the form of three second half Burnley goals and before we get onto how on Earth Villa did not win the game, let us go over […]

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PLAYER RATINGS| Burnley 3-2 Aston Villa

Dani Casey and Dan Cullen join UTV podcast team members Ryan Mckeown (RM) Luke Robinson (LR), Seb Bacon (SB) and Justin Hawthorne (JH) on Player Ratings duty, as Aston Villa twice lead on the night, but fall to a 3-2 defeat at Turf Moor. If you’d like to join us for the next game drop […]

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FAN REPORT | Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa | Adam Holt

This was Villa’s first Premier League game since the defeat at Old Trafford on New Years Day, as a result of a COVID outbreak shutting down Bodymoor Heath, resulting in every member of the senior team going into self-isolation. Considering this, the display from the team on Wednesday night especially defensively was nothing short of […]

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FAN REPORT | Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa | Kristopher Woodward

Just 48 hours after dispatching Crystal Palace, Aston Villa were back at it again with only 1 enforced change in the starting 11. Chelsea on the other hand made 6 changes from their starting eleven that lost against rival’s Arsenal. With an inform Villa side and a Chelsea team looking to respond, it was a […]

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Fan Report | Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace

Europe in our sights! Boxing Day 2020 and as we collectively slipped into a booze and food induced stupor, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace arrived like a bolt out of the blue to stir the nation. Emi Martínez was certainly wide-awake when he saved from Zaha within two minutes, the start of yet another rock-solid […]

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Fan Report | West Bromwich Albion 0 – 3 Aston Villa

The Hawthorns became Aston Villa’s playground as the Baggies failed to capitalise on their ‘new manager bounce’. Another three nil away win and a fifth away clean sheet welcomes Villa back to the top ten going into the festive period, with 19 shots and 10 on target – a much better conversion rate than the […]

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FAN REPORT | Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa | Hannah Gowen

On a sunny December lunchtime when Mike Dean got in the Christmas spirit, handing out cards to all, Aston Villa got a last gasp winner over their Midlands neighbours to make it four out of five away wins this season. The gritty and hard-fought derby battle was fuelled by a questionable refereeing display, with 11 […]

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Fan Report | West Ham United 2-1 Aston Villa

Last night’s late drama saw VAR overshadow all post-match discussion, once again. This time, Villa fell victim to a three-minute-long decision that eventually called Ollie Watkins offside for his injury-time equaliser. Heartbreak. This is not to say that there were no other worthwhile talking points within the game; Villa will surely take some positives, as […]

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Fan Report | Arsenal 0 – 3 Aston Villa

Well well well… what a performance that was from Dean Smith’s Villans! Coming into this game Villa had lost their last two games against Leeds United and Southampton respectively. Aston Villa came into this game wanting to end the run of defeats – and they most certainly did! Before we get to the action, let’s […]

Fan Report: Aston Villa vs Sheffield United

Premier League – 21th September 2020. After what feels like a long wait due to a postponed opening fixture against Manchester City, Aston Villa started their 2020/21 Premier League season at home to Sheffield United. With pre-season success against some of the top Prem teams, a win in the Carabao Cup last week, and some […]

Player Focus – Five more years of Captain Jack!

Villa twitter can be a chaotic place at the best of times, veering from fury to euphoria in the blink of an eye. The transfer window always sees the strength of social media ratcheted up a few notches. Take for instance the activity surrounding the signing of Ollie Watkins, an event covered brilliantly by UTV […]

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 […]